Description
Company Overview:
Guidant Global is proud to partner with a prestigious Ministry of Defence organisation in the UK.
Role Overview:
Our client is seeking an experienced Development and Production Test Engineer with a strong background in Electronic/Electrical engineering. In this crucial role, you will support the testing and diagnostics of electrical/electronic sub-systems and circuit cards during the production phase of the product lifecycle. Your expertise will be essential in providing technical support to the manufacturing test capability, ensuring that programme targets are met in terms of time, cost, and quality.
Key Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with a small team of dedicated engineers in a dynamic, yet friendly and inclusive manufacturing environment.
- Provide test engineering support to operators on the shop floor, including the introduction of new test equipment.
- Test and diagnose complex electrical/electronic systems, sub-assemblies, and circuit cards down to the component level.
- Generate test specifications, operator instructions, and technical reports based on higher-level requirements and information.
- Promptly identify remedial and corrective actions to ensure manufacturing continues in line with the programme following production test failures.
- Support meetings with Quality and Operations to provide status updates on test engineering actions and investigations.
What do you need?:
Essential:
- Minimum HNC level of Engineering qualifications or equivalent.
- Good understanding of digital and analogue electronic measurement and test principles, fault diagnosis techniques with demonstrable experience down to component level.
- Awareness of electrical/electronic sub-system design integration/test principles.
- Good verbal/written communication skills including generation of test specifications/operator instructions/technical reports.
- Ability to plan/organise work according to assigned priorities.
Advantageous:
- Knowledge of RF/Microwave technology at subsystem level.
- Experience operating manual/automated test equipment in an Electronics Manufacturing environment.
Application Process:
Upon submission of your application, should it meet our selection criteria, you will be contacted via e-mail by one of our talent acquisition specialists to arrange a screening call. This telephone chat is structured to explore a series of questions aimed at matching your competencies/capabilities to specific demands. Please note this screening is contingent upon initial success.
Security Clearance:
British Citizen or Dual UK national with British citizenship. Restrictions relating to nationality/rights may apply. All successful candidates will need HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS) after offer stage managed by our client's Security Team.
More about the role:
For more than 70 years our client has partnered with UK military accomplishing numerous milestones in defence engineering providing essential capabilities for armed forces across land sea air.
Location Details:
This job is at our client's site in Bolton facility - one North West's leading manufacturing sites for at least 25 years offering showers/bike racks near motorway/petrol station outside amenities like onsite canteen training/development opportunities for all employees.