A leading electrical manufacturing company in the UAE is seeking a dynamic R&D / Product Development Engineer to contribute to the innovation and enhancement of its busbar trunking product line. This full-time role is pivotal in shaping the future of the company’s power distribution product portfolio — driving design, development, prototyping, and successful product launch. The role involves frequent cross-functional interaction with Offering Management, Marketing, and Sales teams. Required skills: SolidWorks or Creo 3D modelling, IEC61439 / UL857 compliance, DFMEA, PLM, GD&T, DFM/DFA/DFE. Minimum 3 years of design engineering experience in a manufacturing environment.
About the Role — Busbar Trunking R&D, UAE
Product Focus: Busbar trunking systems — a critical power distribution component for commercial buildings, data centres, industrial facilities, and infrastructure projects
Standards: Product designs developed in accordance with IEC61439 (Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear assemblies) and UL857 (Busways) — internationally recognised electrical product safety and performance standards
Cross-Functional Scope: Frequent interaction with Offering Management, Marketing, and Sales teams — an R&D role with genuine commercial visibility and market-connected product development influence
Industry Advantage: Experience in power distribution applications and/or the data centre industry is specifically advantageous — reflecting the growing demand for advanced busbar trunking in data centre infrastructure projects across the UAE and GCC
Culture: An innovation-aligned product development culture that encourages creative thinking, idea generation, and the application of new technology to advance the product portfolio
Technical Toolkit — R&D / Product Development Engineer
3D Modelling: Creo Parametric or SolidWorks — proficiency in parametric 3D solid modelling of mechanical and electromechanical product designs
2D Drafting: First angle and third angle projection drafting — engineering drawing production to ISO and ASME standards
GD&T: Geometrical Dimensioning and Tolerancing — communicating design intent precisely on engineering drawings
PLM: Product Lifecycle Management software — managing design data, revision control, and documentation throughout the product development cycle
DFMEA: Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis — systematic product risk assessment methodology
DFM / DFA / DFE: Design for Manufacturing, Assembly, and Environment — production-optimised design methodology
Office Tools: Microsoft Office Suite + Smartsheet for project tracking and documentation
Position Overview
This R&D / Product Development Engineer role in the UAE is a technically demanding and commercially connected position at the heart of a busbar trunking product development function within a leading electrical manufacturing company. You will define product specifications, develop product designs to IEC61439 and UL857 standards, create 3D models and 2D production drawings using Creo or SolidWorks, build prototypes, conduct DFMEA product risk assessments, manage PLM documentation, apply DFM/DFA/DFE principles, follow engineering change processes for existing products, coordinate with external suppliers on components and materials, and stay current with technological advancements in electrical power distribution. The role requires 3+ years of design engineering experience in a manufacturing environment, strong 3D CAD proficiency, and ideally experience in power distribution or data centre infrastructure applications.
Why This Role Matters: As R&D / Product Development Engineer in the UAE — working on busbar trunking systems for power distribution and data centre applications — you will directly shape the next generation of a product line that is at the heart of the electrical infrastructure supporting the UAE’s ambitious construction, industrial, and digital economy growth, apply your SolidWorks or Creo 3D modelling expertise, IEC61439 standards knowledge, and DFMEA risk assessment skills to develop genuinely innovative power distribution products that meet the most stringent international safety and performance standards, work at the exciting intersection of R&D creativity and commercial market demand — collaborating with Offering Management, Marketing, and Sales teams whose insights connect your design decisions to real customer needs and competitive market positioning, and build an advanced product development engineering career in the UAE’s fast-growing electrical manufacturing sector, where data centre infrastructure investment and construction activity are driving sustained demand for technically superior busbar trunking solutions.
