Senior Product Test Development Engineer - On-site Glenrothes, Scotland

Secure Consult; Glenrothes; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Secure Consult in Glenrothes, Scotland, is seeking a Senior Product Test Development Engineer to design, build, and support automated test equipment for defence and aerospace electronic products. This on-site role covers the full test development lifecycle from design through production transfer and ongoing support.

You will work with control actuation, guidance electronics and GPS-related systems, collaborating across hardware, software, and systems engineering teams in a secure environment.

Qualifications

• SC clearance eligibility required.
• Experience designing automated test equipment for production environments.
• Strong hardware and software integration skills across analogue/digital electronics.
• Ability to work fully on-site in a secure engineering environment.
• Cross-functional collaboration across hardware, software and systems teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, verify, and validate automated test equipment at card, sub-system, and system levels.
• Own end-to-end test development lifecycle including production transfer and ongoing support.
• Architect and develop structured automated test software for electronic systems.
• Design and integrate test hardware interfaces such as fixtures, harnesses, and instrumentation.
• Debug complex electronic and mixed-signal systems in laboratory environments.
• Lead fault finding, root cause analysis, and failure investigations, providing feedback to design teams.
• Support manufacturing through issue resolution, yield improvement, and obsolescence management.
• Collaborate across hardware, software, and systems engineering teams and participate in customer engagements.

Skills

Automated test development

Electronic testing

Lab debugging

System integration

Fault analysis

Tools

Test software

Fixture design

Instrumentation

Job description

Defence & Aerospace Engineering LIVE ROLE

Senior Product Test Development Engineer - On-site Glenrothes, Scotland

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Glenrothes, Scotland Full-time, on-site SC-D71A7CD6EFD2B69E72D1

The opportunity

Join a high-growth engineering team developing advanced automated test systems for electronic products in defence and aerospace manufacturing. This senior role focuses on designing, building, and supporting automated test equipment for production environments. Work with cutting-edge technologies supporting control actuation, guidance electronics, and GPS anti-jamming systems in land, sea, air, and space domains. Must be UK Security Check (SC) clearance eligible and located or willing to relocate to Glenrothes, Scotland.

What you could work on

• Design, develop, verify, and validate automated test equipment at card, sub-system, and system levels
• Own end-to-end test development lifecycle including production transfer and ongoing support
• Architect and develop structured automated test software for electronic systems
• Design and integrate test hardware interfaces such as fixtures, harnesses, and instrumentation
• Debug complex electronic and mixed-signal systems in laboratory environments
• Lead fault finding, root cause analysis, and failure investigations, providing feedback to design teams
• Support manufacturing through issue resolution, yield improvement, and obsolescence management
• Collaborate across hardware, software, and systems engineering teams and participate in customer engagements
• Strong background in automated electronic test system development
• Excellent analogue and digital electronic circuit design knowledge
• Experience designing and deploying electronic test equipment in manufacturing environments
• Developing structured test software for automated or semi-automated systems
• Hardware troubleshooting and board-level fault-finding skills
• Experience transferring test solutions into production and supporting manufacturing
• Ability to work fully on-site in a secure engineering environment
• Eligibility for UK Security Check (SC) clearance, including British citizenship and UK residency

Security vetting

Vetting level recorded for this role: SC. Ask your consultant whether clearance must already be held or can be obtained for this assignment.

Working arrangements

Glenrothes, Scotland, Full-time, on-site. Confirm employment terms and any clearance requirements with your consultant.

Automated Test Equipment Electronic Test Systems Defence Engineering Aerospace Engineering Hardware Troubleshooting Test Software Development UK Security Clearance Manufacturing Support