Lead Test Automation Engineer – Laser & Photonics

Hamamatsu Photonics A/S; Southampton; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Hamamatsu Photonics A/S is seeking a Senior Automated Test Engineer to design and maintain automated test solutions for laser products. You will develop scalable test frameworks, automate measurements, and integrate hardware interfaces, contributing to validated, scalable production testing.

The role requires 5+ years in test automation, strong Python and C++/C# skills, and experience with lab instrumentation and SQL databases.

Qualifications

• Relevant degree.
• Equivalent industrial experience will also be considered.
• Experience developing automated test frameworks and test applications.
• Strong development skills in Python and/or C++/C# as well as database development skills.
• Experience interfacing software with laboratory or manufacturing instrumentation.
• Knowledge of measurement systems and instrumentation communications (TCP/IP, Serial, USB, GPIB, VISA, etc.).
• Experience analysing large data sets and generating technical insights.
• Experience creating technical documentation.
• Ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, development, and maintenance of automated test frameworks, applications, and tools to support product verification, validation, and manufacturing test.
• Develop software solutions to control test equipment, automate measurements, analyse results, and generate reports.
• Develop interfaces to hardware, instrumentation, databases, APIs, and manufacturing systems.
• Act as a subject matter expert for test automation and automated measurement systems.
• Collaborate with optical, electronic, firmware and NPI engineering teams to ensure complete and effective test coverage.
• Create and maintain technical documentation including software design, test specifications, procedures, and work instructions.
• Review requirements and specifications to ensure testability and validation requirements are clearly defined.

Skills

Python

C++/C#

Automation testing

Data analysis

Documentation

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Relevant degree

Tools

SQL databases

TCP/IP

GPIB/VISA

Lab instrumentation

Job description

Hamamatsu Photonics A/S is seeking a Senior Automated Test Engineer to design and maintain automated test solutions for laser products. You will develop scalable test frameworks, automate measurements, and integrate hardware interfaces, contributing to validated, scalable production testing.

The role requires 5+ years in test automation, strong Python and C++/C# skills, and experience with lab instrumentation and SQL databases.