Key Responsibilities
Product Specification, Design & Standards Compliance
- Define product specifications, features, and functionalities for new and enhanced busbar trunking products — translating market requirements, customer needs, and competitive positioning insights from Offering Management and Marketing teams into clear, achievable product design targets that can be realised within the product development programme timeline and budget
- Develop product designs in accordance with applicable product standards — specifically IEC61439 (Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear assemblies) and UL857 (Busways) — ensuring that all design decisions are made with full awareness of and compliance with the relevant safety, performance, and testing requirements of these internationally recognised electrical product standards
- Ensure adherence to safety and regulatory standards throughout the design development process — conducting design reviews at appropriate development stages, verifying compliance of design decisions against applicable standards, and ensuring that the completed product design provides the basis for successful type testing and regulatory approval
- Follow the engineering change process for modifications to existing products — initiating and documenting engineering change requests through the approved change control procedure, ensuring that all affected documentation, drawings, and PLM records are correctly updated and that downstream manufacturing, quality, and supply chain functions are informed of approved changes
3D Modelling, 2D Drafting & Prototype Development
- Create detailed 3D parametric models of busbar trunking product designs using Creo Parametric or SolidWorks — developing models with the level of geometric detail, feature intelligence, and configuration management structure required to support production drawing derivation, assembly simulation, interference checking, and downstream manufacturing process planning
- Produce 2D engineering drawings from 3D models — applying first angle and third angle projection conventions as appropriate, incorporating GD&T (Geometrical Dimensioning and Tolerancing) callouts that accurately communicate design intent and functional requirements to manufacturing, and ensuring that all drawings meet the company’s drafting standards and are managed correctly in the PLM system
- Build physical prototypes to support the development and validation of product designs — planning prototype build activities, coordinating prototype component procurement or manufacture, assembling prototypes with appropriate care and accuracy, and using prototype evaluation results to identify and resolve design issues before tooling release or production launch
- Maintain organised, accurate, and efficiently retrievable engineering drawing and documentation records in the PLM system — ensuring that all design files, revision histories, bill of materials, and associated documents are correctly structured and accessible to all authorised internal and external stakeholders who require them for manufacturing, quality, sales, or regulatory purposes
DFMEA, DFM / DFA / DFE & Product Risk Management
- Conduct thorough DFMEA (Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis) assessments for new product designs and significant design changes — systematically identifying potential failure modes at component and assembly level, evaluating their severity, occurrence probability, and current detectability, and implementing design improvements that reduce risk priority numbers to acceptable levels before the product design is released to manufacturing
- Apply DFM (Design for Manufacturing) principles throughout the design development process — proactively considering the manufacturability of design decisions at each stage, consulting with manufacturing engineers and production teams to validate that design features can be produced accurately and economically, and incorporating design modifications that improve production yield, reduce scrap, and minimise manufacturing cycle time
- Apply DFA (Design for Assembly) principles — designing product assemblies that can be assembled efficiently, consistently, and without error by production operators, minimising the number of separate components, simplifying assembly sequences, and using mistake-proofing features that reduce the risk of assembly errors reaching the customer
- Apply DFE (Design for Environment) principles — considering the environmental impact of material selections, manufacturing processes, product lifecycle, and end-of-life disposability in design decisions, and ensuring compliance with applicable environmental regulations and company sustainability commitments throughout the product development process
NPDI Process, Supplier Coordination & Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Adhere to the department’s NPDI (New Product Development and Introduction) process for all new product development activities — completing all required documentation at each NPDI stage gate, maintaining programme schedules, and contributing the design engineering deliverables that gate reviews require to authorise progression to the next development phase
- Work closely with external suppliers and manufacturing partners to source components and materials for new product designs — providing suppliers with clear technical specifications and design data, evaluating supplier proposals and samples against design requirements, and collaborating with procurement to ensure that component sourcing decisions support both design intent and supply chain resilience
- Collaborate with Offering Management, Marketing, and Sales teams to ensure that product designs are aligned with market requirements, competitive positioning, and customer expectations — maintaining effective working relationships with commercial colleagues and providing timely, accurate design information responses to support sales and tendering activities
- Provide timely, accurate responses to requests for design information and engineering drawings — recognising that internal and external stakeholders depend on the R&D team to be a reliable, accessible source of design information that enables their own activities to proceed without unnecessary delay
Technology Watch & Continuous Innovation
- Stay current with technological advancements in busbar trunking design, electrical power distribution systems, data centre infrastructure, and relevant manufacturing technologies — proactively applying new knowledge, materials, and manufacturing methods to enhance the company’s product offerings and maintain competitive technical differentiation
