Electronics Production Test Engineer — Diagnostics

Tatton Recruitment; Bolton; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

World Class Defence Organisation based in Bolton, Lancashire is recruiting Development and Production Test Engineer – Electronics/Electrical on a 12-month contract. The role involves diagnostics, testing down to component level and supporting the production test capability.

You will diagnose test failures, provide test engineering support on the shop floor and generate test specifications and technical reports to keep the programme on track.

Qualifications

• Minimum HNC level of Engineering qualifications or equivalent.
• Experience in digital and analogue electronic measurement and fault diagnosis to component level.
• Awareness of electrical/electronic sub-system design, integration and test principles.
• Good verbal and written communication, including test specifications and reports.
• Ability to plan and organise work according to priorities.

Responsibilities

• Providing test engineering support to operators on the shopfloor, including supporting the introduction of new test equipment.
• Testing and diagnosing complex electrical/electronic systems, sub-assemblies and circuit cards down to component level.
• Generating test specifications, operator instructions and technical reports - based on higher-level requirements and information.
• Promptly identifying remedial and corrective actions to allow Manufacturing to continue in line with the programme, following production test failures.
• Supporting meetings with Quality and Operations to provide status updates on Test Engineering actions and investigations.

Skills

Electronics

RF

Microwave

Test engineering

Diagnostics

Repair engineering

Fault diagnosis

Digital electronics

Analog electronics

Test principles

Communication skills

Planning

Education

HNC or equivalent engineering qualification

Tools

Manual test equipment

Automated test equipment

Job description

World Class Defence Organisation based in Bolton, Lancashire is recruiting Development and Production Test Engineer – Electronics/Electrical on a 12-month contract. The role involves diagnostics, testing down to component level and supporting the production test capability.

You will diagnose test failures, provide test engineering support on the shop floor and generate test specifications and technical reports to keep the programme on track.