Electronic Test Engineer

Verso Recruitment Group; Portsmouth; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Verso Recruitment Group is seeking an Electronic Test Engineer for a growing technology manufacturer in Portsmouth, Hampshire. This hands-on role focuses on ensuring the quality, reliability and performance of sophisticated electronic products.

You'll develop and maintain test methods, diagnose hardware faults, and support products through manufacturing and field deployment, collaborating with design, manufacturing and quality teams.

Qualifications

• Practical experience in electronic testing and test engineering.
• Strong understanding of analogue and digital electronics.
• Experience using electronic test and measurement equipment.
• Good fault-finding and problem-solving skills.
• Experience reading schematics and technical documentation.
• Experience developing or improving test processes.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement and maintain electronic test procedures and systems.
• Test and troubleshoot electronic assemblies, PCBs and complete systems, down to component level.
• Diagnose hardware faults using oscilloscopes, multimeters, signal generators and other test equipment.
• Develop test fixtures, equipment and tooling where required.
• Analyse test results and identify trends, failures and opportunities for improvement.
• Work closely with design, manufacturing and quality engineers to resolve technical issues.
• Support new product introduction and ensure products are capable of being tested effectively in production.
• Investigate product failures and contribute to root-cause analysis and corrective actions.

Skills

Electronic testing

Test engineering

Fault finding

Reading schematics

Analogue electronics

Digital electronics

Root cause analysis

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Multimeters

Signal generators

Test fixtures

Test equipment

Job description

Location: Portsmouth, Hampshire

Salary: £34,000 to £40,000 basic + benefits

They cannot employ anyone requiring sponsorship

The Opportunity - Electronic Test Engineer

A growing technology manufacturer is looking for an Electronic Test Engineer to join its engineering team and play a key role in ensuring the quality, reliability and performance of sophisticated electronic products.

This is a hands‑on engineering position suited to someone who enjoys working across electronics testing, fault finding, test equipment and product development. You will be involved in developing and improving test methods, diagnosing issues and supporting products through manufacturing and into the field.

The company operates in a technically demanding environment, developing products used within critical industrial and infrastructure applications.

What You'll Be Doing - Electronic Test Engineer

• Develop, implement and maintain electronic test procedures and systems.
• Test and troubleshoot electronic assemblies, PCBs and complete systems, down to component level.
• Diagnose hardware faults using oscilloscopes, multimeters, signal generators and other test equipment.
• Develop test fixtures, equipment and tooling where required.
• Analyse test results and identify trends, failures and opportunities for improvement.
• Work closely with design, manufacturing and quality engineers to resolve technical issues.
• Support new product introduction and ensure products are capable of being tested effectively in production.
• Investigate product failures and contribute to root-cause analysis and corrective actions.

Electronic Test Engineer - What We're Looking For

You'll ideally have:

• Practical experience in electronic testing, test engineering, electronics manufacturing or a similar environment.
• Strong understanding of analogue and digital electronics.
• Experience using electronic test and measurement equipment.
• Good fault-finding and problem‑solving skills.
• Experience reading schematics and technical documentation.
• Experience developing or improving test processes and procedures.

Why Join?

This is an opportunity to join a technically sophisticated engineering business where your work will have a direct impact on product quality, manufacturing capability and customer reliability.

You’ll have the opportunity to work on complex electronic products, solve genuine engineering problems and help shape how products are tested as the organisation continues to grow.

If you're an electronics engineer who enjoys getting hands‑on with test equipment, troubleshooting complex hardware and improving the way products are tested, we'd like to hear from you.