- Align with and actively contribute to the culture of innovation within the product development team — encouraging and contributing creative thinking and idea generation, and bringing a genuinely curious and open-minded approach to product design challenges that sees new technical opportunities where others see only constraints
- Support process flow definition, PFMEA, and Control Plan development — contributing engineering knowledge and product design expertise to the manufacturing process engineering activities that translate product designs into robust, controlled production processes
- Demonstrate ethics and integrity in all engineering activities — maintaining intellectual property protections, accurately representing design compliance status, transparently communicating design risks and issues, and applying professional engineering responsibility to every product design decision
Qualifications & Requirements
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Design Technology, or an equivalent engineering or design discipline — or an equivalent combination of formal education and demonstrated professional engineering experience in a relevant manufacturing design role
Experience Requirements
- 3+ years of professional experience in product design within a manufacturing environment — or directly related engineering design experience with demonstrated proficiency in 3D CAD modelling, engineering drawing production, and product development process participation
- Experience designing mild steel sheet welded assemblies, extruded and injection-moulded plastic parts and assemblies — directly applicable to busbar trunking product design which routinely incorporates these component types
- Knowledge and application experience of DFM (Design for Manufacturing), DFA (Design for Assembly), and DFE (Design for Environment) principles — demonstrating that design decisions are made with production, assembly, and environmental considerations integrated from the earliest design stage
- Experience in power distribution applications and/or the data centre industry is specifically advantageous — given the growing strategic importance of data centre projects to the busbar trunking market in the UAE and wider GCC region
Technical Skills
- Proficiency in 3D parametric modelling using Creo Parametric or SolidWorks — or an equivalent professional-grade 3D CAD design package, with the ability to create complex multi-part assemblies and derive accurate manufacturing drawings from 3D model data
- Proficiency in product lifecycle management (PLM) software — for design data management, revision control, BOM management, and engineering change management in a structured product development environment
- Proficiency with the Microsoft Office Suite — Excel, Word, PowerPoint — and Smartsheet or comparable project management tools for programme tracking, reporting, and cross-functional communication
- Knowledge of Process Flow, PFMEA, Control Plan, and Standard Operating Procedure preparation — supporting the manufacturing process engineering activities associated with new product introduction and engineering change implementation
About Busbar Trunking R&D & Power Distribution Engineering in UAE 2026
The UAE is one of the world’s most active markets for advanced electrical infrastructure — driven by sustained large-scale construction activity in commercial real estate, industrial zones, healthcare, education, and — increasingly — a rapidly expanding data centre sector that is attracting hyperscale cloud investment from the world’s largest technology companies. Busbar trunking systems are at the heart of this infrastructure build-out, offering significant installation speed, design flexibility, and operational safety advantages over conventional cable-based power distribution — and the demand for innovative, standards-compliant busbar trunking products in the UAE and broader GCC market is growing consistently year on year.
For R&D and product development engineers with busbar trunking or power distribution expertise, the UAE offers a genuinely exceptional career opportunity — combining the technical challenge of designing internationally standards-compliant electrical products to IEC61439 and UL857, the creative satisfaction of contributing to new product innovation within a dynamic product development team, the professional exposure of working in an advanced electrical manufacturing environment that serves major infrastructure projects, and the commercial connectivity of an R&D role that interacts directly with Offering Management, Marketing, and Sales to ensure that design decisions genuinely serve market needs and customer expectations.
Career Excellence: Join this exciting R&D / Product Development Engineer opportunity in the UAE — where your SolidWorks or Creo CAD expertise, IEC61439 standards knowledge, DFMEA and DFM/DFA/DFE skills, and passion for product innovation will shape the next generation of busbar trunking systems for the UAE’s most ambitious power distribution and data centre infrastructure projects.
Who Should Apply?
- Electrical / Mechanical Design Engineers — UAE Based: With 3+ years of product design experience in manufacturing, SolidWorks or Creo 3D modelling proficiency, and knowledge of IEC61439 or UL857 — ready for an R&D Product Development Engineer role in the UAE’s growing electrical manufacturing sector
- Busbar Trunking & Power Distribution Specialists: With direct experience in busbar trunking, switchgear, or power distribution product design — bringing technical knowledge of electrical distribution standards, sheet metal assembly design, and power distribution system requirements
- Data Centre Infrastructure Design Engineers: With experience designing power distribution or electrical equipment for data centre applications — where busbar trunking is increasingly specified as the preferred power distribution method in hyperscale and enterprise data centres across the UAE and GCC
- DFMEA & DFM Experienced Product Engineers: With practical experience conducting DFMEA risk assessments, applying DFM/DFA/DFE design principles, and managing engineering changes through a formal PLM-based change control process in a product manufacturing environment
- GD&T Proficient Mechanical Design Engineers: With strong 2D engineering drawing and GD&T capability — producing manufacturing drawings from 3D CAD models that communicate design intent precisely and support accurate, consistent manufacturing across multi-supplier production environments
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