Senior Power Electronic Motor Test Engineer

SR2 | Socially Responsible Recruitment | Certified B Corporation™; Reading; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

SR2 | Socially Responsible Recruitment | Certified B Corporation™ is seeking a Senior Power Electronics Motor Test Engineer for a UK defence startup. The role is hands-on, owning test development, characterisation and verification of high-performance power electronics and drive systems.

Initial focus on power electronics with potential expansion into motor testing and broader verification. The position is permanent, onsite in Reading, offering significant ownership and the chance to build test

Qualifications

• Significant experience in test, development or characterisation of power electronics or motor drives.
• Hands-on testing of efficiency, thermal performance and electrical behaviour.
• Experience with test rigs, fixtures and instrumentation design.
• Ability to define methodologies and interpret results for engineering decisions.
• Experience with Python or LabVIEW for test automation and data acquisition.
• Understanding of measurement uncertainty and traceability.
• Experience with high-power electrical systems and rotating equipment.
• Experience in aerospace, defence or high-integrity testing environments.

Responsibilities

• Own development, characterisation and verification of power electronics and drives.
• Design and build test rigs, fixtures and instrumentation for testing.
• Define test methodologies and analyse results to support development.
• Develop test capability and methodologies from ground up; possible leadership growth.

Skills

Power electronics

Motor drives

Test rig design

Python

LabVIEW

Data acquisition

Measurement uncertainty

High-voltage testing

Endurance testing

Ownership

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Current probes

Power analyzers

DAQ equipment

Job description

Senior Power Electronics Motor Test Engineer

We’re looking for a Senior Test Engineer to take ownership of the development, characterisation and verification of high-performance power electronics and electric drive systems for a UK defence start up.

This is a hands-on role where you’ll define what needs testing, design and build the rigs to test it, and turn the resulting data into meaningful engineering decisions. The initial focus is power electronics, with scope to expand further into electric motor testing and broader product verification.

Skills & Experience

• Significant test, development or characterisation experience across power electronics, motor drives or electric motors
• Hands-on testing of efficiency, losses, thermal performance and electrical behaviour
• Strong experience with oscilloscopes, current probes, power analysers and data acquisition equipment
• Experience designing and building test rigs, fixtures and instrumentation
• Ability to define test methodologies and interpret results to support engineering development
• Test automation and data acquisition using Python, LabVIEW or similar
• Understanding of measurement uncertainty, calibration and traceability
• Experience working safely with high-power electrical systems and rotating equipment
• SC Eligibility (Dual British & NATO nationalities considered)
• Inverter, motor drive or power converter characterisation
• Electric motor and dynamometer testing
• Torque, speed, efficiency and thermal mapping
• Experience establishing or developing an engineering test facility
• Environmental and endurance testing
• High-voltage / high-current test environments
• Aerospace, defence or other high-integrity product testing
• Comfortable operating in a less structured environment

Additional Information

• Permanent, full-time position
• Competitive salary depending on experience
• Reading based, onsite
• Senior individual-contributor role with significant ownership
• Opportunity to develop test capability, equipment and methodologies from the ground up
• Scope for the role to develop into technical leadership as the test function grows