Development and Production Test Engineer - Electronic

MBDA; Bolton; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A prestigious Ministry of Defence organisation is seeking an experienced Development and Production Test Engineer in Bolton. The role involves supporting testing and diagnostics of electrical/electronic components, while ensuring programme targets are met in terms of quality, time, and cost. Candidates should possess a minimum HNC in Engineering, excellent communication skills, and experience with test equipment. The position offers a solid partnership with the UK military and numerous benefits, including training and development opportunities.

Benefits

Training and development opportunities

Onsite canteen

Facility amenities like showers and bike racks

Qualifications

• Good understanding of electrical/electronic sub-system design.
• Experience in operating manual and automated test equipment.
• High Voltage training/awareness is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Provide test engineering support to operators on the shop floor.
• Test and diagnose complex electrical/electronic systems.
• Generate test specifications and technical reports.

Skills

Understanding of digital and analogue electronic measurement

Fault diagnosis techniques

Good verbal and written communication skills

Planning and organizing work

Education

Minimum HNC level of Engineering qualifications or equivalent

Tools

Digital multimeters (DMMs)

Oscilloscopes

Signal/function generators

Job description

Guidant Global is proud to partner with a prestigious Ministry of Defence organisation in the UK. 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

• 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, and fault diagnosis techniques, with demonstrable experience down to electronic component level.
• Awareness of electrical/electronic sub‑system and system design, integration and test principles.
• Good verbal and written communication skills, including generation of test specifications, operator instructions and technical reports.
• Ability to plan and organise one's work according to assigned priorities.

Advantageous

• Knowledge of RF and Microwave technology at the subsystem level.
• Experience in operating manual and automated test equipment in an Electronics Manufacturing environment.
• CADMID product lifecycle for test equipment is desirable.
• Environmental testing would also be an advantage.
• High Voltage training/awareness.
• SAP Beneficial
• MS Office skills

Familiarity with core equipment

• Digital multimeters (DMMs)
• Oscilloscopes
• Power supplies
• Counter timers
• Signal/function generators
• Current clamps

Additional desirable experience

• Vector Network Analysers (VNAs)
• Spectrum analysers
• Waveguides
• RF power sensors

Security Clearance

British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship. Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), which are managed by our clients Security Team.

What happens now?

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 and capabilities to the specific demands of the position. Please note, this screening is contingent upon the initial success of your application.

More about the role

For more than 70 years, our client has been in a strong partnership with the UK military. They have accomplished numerous milestones in defence engineering and have provided essential defence capabilities to meet the requirements of the armed forces across land, sea, and air.

This job is at our client's site in Bolton facility, one of the North West’s leading manufacturing sites for at least 25 years. The facility offers showers and bike racks and is near the motorway, with a petrol station outside. Amenities like an onsite canteen. All employees get training and development opportunities.

Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.