Fire Alarm Engineer

Accelero; West Drayton; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Accelero in the United Kingdom seeks a Fire Alarm Engineer to join its technical team, applying hands-on fire alarm experience across technical support, fault finding, product testing and development.

You will gain exposure to customers, electronics, testing, production and product development, contributing to improvements while expanding your technical skillset. The role involves fieldwork, training delivery and site visits to support installations and commissioning.

Qualifications

• Experience installing, commissioning, servicing or maintaining fire alarm systems.
• Strong fault-finding and troubleshooting skills.
• Knowledge of fire alarm panels, detection equipment and associated systems.
• Experience reading electrical/electronic schematics with a multimeter.
• Good IT and communication skills and a practical hands-on approach.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support to customers, installers and partners.
• Diagnose and troubleshoot fire alarm and electronic equipment.
• Support installation, commissioning and fault-finding queries.
• Deliver product and technical training.
• Attend customer sites when required.
• Support product testing, production and R&D.
• Use electrical/electronic test equipment and technical software.
• Feed field experience into product improvements.

Skills

Fire alarm systems

Fault finding

IT & communication skills

Hands-on problem solving

Schematics reading

Tools

Multimeter

Electrical test equipment

Job description

About the Company

We're working with a growing technology business seeking a Fire Alarm Engineer to join its technical team. You'll use your hands‑on fire alarm experience across technical support, fault finding, product testing, customer training and product development.

About the Role

Are you an experienced Fire Alarm Engineer looking to move into a more varied technical role?

This is an excellent opportunity to take your fire alarm engineering experience into a broader technical position, with exposure to customers, electronics, testing, production and product development.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support to customers, installers and partners.
• Diagnose and troubleshoot fire alarm and electronic equipment.
• Support installation, commissioning and fault-finding queries.
• Deliver product and technical training.
• Attend customer sites when required.
• Support product testing, production and R&D.
• Use electrical/electronic test equipment and technical software.
• Feed field experience into product improvements.

Required Skills

We're looking for a Fire Alarm Engineer with:

• Experience installing, commissioning, servicing or maintaining fire alarm systems.
• Strong fault-finding and troubleshooting skills.
• Knowledge of fire alarm panels, detection equipment and associated systems.
• Experience using a multimeter and reading electrical/electronic schematics.
• Good IT and communication skills.
• A practical, hands‑on approach to problem solving.

Preferred Skills

• Experience in a technical support environment.
• Experience with product testing and fault diagnosis.
• Experience delivering customer or engineer training.
• Exposure to product development or R&D.
• Knowledge of BS 5839 and addressable fire alarm systems would be advantageous.