Senior Power Electronics & Motor Test Engineer

SR2 REC LTD; Reading; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

SR2 REC LTD in Reading is seeking a Senior Power Electronics Motor Test Engineer to own development, characterisation and verification of high‑performance power electronics and electric drive systems for a UK defence start up.

This hands‑on role involves defining testing scope, designing rigs, and turning test data into engineering decisions, with initial focus on power electronics and potential expansion into motor testing and broader verification.

Qualifications

• 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.
• Ability to define test methodologies and interpret results to support engineering development.
• SC Eligibility (Dual British & NATO nationalities considered).

Responsibilities

• Define what needs testing and design rigs to test it.
• Build fixtures and instrumentation for tests.
• Turn experimental data into engineering decisions.
• Opportunity to develop test capability, equipment and methodologies from the ground up.

Skills

Power electronics

Test & characterisation

Motor drives

Oscilloscopes

Data acquisition

Test rigs

Data analysis

Python

LabVIEW

Calibration & traceability

SC eligibility

Tools

Power analysers

Current probes

Data acquisition equipment

Job description

SR2 REC LTD in Reading is seeking a Senior Power Electronics Motor Test Engineer to own development, characterisation and verification of high‑performance power electronics and electric drive systems for a UK defence start up.

This hands‑on role involves defining testing scope, designing rigs, and turning test data into engineering decisions, with initial focus on power electronics and potential expansion into motor testing and broader verification.