Electrical Installation Designer

Who are we?

Oxa is enabling the transition to self-driving vehicles through an initial focus on the most commercially advanced sector; the autonomous shuttling of goods and people.

We are home to some of the world’s leading experts on autonomous vehicles, creating solutions such as Oxa Driver, equipping vehicles with full self-driving functionality; Oxa MetaDriver, using Generative AI to accelerate and assure the safety of deployments; and Oxa Hub, a set of cloud-based offerings for autonomous fleet management. Our technology is being deployed across the UK and the U.S, and we’re partnering with a fast-growing ecosystem of operators, vehicle OEMs and equipment makers serving autonomous transportation globally as it advances.

Based in Oxford, and with offices in Canada and the U.S, Oxa was founded in 2014 and is growing rapidly (350+ ‘Oxbots’ to date). Our purpose is to change the way the Earth moves, through an uncompromising focus on safety, efficiency and explainability of our AI approaches. The company has attracted $225 million from leading investors so far, with $140 million raised in the last Series C funding round in January 2023.

Your Role as our Electrical Installation Designer:

• Design of electrical installations including harness routing and packaging of electronic components for new vehicles and modifications to existing ones
• Contribute to the design of electrical harnesses and associated components
• Generation of technical documentation to support harness manufacture, vehicle assembly, vehicle operation and updates
• Support development of off-vehicle systems, internal test facilities and rigs
• Resolution of electronic systems faults

Requirements

What you need to succeed:

• Educated to degree level in engineering subject or similar
• Extensive experience in electrical installation design, ideally Solidworks
• Comprehensive understanding of Harness draftsman documents
• Proficiency with electrical schematic design packages e.g. Zuken E3 or VeSys Electrical
• Good understanding of electrical components, systems and their integration
• Ability to plan and manage own workload
• Clear and concise communication
• Self-motivated, innovative and capable of working generally unsupervised to challenging deadlines
• Strong levels of IT skills including Google Docs
• Positively contribute to an open and inclusive culture

Extra kudos:

• Familiarity with various automotive connector systems (e.g., Deutsch, Molex, TE Connectivity) would be a distinct advantage
• Skilled in soldering surface mount technology (SMT) components and diagnosing/repairing printed circuit boards (PCBs)
• An understanding of CAN bus architecture will be beneficial

Benefits

Compensation and Benefits

We provide:

• Competitive salary, benchmarked against the market and reviewed annually
• Company share programme
• Hybrid and/or flexible work arrangements (there is an expectation in this role to be based predominantly onsite in our Oxford office)
• Core benefits of market leading private healthcare, life assurance, critical illness cover, income protection, alongside a company paid health cash plan (including gym discounts)
• A flexible £2,000 (pro-rata) benefits fund to spend on additional benefits of your choice, including tech scheme and cycle to work benefits
• A salary exchange pension plan
• 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays
• A pet-friendly office environment
• Safe assigned spaces for team members with individual and diverse needs

Our Culture

Diversity is a marathon not a sprint! It is a journey with no destination. We are on a mission to unlock the benefits of self-driving technology to every person and organisation on the planet. We are creating an environment where everyone, from any background, can do their best work which put simply is the right thing to do. We hire and nurture those we can learn from, valuing diversity and the innovation that this drives.

We apply a neuro inclusive lens to our recruitment process and want each potential Oxbot to enjoy the best experience possible for them. We promote an open and inclusive culture that empowers our Oxbots to bring their whole, authentic selves to work every day. Oxa is proud to be an inclusive organisation and, as such, we require all team members within our recruitment process to understand and deploy best practices focused on de-biasing the whole recruitment cycle.

Please share with us any individual needs or reasonable adjustments we may need to make in advance of commencing the interview process with us.

Learn more about our culture here.