Senior Test Development Engineer

Senior Test Development Engineer

Location – Glenrothes or Livingston (4 days p/week on site)

Security Clearance – SC needed but can start on BPSS.

Permanent and contract – Up to £60,000 or Inside IR35, 12 month contract.

Copello are working with a leading defence and aerospace company operating across the United Kingdom. You’ll be working for a major supplier to the UK government and customers around the globe, providing defence solutions across all domains: land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace.

Primary Purpose of this position

Responsible for the design, manufacture, verification and validation, along with through life technical support of board level, sub-system and system level test equipment.

Main duties:

Design of functional test equipment

To take responsibility for the design and overall quality of the test equipment and provide leadership and guidance for junior engineers.

Documentation of design specifications and implementation details. Take part in design reviews. Upholding of design standards and methodologies.

Realisation of complex system requirements to provide robust and reliable test hardware solutions.

Responsibility for the complete implementation of detailed technical items and an understanding/appreciation of system level items.

Collaboration with other team members (including both hardware and software engineers) to agree system designs, interfaces and protocols etc.

Development of appropriate test hardware, test software and procedures, both informal and formal, to prove the correct operation of hardware.

Provide support to manufacturing answering product queries & resolving technical issues.

Proactively support company compliance to Health and Safety legislation through adherence to company polices, processes and practices.

Ensure that all business activity is conducted in line with company values, policies and ethics codes of conduct.

Undertake any other activity as reasonably requested by management

Accountable for engineering specific risks and opportunities.

Contribute to section/business area resource planning with a working understanding of Microsoft Project tools.

Test Engineering Lead for a small/medium scale test engineering program

Contributor/Approver for standard/tailored test development process including IPDS gates and content

Knowledge & Experience:

Essential:

Degree qualified in Electronic Engineering/related subject (preferably at 2.1 Hons or higher).

Test software design experience.

Excellent knowledge of analogue and digital electronic circuit design.

Ability to write comprehensive technical design documentation.

Proven experience in handover and management of designs in production.

Excellent hardware troubleshooting skills.

Able to support/debug system integration

Good knowledge of MS Office products

Must be eligible for MOD Security Clearance to a minimum of SC level

Highly Desirable:

Significant test development experience in industry.

Use of Mentor Graphics schematic entry and PCB layout tools.

Understanding of common test architectures PXI/d LXI

Measurement Uncertainty and its application in test equipment design and validation

Software Certification or detailed knowledge of: NI LabView, NI CVI, NI TestStand, C#

Design of mix signal circuits

High speed serial networks

An appreciation of RF electronics

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