Principal Test Engineer

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Job Description:

Salary: £53, 260 to £71,400

Leonardo UK operates a grade-based salary framework with broad bands. The salary range shown reflects the approved grade band for this role, or a narrower hiring range published within that band, and is benchmarked against the external market. Exceptions above the standard range are managed through governance controls to protect internal equity.

Leonardo is a world-leading high-tech company and one of the key players in Aerospace, Defence and Security. The products developed at Basildon have widespread uses in industrial and civil applications as well as fulfilling many military requirements.

At Leonardo we are committed to building an inclusive, accessible, and welcoming workplace. We believe that a diverse workforce sparks creativity, drives innovation, and leads to better outcomes for our people and our customers.

Your impact:

As a Principal Test Engineer, you will support the design, development, and ongoing support of electro-optical test equipment and test processes for Leonardo's range of Precision Guidance products - from early development through to production.

You will work as part of the test engineering team, contributing to the specification, design, integration, and verification of test solutions. This includes working on a variety of systems incorporating optical, thermal, electronic, and software components.

The role is hands-on and requires a broad technical understanding. You'll also provide support to production teams and contribute to resolving test-related issues on existing systems.

Key Responsibilities:

As a Principal Test Engineer at Leonardo, you will have the opportunity to pro-actively engage in activities such as:

Interpretation of product test requirements to:

Define a test strategy and plan

Define a test system

Generate work packages and estimate the cost to deliver said plan across multiple functions

Generation, co-ordination and execution of work packages, from bid through to project completion, to cost, quality and time, with appropriate level of procedural governance.

Build, commissioning and verification of new test solutions.

Development testing of product with an understanding of environmental stress screening...