Principal Test Development Engineer - RF/FPGA Automation

Ultra Intelligence & Communications; Maidenhead; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Bonus Scheme

Private Medical Cover

25 days' holiday (plus Bank Holidays)

Pension Contribution

4 x Life Assurance Cover

Flexible working hours (1pm finish on

Flexible benefits (cycle to work)

Security Clearance Allowance

Job summary

Ultra Intelligence & Communications in Maidenhead is seeking a Principal Test Development Engineer for its Cyber Centre of Excellence. You will design and implement test solutions for new electronic products as they are developed and brought into production.

You will maintain and enhance existing test facilities, supporting current and legacy products, collaborating with the engineering function to optimise product designs for efficient, reliable testing.

Qualifications

• Proficient with automated test programs using National Instruments TestStand and CVI or LabView.
• Strong experience in 'C' based programming.
• Experienced in creating basic 2D mechanical drawings for test facilities.
• Experienced in creating basic electrical circuit drawing and wiring information for test boxes and cables.
• Skilled in generating consistent written instructions on how to perform a test.
• Proficient with using standard office tools (Word, Excel, Visio etc.).
• Experience in developing testing digital FPGA based products.
• Experience in developing testing RF products up to 20 GHz.

Responsibilities

• Provide cost estimates and lead times for test equipment development required during the bid and proposal process.
• Lead and contribute to design-for-test activities ensuring that new designs can be successfully tested.
• Define efficient and cost-effective test solutions for testing products both in production and Qualification phase of a products development and introduction into production.
• Design the test facility and production of the documentation to enable efficient manufacturing and testing.
• Support the manufacture of the test facility.
• Develop test software and firmware that is required for the test facility.
• Commission of the test facility, including identifying and producing calibration procedure when required.
• Create clear test procedures and documentation, describing the procedure for using developed equipment to enable testing of the finished products during production and qualification activities.
• Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to define the interfacing protocols regarding software development.
• Maintain, troubleshoot, and improve existing legacy test equipment.
• Manage security of information as defined in the Security manual.

Skills

TestStand

C programming

2D drawings

Electrical wiring

Test documentation

MS Office

FPGA testing

RF testing

Tools

LabVIEW

CVI

National Instruments

Job description

Ultra Intelligence & Communications in Maidenhead is seeking a Principal Test Development Engineer for its Cyber Centre of Excellence. You will design and implement test solutions for new electronic products as they are developed and brought into production.

You will maintain and enhance existing test facilities, supporting current and legacy products, collaborating with the engineering function to optimise product designs for efficient, reliable testing.