Photonics Manufacturing Test Engineer – Automation

Novanta Inc.; Stockport; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Novanta’s Stockport site is seeking a Manufacturing Test Engineer to design and implement automated test systems for high‑volume, precision photonics products. You will develop test software, analyze results, and optimize yield while collaborating closely with production, R&D and quality teams.

The role emphasizes hands‑on testing, data‑driven decision making, and ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards in a fast‑paced environment.

Qualifications

• Degree in an engineering discipline as listed.
• Experience designing and supporting automated test equipment in production.
• Strong hardware troubleshooting and debugging skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, document and maintain automated test equipment for production.
• Develop test software for data acquisition, simulation, control and quality control.
• Analyse test data to drive product and test improvements.
• Debug production testers and fixtures for galvanometers and high‑precision scan heads.
• Collaborate with operators, supervisors, R&D, quality and manufacturing engineering.

Skills

LabVIEW

Automated test systems

Hardware troubleshooting

SQL database

Data acquisition

Signal processing

Circuit design & analysis

Test instrumentation

National Instruments hardware

PXI/DAQ/RIO

Python

C++

C#

MATLAB

VB/.NET

PLCs & embedded systems

CAD & documentation

Education

BSc in Electrical, Mechanical, Computer, Mechatronics, Robotics, Applied Physics, or related engineering discipline

Tools

LabVIEW

NI hardware (PXI/DAQ/RIO)

CAD software

Job description

Novanta’s Stockport site is seeking a Manufacturing Test Engineer to design and implement automated test systems for high‑volume, precision photonics products. You will develop test software, analyze results, and optimize yield while collaborating closely with production, R&D and quality teams.

The role emphasizes hands‑on testing, data‑driven decision making, and ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards in a fast‑paced environment.