Controls Test Engineer

Siemens Energy, Inc.; Lincoln; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Medical benefits

Paid time off

Learn@Siemens

Job summary

Siemens Energy in Lincoln, United Kingdom, seeks a test-focused engineer to inspect product components and functional systems within an integrated engineering solution. You will work on detailed layouts and mechanisms for complex builds and tests, emphasizing controls manufacturing/testing, process improvements, and accuracy.

You will collaborate with engineers to spot design errors, recommend improvements, and ensure high-quality outcomes in line with project standards.

Qualifications

• Time-served apprenticeship in electrical/electronics preferred.
• Strong analytical and fault-finding abilities required.
• Excellent communication and collaboration with stakeholders expected.

Responsibilities

• Execute tests per production programme and resolve technical issues.
• Use fault-finding skills to diagnose problems and implement fixes.
• Communicate with drawing office, application engineers, customers, and project managers.
• Conduct customer witness tests and maintain test documentation, TSPs, and I/O sheets.
• Support cabinet build and small module builds; identify and revise design issues.
• Collaborate with engineers to ensure clear designs and participate in continuous improvement.

Skills

Electrical apprenticeship

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Education

HNC Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Tools

Siemens PCS7

Siemens S7

Control Logix

Job description

A Snapshot of Your Day

Join our dynamic team where you will play a crucial role in testing product components and functional systems as part of a comprehensive engineering solution. Imagine working to detailed layouts and mechanisms for complex product component builds and tests that push the boundaries of innovation. You will be involved with controls manufacturing/testing, including process and efficiency improvements. Engage with cutting-edge software and modern manufacturing techniques. Your keen eye will help identify design errors and recommend improvements, ensuring our projects meet the highest standards of quality and accuracy.

A Snapshot of Your Day

Join our dynamic team where you will play a crucial role in testing product components and functional systems as part of a comprehensive engineering solution. Imagine working to detailed layouts and mechanisms for complex product component builds and tests that push the boundaries of innovation. You will be involved with controls manufacturing/testing, including process and efficiency improvements. Engage with cutting-edge software and modern manufacturing techniques. Your keen eye will help identify design errors and recommend improvements, ensuring our projects meet the highest standards of quality and accuracy.

How You’ll Make An Impact

• Execute tests in accordance with the production programme and take responsibility for resolving technical issues.
• Utilize excellent fault-finding skills and techniques.
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders in the organization, such as the drawing office, application engineers, customers, suppliers, and project managers.
• Conduct customer witness tests and produce and maintain test documentation, TSPs, and I/O sheets.
• Support cabinet build and small module build/test areas as needed and identify design errors and recommend revisions to enhance layout and functionality.
• Collaborate with engineers and senior designers to ensure clarity and accuracy in all designs and participate in continuous improvement activities within the area.

What You Bring

• Ideally, a time-served apprenticeship in electrical/electronics.
• Minimum of HNC in electrical and electronics engineering.
• Familiarity with Siemens PCS7, S7, and Control Logix PLCs and software platforms; ability to change and modify programs to adapt to new projects.
• Strong analytical skills to assess and improve manufacturing processes.
• Attention to detail to identify design errors and recommend improvements.
• Excellent communication skills to collaborate effectively with team members.

About The Team

Our Gas Services division offers low-emission power generation through service and decarbonization. We focus on zero or low-emission power generation, encompassing all gas turbines, steam turbines, and generators under one roof. Our team is dedicated to exploring decarbonization opportunities through service offerings, modernization, and digitalization of the fleet.

Who is Siemens Energy?

At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. With over 100,000 dedicated employees in more than 90 countries, we develop the energy systems of the future, ensuring that the growing energy demand of the global community is met reliably and sustainably. The technologies created in our research departments and factories drive the energy transition and provide the base for one sixth of the world’s electricity generation.

Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.

Find out how you can make a difference at Siemens Energy: https://www.siemens-energy.com/employeevideo

Our Commitment to Diversity

Lucky for us, we are not all the same. Through diversity, we generate power. We run on inclusion, and our combined creative energy is fuelled by over 130 nationalities. Siemens Energy celebrates character—no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability. We energize society, all of society, and we do not discriminate based on our differences.

Rewards/Benefits

Here are examples of the rewards and benefits Siemens Energy offers:

• Opportunities to work with a global team
• Opportunities to work on and lead a variety of innovative projects
• Medical benefits
• Remote/Flexible work
• Time off/Paid holidays and parental leave
• Continual learning through the Learn@Siemens-Energy platform
• Access to a variety of employee resource groups