Senior Manufacturing Test Engineer - Defence (Hybrid)

Innovate Recruitment Ltd; Henlow; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 49,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus up to £2,500

Pension up to 14%

Overtime opportunities

Flexi Leave up to 15 days

Flexible working arrangements

Enhanced parental leave up to 26 weeks

Site facilities: subsidised meals and

Job summary

Innovate Recruitment Ltd on behalf of a UK defence sector client is seeking a Manufacturing Test Engineer to join the Manufacturing team, supporting test and diagnostics of electrical/electronic sub-systems during the early product lifecycle.

This role involves testing across design, development, and Production Readiness, with hybrid working (4–5 days on-site depending on workload) and a salary circa £44,500 (dependent on experience).

Qualifications

• HNC-level qualification or equivalent; HND/Degree preferred.
• Experience with digital and analogue electronics manufacture and test.
• Knowledge of electrical/electronic measurement, test equipment, and fault diagnosis techniques for electronic/electro-mechanical sub-assemblies.
• Experience using manual and automated test equipment, preferably within a defence or similar manufacturing environment.
• Familiarity with ERP/MES systems (e.g. SAP, MES) for recording test activities and generating non-conformance reports and concessions.

Responsibilities

• Provide Test Engineering support during Design/Development phases, from initial concept through to Production Readiness Review and release to Operations.
• Support Test Facility introduction, ensuring configuration control of equipment and facilities, including generating test specifications and operator instructions.
• Support testing of electrical/electronic sub-assemblies and circuit cards, diagnosing production test failures down to component level.
• Work closely with Operations, design teams, and other stakeholders to resolve technical challenges.
• Maintain Test Engineering governance while pursuing continuous improvement.
• Work alongside Test TX's and design engineers to implement project test strategy and influence design for testability.
• Support the Principal Engineer/MEM in compiling initial process flows (MTIFs) for new products.
• Create and maintain MTRS documentation for production test equipment.
• Support Process FMEA activities, ensuring test mitigations are in place.
• Initialising test fixture designs for new products.
• Assisting in the compilation of new test instructions.
• Estimating test timescales for new products and validating UPC/DTCR figures.
• Supporting design engineers with functional and ESS testing of initial prototypes.

Skills

Test engineering

Electrical testing

Diagnostic fault finding

Measurement principles

ERP/MES experience

Documentation writing

Project coordination

Education

HNC or equivalent

HND/Degree preferred

Tools

Test equipment

Job description

Innovate Recruitment Ltd on behalf of a UK defence sector client is seeking a Manufacturing Test Engineer to join the Manufacturing team, supporting test and diagnostics of electrical/electronic sub-systems during the early product lifecycle.

This role involves testing across design, development, and Production Readiness, with hybrid working (4–5 days on-site depending on workload) and a salary circa £44,500 (dependent on experience).