Ground Trials Engineer

Cirrus Selection; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

A highly regarded scientific engineering company in Stevenage is seeking a skilled Ground Trials Engineer to join their team. The role involves executing environmental proving strategies and conducting trials, all within a state-of-the-art facility. This position offers competitive pay, an inclusive workplace, and a strong commitment to employee development.

Benefits

State of the art technology & innovation

External learning and development

Friendly work environment

Onsite facilities including medical centre and coffee shops

Qualifications

• Experience of working on Environmental/EMC proving trials.
• Experience with applying defence standards.
• Practical experience handling hardware/software.

Responsibilities

• Work with Ground Trials Manager on S3 strategy.
• Refine Proving Strategy activities in D&M phase.
• Support EMC and Environmental Strategies at various stakeholder levels.

Skills

Environmental/EMC proving trials

Defence standards

Operate at various levels

Hardware/software handling

Trials test equipment

Job description

Location: Stevenage

Salary: Up to £50,000 P/A d.o.e. + benefits (plus Overtime, Flexi and Bonus)

Hours: 37 hours per week

Do you want to join a business, who value inclusivity, a three-time gold investor in people award winner, an advocate of supporting women in engineering and developing their people to be the best they can be?

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Ground Trials Engineer to join an ambitious, highly regarded, scientific engineering / manufacturing business that are in a position of sustained growth.

Your role as a Ground Trials Engineer will involve team output to execute the Proving Strategies (e.g. Environmental) which were developed as part of the assessment phase. This includes functionally testing the products whilst they are being subjected to the relevant environments.

What you will be doing:

• Working with the Ground Trials Manager to refine and gain customer acceptance of the S3 strategy
• Help increase preparedness to carry out Proving Strategy activities in Design & Manufacturing (D&M) phase (e.g. trials equipment, long lead licenses, documentation, gather/apply lessons learned)
• Support the Equipment stakeholders in enacting the EMC and Environmental Strategies at their level (e.g. application of robustness techniques)
• Conduct of trials activities within D&M phase (beyond Dec-24) e.g. mechanical/climatic or EMC (including liaison with design/manufacturing/facilities teams)

Benefits of working here:

• State of the art technology & innovation
• External learning and development encouraged
• Light and airy university type campus
• Friendly environment!
  • Restaurant, On site Medical Centre, Parking / Easy Access to train station, Coffee Shops & Onsite Shop, Sports & Social Club and More

Skills Required:

• Experience of working on Environmental/EMC proving trials
• Experience of working with and applying defence standards
• Be able to operate at various levels within the company and with external agencies
• Practical experience of handling equipment (Hardware/software knowledge)
• Experience of using trials test equipment such as equipment running boxes and telemetry ground stations

You will need to obtain UK Security Clearance for this role. This will require you to either be a UK Citizen or UK Dual Citizen. Some restrictions may apply.

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