Contract Test & Validation Engineer

Redline Group Ltd; Pontarfynach; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Redline Group Ltd is urgently seeking a Contract Test & Validation Engineer to support an established engineering organisation delivering advanced electronic products for safety-critical environments. The role is on-site in South Wales and initially 6 months with potential extension.

You will develop and execute test plans, investigate faults, perform root-cause analysis, and validate hardware, firmware and full system functionality, collaborating with engineering teams to improve quality and

Qualifications

• Hands-on verification and validation in a laboratory setting.
• Experience with embedded firmware and system integration testing.
• Ability to fault investigate and provide root-cause analysis.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute test plans for hardware, firmware and system-level validation.
• Investigate faults and support root-cause analysis activities.
• Validate hardware, firmware and complete system functionality.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to improve product quality, test coverage and release readiness.

Skills

Oscilloscopes

Logic analysers

Multimeters

Power supplies

Electronic loads

Analogue electronics

Digital electronics

Schematics reading

Embedded firmware testing

UART

SPI

I2C

CAN

RS485

Safety-Critical electronics

Job description

The Redline Group has an urgent requirement for a Contract Test & Validation Engineer to support an established engineering organisation developing advanced electronic products used within safety-critical environments. Following continued product development activity and increasing validation demands, they require an experienced contractor to strengthen their Testing & Validation team and support product release activities.

This role is expected to start ASAP and will run for an initial 6-month period, with potential for extension. The successful contractor will be required on-site in South Wales five days per week due to the laboratory-based nature of the work.

The successful contractor will be responsible for developing and executing test plans, investigating faults, supporting root-cause analysis activities and validating hardware, firmware and complete system functionality. You will also work closely with engineering teams to improve product quality, test coverage and release readiness.

Key Skills Required - Contract Test & Validation Engineer - South Wales

• Proven hands-on electronic product verification and validation in a laboratory, including confident use of oscilloscopes, logic analysers, multimeters, power supplies, electronic loads and related test equipment
• Strong mixed analogue/digital electronics knowledge, with the ability to read schematics, troubleshoot circuit-level issues and work with microcontroller-based products.
• Practical embedded firmware and system integration testing, including diagnosis of hardware/firmware interactions and protocols such as UART, SPI, I²C, CAN and RS485
• Experience within Safety-Critical Electronics, Security Systems, Fire Detection, Building Management Systems or other regulated electronic product environments would be beneficial but is not essential.

This role will not accept candidates operating via a PSC; you will therefore need to operate via an Umbrella company.