ATE Technical Lead

ATE Technical Lead

The R&D ATE team is looking for an ATE Technical Lead to lead the development, deployment, and lifecycle ownership of Automated Test Equipment for a product line.

This role combines hands-on technical leadership, multidisciplinary project execution, production-line support, and close collaboration with internal engineering teams and external manufacturing partners. The position on offer is a temporary contract role for 2 years offering hybrid working (3 days onsite and 2 days from home) with an hourly rate of £21.54 - £34.62 depending on experience, plus 25 days holiday pro rata per annum.

The ATE Technical Lead will define test strategies, guide tester architecture decisions, lead tester bring-up, improve production quality and yield, and support scalable ATE implementation across manufacturing environments.

The role includes close day-to-day cooperation with Taiwanese Contract Manufacturing Organization (CMO), including technical alignment, issue resolution, documentation transfer, production readiness, and coordination across time zones.

Role Functions:

The responsibilities will include, but are not limited to, the following:

Lead the architecture, development, validation, deployment, and lifecycle management of ATE systems for a product line.

Own the ATE technical roadmap, ensuring maintainability, standardization, scalability, and alignment with product and production needs.

Define tester requirements, test strategies, integration plans, acceptance criteria, documentation packages, and production transfer plans.

Lead tester bring-up and integration across mechanical, electronic, embedded, software, fixture, instrumentation, and production interfaces.

Manage ATE project execution end-to-end, including requirements, design reviews, gate approvals, planning, scheduling, risk management, and stakeholder communication.

Work closely with CMOs to support production readiness, tester deployment, issue escalation, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement across time zones.

Coordinate technical activities with hardware, software, embedded, mechanical, operations, manufacturing engineering, quality, and external subcontractors.

Provide Tier 2 and technical-lead support for production ATE systems, including troubleshooting, calibratio...