Missile Test Architect

Certain Advantage; Westhoughton; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading defense contractor in the UK is seeking a Missile Test Architect to define and implement project test strategies, specify missile testing criteria, and ensure compliance with test requirements. The ideal candidate will possess substantial experience in electrical or electronic engineering and have a strong understanding of stakeholder management and project planning. This role offers a hybrid working arrangement and is initially contracted for 6 months, with a competitive hourly rate.

Qualifications

• Substantial experience in test, electrical or electronic engineering.
• Good understanding of requirements capture, project management, and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement the project test strategy.
• Specify missile factory pass out testing criteria.
• Generate plans for activities within the sphere of responsibility.

Skills

Digital electronics and microprocessor systems

Analogue electronics

Electronics testing

Test equipment design

Education

Degree in Electrical or Electronic Engineering

Job description

World Class Defence Organisation is currently looking to recruit 2x Missile Test Architect subcontractors on an initial 6 month contract.

Rate: £60.00 per hour

Location: Stevenage or Bolton (depending on your preference)

Hybrid / Remote working: This role is a hybrid role, 1-2 days a week possibly in lab up to 3 in first weeks

Contract: 37 Hours per week

Overtime: Hours worked over лопол of 37 hours per week will be calculated at time and a quarter

Duration: 6 Months (initially and then ongoing and long‑term thereafter)

IR35 status: Inside IR35 (Umbrella)

Missile Test Architect Job Description

The department are looking for experienced test equipment engineers that want to use their knowledge in a system / sub system management role. The role includes determining the project test equipment needs, managing the requirements for test equipment and managing the development through delivery and into service. In this role, you will be responsible for the projects test equipment and reporting into the Chief Design Engineer.

The department is responsible for the test architecture of our missiles, specifying and analysing the missile built in test, specifying the production testing requirements and managing the specification and delivery of the missile test equipment.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for defining and implementing the project test strategy
• Responsible for defining and implementing the project BIT architecture including coverage requirements, BIT timings and system level BIT routines.
• Responsible for specifying the missile factory pass out testing used to ensure correct build of our product, supporting the manufacturing team with identifying the optimal test stages during production.
• Responsible for specifying the in service test routines on our missiles.
• Responsible for generating and managing compliance to the lower level test requirements placed upon design teams including test access needs, BIT coverage / timings suggest and factory test functionality.
• Responsible for analysing and modelling our system to understand the test coverage and generate diagnostic instructions.
• Responsible for proposing and recommending, with the Chief Design Engineer, the cost vs test coverage trade‑offs.
• Responsible for producing and maintaining plans for activities within their sphere of responsibility.

Skillset / experience required

Ideally educated to degree level with substantial experience of test, electrical or electronic engineering, ideally including at least one of the following:

• Digital electronics and microprocessor systems.
• Analogue electronics.
• Electronics testing.
• Test equipment design.

Good understanding of:

• Experience in requirements capture.
• Project management and planning.
• Stakeholder management.