Test Development Engineer

£50 Umbrella

The Test Equipment Hardware Design Capability group is a function home to the engineers working as part of the Test Equipment Centre of Excellence (TE CofEx), within Electronic Engineering (EE) Directorate. The EE Directorate is part of the wider Operations Directorate and forms part of Greater Engineering (Engineering, Operations and Programmes Directorate).

Responsibilities

Prepare specifications & develop designs in line with all quality and technical standards.

Develop proposals for investigations & solutions, following investigation and analysis of technical issues.

Carry out design appraisals to ensure all standards are maintained.

Define & specify test approaches identifying any potential improvements to test/diagnostic processes.

Carry out team planning, risk management and quality activities in collaboration with the Engineering Project Manager

Production of documentation to support the in-service use of products

Support the identification of business opportunities and the preparation of bids

Manage assigned budgets and lead, develop and motivate team members

Report against work programmes

Make Engineering decisions within own sphere of responsibility

Ensure team size & capability mix is optimised for successful delivery of work packages & projects

Support of less experienced team members

Keep up to date in the relevant technical areas

Skillset/experience required:

Skilled Hardware Design Engineers with proven experience to support the design, integration and validation of test system hardware solutions.

Knowledge of test needs and techniques in support of product life cycle development.

Experience of Design Proving and performance testing during development.

Experience of Environmental and EMC testing during qualification.

Strong document writing skills associated with Test Equipment hardware design needs.

Experience of managing packages of work is highly desirable.

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