Production Test Engineer – Electronics & Fault Diagnosis

MBDA; Bolton; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Guidant Global partners with a UK MoD organisation to recruit an experienced Production Test Engineer with a strong Electronic/Electrical background. You will test and diagnose faults in electrical/electronic sub‑systems and circuit cards across the production lifecycle, ensuring the capability meets time, cost and quality targets at Bolton.

You'll collaborate within a small team to deliver test engineering support from concept through Production Readiness, configure test facilities, produce

Qualifications

• Minimum HNC level of Engineering qualifications or equivalent.
• Good understanding of digital and analogue electronic measurement and test principles, and fault diagnosis techniques, with demonstrable experience down to electronic component level.
• Awareness of electrical/electronic sub-system and system design, integration and test principles.
• Good verbal and written communication skills, including generation of test specifications, operator instructions and technical reports.
• Ability to plan and organise one's work according to assigned priorities.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support for manufacturing tests and diagnostics of weapon sub‑systems at system and sub‑system level.
• Deliver Test Engineering support from concept through to Production Readiness and operational release.
• Introduce and configure test facilities, ensuring compliance and producing specifications and operator instructions.
• Conduct testing and diagnose failures in electrical/electronic systems down to circuit card or component level.
• Implement corrective actions promptly to maintain production schedules and resolve technical issues.
• Represent Test Engineering at Defect Review Boards to drive timely resolution of quality notifications.

Skills

Electrical testing

Fault diagnosis

Test engineering

Test documentation

Education

HNC in Engineering or equivalent

Tools

Digital multimeters (DMMs)

Oscilloscopes

Power supplies

Signal/function generators

Current clamps

Job description

Guidant Global partners with a UK MoD organisation to recruit an experienced Production Test Engineer with a strong Electronic/Electrical background. You will test and diagnose faults in electrical/electronic sub‑systems and circuit cards across the production lifecycle, ensuring the capability meets time, cost and quality targets at Bolton.

You'll collaborate within a small team to deliver test engineering support from concept through Production Readiness, configure test facilities, produce