Development and Production Test Engineer - PCB

MBDA; Bolton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Guidant Global is partnered with a leading UK Ministry of Defence organisation based in Bolton to recruit an experienced Production Test Engineer with a strong Electronic/Electrical engineering background. You will test and diagnose faults in electrical/electronic subsystems throughout production, collaborating with a small team in a practical manufacturing environment.

An HNC in Engineering or equivalent is essential, with broad skills in digital/analogue testing and fault diagnosis.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support for manufacturing tests and diagnostics of weapon sub-systems at system and sub-system level.
• Deliver Test Engineering support from concept through to Production Readiness and operational release.
• Introduce and configure test facilities, ensuring compliance and producing specifications and operator instructions.
• Conduct testing and diagnose failures in electrical/electronic systems down to circuit card or component level.
• Implement corrective actions promptly to maintain production schedules and resolve technical issues.
• Represent Test Engineering at Defect Review Boards to drive timely resolution of quality notifications.

Skills

Digital/Analog testing

Fault diagnosis

Communication skills

Planning & prioritisation

Education

HNC in Engineering

Tools

DMMs

Oscilloscopes

Power supplies

Counter timers

Signal/function generators

Current clamps

Job description

Guidant Global is proud to partner with a leading UK Ministry of Defence organisation to recruit an experienced Production Test Engineer with a strong Electronic/Electrical engineering background. This role supports the testing and fault diagnosis of electrical and electronic sub‑systems and circuit cards throughout the production lifecycle.

You will play a key role in supporting manufacturing test capability, ensuring delivery against programme time, cost and quality targets. An HNC in Engineering or equivalent is essential.

Key Responsibilities

You will collaborate with a small team of dedicated engineers in a dynamic, yet friendly and inclusive manufacturing environment, where you will be responsible for the following tasks:

• Provide technical support for manufacturing tests and diagnostics of weapon sub-systems at system and sub-system level.
• Deliver Test Engineering support from concept through to Production Readiness and operational release.
• Introduce and configure test facilities, ensuring compliance and producing specifications and operator instructions.
• Conduct testing and diagnose failures in electrical/electronic systems down to circuit card or component level.
• Implement corrective actions promptly to maintain production schedules and resolve technical issues.
• Represent Test Engineering at Defect Review Boards to drive timely resolution of quality notifications.

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.

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.