Production Test Engineer

Advanced Resource Managers; Bolton; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Advanced Resource Managers is seeking a Production Test Engineer in Bolton to support an industry-leading Defence and Aerospace company. You will test and diagnose complex electrical/electronic systems down to component level and generate test specifications.

The role requires an HNC or equivalent in engineering, a good understanding of measurement principles, and awareness of RF/microwave tech. You will work on shopfloor with automated test equipment and liaise with Quality and Operations.

Qualifications

• Minimum HNC level of Engineering qualifications or equivalent.
• Experience testing down to component level.
• Good understanding of digital and analogue electronic measurement and test principles.
• Awareness of RF and microwave technology at subsystem level.
• Understanding of Environmental testing (including ESS).

Responsibilities

• Provide test engineering support to operators on the shopfloor.
• Testing and diagnosing complex electrical/electronic systems, sub-assemblies, and circuit cards down to component level.
• Generating test specifications, operator instructions, and technical reports - based on higher-level requirements and information.
• Identify remedial and corrective actions.
• Supporting meetings with Quality and Operations to provide status updates on Test Engineering actions and investigations.

Skills

Test engineering

Electrical testing

Component-level testing

RF and microwave knowledge

Education

HNC in Engineering

Tools

Test equipment

Automated test equipment

Measurement instrumentation

Job description

Do you hold an HNC or higher in an engineering discipline?

Do you have experience testing down to component level?

Do you want to work with an industry-leading company?

If your answer to these is yes, then this could be the role for you!

As the Production Test Engineer, you will be working alongside a market-leading Defence and Aerospace company who are constantly growing and developing. They are always looking to bring on new talents such as yourself and further develop your skills to enable you to grow within the company and industry.

You will be involved in:

• Providing test engineering support to operators on the shopfloor
• Testing and diagnosing complex electrical/electronic systems, sub-assemblies, and circuit cards down to component level
• Generating test specifications, operator instructions, and technical reports - based on higher-level requirements and information
• Identify remedial and corrective actions
• Supporting meetings with Quality and Operations to provide status updates on Test Engineering actions and investigations
• Minimum HNC level of Engineering qualifications or equivalent
• A good understanding of digital and analogue electronic measurement and test principles, and associated equipment down to component level
• Awareness of electrical/electronic sub-system and system design, integration, and test principles.
• An understanding of RF and microwave technology at subsystem level
• An understanding of Environmental testing (including ESS)
• Operating manual and automated test equipment in an electronics manufacturing environment