Description
Location: Stevenage
Contract Duration: 6 – 12 months
Security Clearance: SC needed before start
Rate: £36 per hour Umbrella
Company Overview:
Our client is working on complex, challenging and innovative projects. It takes a range of professionals across the full engineering and commercial spectrum to carry it out. Whatever field our people specialise in, they all share the same mind-set: a drive to make things work better and to redefine the established standards.
Role Responsibilities:
- Provide Test Engineering support during Design / Development phases from initial concept through to Production Readiness Review and release to Operations.
- Support Test Facility introduction and ensure that configuration control of equipment and facilities is in place prior to use, including generating supporting test specifications and operator instructions.
- Support testing of electrical/electronic weapon systems and sub-assemblies, with diagnosis of production test failures down to circuit card and potentially component level.
- Identify remedial and corrective actions in a timely manner allowing Manufacturing to continue production in line with programme.
- Evaluate technical problems in order to develop proposals for test equipment investigations and corrective actions, including process improvements.
- Act as Test Engineering representative at Defect Review Board meetings to ensure efficient progress of equipment and quality notifications towards corrective action.
Role Requirements (Skills, Training, Qualifications):
- HNC/HND (Electronics) Level of Qualifications or equivalent, plus good level of experience in digital & analogue electronics manufacture and test.
- A good understanding of measurement and test principles, along with associated test equipment.
- An understanding of the typical CADMID product lifecycle for test equipment is desirable.
- An understanding of RF and microwave technology at subsystem level would be an advantage.
- An understanding of Environmental testing (including ESS) would also be an advantage.
- Good verbal and written communication skills, including generation of test specifications, operator instructions, and technical reports based on higher-level requirements.
- Proven analytical problem-solving skills with strong attention to detail.
- The ability to plan and organise own work ensuring multiple tasks can be prioritised against Project objectives.
Essential Qualifications:
HNC/HND (Electronics) or equivalent