Arctic Assembly & Test Technician

Arctic Research and Development; Cirencester; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private health insurance

Dental & Vision

Equity options

Arctic field exposure

Mission-driven culture

Job summary

Arctic Research and Development (ARD) is seeking an Assembly and Test Technician to build and test rugged hardware, from field-ready energy systems to autonomous Arctic platforms. You will work under the Senior Test Engineer, taking ownership of assembly and testing tasks and helping implement repeatable processes to ensure units are built and tested consistently.

You should have hands-on mechanical or electrical assembly experience, be comfortable working from drawings and build instructions,

Qualifications

• Essential—engineering qualification and hands-on experience assembling mechanical or electrical hardware.
• Essential—ability to work from drawings, schematics and build instructions.
• Essential—experience running tests on hardware and recording results accurately.
• Essential—confident with common workshop tools and electrical test equipment.
• Essential—ownership of tasks with guidance from engineering team.
• Desirable—ability to write or improve build instructions and test procedures.
• Desirable—experience with electrical assembly such as wiring looms, crimping or soldering.
• Desirable—experience with small-batch hardware and SMT PCB assembly.

Responsibilities

• Assemble mechanical and electrical sub-assemblies, harnesses, PCBs and complete units to drawings and build instructions.
• Run test phases on assemblies and finished units; record results to identify and fix issues before field deployment.
• Help set up repeatable test processes and documentation with the Senior Test Engineer.
• Write and maintain build instructions, test procedures and records to raise engineering documentation standards.
• Spot and report problems found during build and test to help improve next design revisions.

Skills

Engineering qualification

Hands-on experience

Soldering

Engineering drawings

Hardware testing

Workshop tools

Own tasks with guidance

Build instruction writing

Electrical assembly

Small-batch hardware

SMT PCB assembly

Education

HNC/HND or degree in mechanical or electrical engineering

Tools

Multimeters

Bench power supplies

Crimping tools

Soldering irons

Job description

Arctic Research and Development (ARD) is seeking an Assembly and Test Technician to build and test rugged hardware, from field-ready energy systems to autonomous Arctic platforms. You will work under the Senior Test Engineer, taking ownership of assembly and testing tasks and helping implement repeatable processes to ensure units are built and tested consistently.

You should have hands-on mechanical or electrical assembly experience, be comfortable working from drawings and build instructions,