Engineer - Verification and Test

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated in Chelmsford is searching for a Product Verification & Test Engineer. This role entails verifying and testing critical technology for space projects, ensuring compliance with demanding specifications.

The ideal candidate should possess a degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics or a related field, with experience in spaceflight hardware and excellent analytical skills. Join us to shape innovative technology that impacts the future of space exploration.

Qualifications

• Experience in spaceflight hardware and AIT for space applications.
• Test planning and scheduling.
• Experience with verification/validation of requirements.
• Familiarity with environmental testing of sub-systems for space.

Responsibilities

• Work with project team to deliver fully tested systems.
• Produce test and verification plans from system level requirements.
• Plan and perform functional, electrical, mechanical and environmental tests.
• Write project documentation including test procedures and reports.

Skills

Problem-solving abilities

Analysis skills

Attention to technical details

Planning and organizing

Collaboration with multi-disciplinary teams

MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Project)

Proficient in MATLAB and Python

Communication skills

Education

Degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics or related field

Tools

EGSE systems

Job description

Company Overview

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated provides enabling technologies for industrial growth markets that require advanced technology and high reliability. These markets include aerospace and defense, factory automation, air and water quality environmental monitoring, electronics design and development, oceanographic research, deepwater oil and gas exploration and production, medical imaging and pharmaceutical research.

We are looking for individuals who thrive on making an impact and want the excitement of being on a team that wins.

Job Description

Teledyne e2v in Chelmsford is the largest commercial employer in the City of Chelmsford, employing over 850 people in Essex. The site generates world‑leading technology critical for humankind, including vital components for radiotherapy machines and the imaging devices used in ground‑break­ing space missions. Teledyne is undergoing a profound positive transformation and is making significant investments in its capabilities and facilities.

Working across all stages of Space and Science projects for imaging detectors and sub‑systems, the Product Verification & Test Engineer is responsible for verifying or testing whenever a customer requirement needs to be addressed. This role spans a wide range of hands‑on, clean‑room, and office‑based engineering tasks, including commissioning, testing and verifying functional, electrical, mechanical and environmental requirements on image detector, sub‑system and system level projects.

The Product Verification & Test Engineer works closely with project teams and manufacturing to deliver high‑quality imaging detectors and sub‑systems that meet demanding customer specifications. Responsibilities include defining test flows, commissioning test equipment, verifying test capability, training operations personnel, supporting production line testing, and planning & verifying space qualification test campaigns.

If you are passionate about world‑leading space‑based technology, thrive on big challenges with broad impact, and want to join a team tasked with continuously innovating to take the business to a completely new level, then this is a fantastic opportunity for you!

Responsibilities

• Work as a key member of the project team with the Project manager, Project Lead Engineer and Product Assurance Engineer to deliver fully tested and verified systems.
• Produce and implement test and verification plans flowing down from system level requirements for the various stages of development.
• Plan, commission and perform functional, electrical, mechanical and environmental tests at detector, subsystem and system level.
• Write project documentation including test procedures and test reports. Train Operations staff where necessary.
• Provide documentation and present at design, test and project reviews for both internal and external audiences.
• Define requirements for test equipment (GSE).
• Commission test equipment (OGSE, EGSE, MGSE) in accordance with internal and customer specifications, including scripting and coding for automating the test equipment.
• Detector, sub‑system and system verification testing.
• Verification and acceptance testing/screening of Front‑End Electronics and Payload Systems to ECSS standards.
• Perform technical investigations where necessary into failure modes and anomalous results.
• Support teams outside of the Product Verification & Test Team, including Operations and Process Engineering.
• Actively participate in ensuring that quality assurance practices are adhered to and maintained throughout the project lifecycle.
• Support, help to identify, and carry out process improvement activities for both project‑specific and more general processes.

Experience

• Degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics or related field.
• Previous experience in spaceflight hardware and sub‑system or system AIT for space applications.
• Test planning and scheduling.
• Experience working with verification / validation of requirements.
• Experience of scripting and operation of EGSE systems.
• Good general electrical and electronics background.
• Knowledge of environmental testing of sub‑systems for space.
• Experience of fault finding.
• Experience of engineering lifecycle management and requirements management.

Knowledge And Skills

• Excellent problem‑solving abilities, analysis skills and attention to technical details.
• Excellent at planning and organising.
• Ability to learn quickly.
• Working in and collaborating with multi‑disciplinary teams.
• Good knowledge of MS Office Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Microsoft Project.
• Proficient in general programming, e.g. MATLAB and Python.
• Excellent communication, presentation and document writing skills.
• Knowledge of Space Standards (i.e. ECSS) preferred.
• Understanding of semiconductor device physics is an advantage.

Teledyne and all of our employees are committed to conducting business with the highest ethical standards. We require all employees to comply with all applicable laws, regulations, rules and regulatory orders. Our reputation for honesty, integrity and high ethics is as important to us as our reputation for making innovative sensing solutions.