Senior Test Engineer

Curtis Instruments; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in power electronics seeks an Engineering Support Specialist to ensure quality and compliance of new product development. This pivotal position involves working with R&D teams, troubleshooting issues, and implementing verification processes for electronic components, requiring a blend of engineering knowledge and practical skills.

Qualifications

• 3 years hands-on experience in production test or QA Validation role.
• Understanding of ESD/EMC principles.
• Knowledge of ISO 9001 and applicable regulatory standards.

Responsibilities

• Test, validate, and qualify power electronic products.
• Design and run tests to ensure specifications are met.
• Troubleshoot circuits and assist in design problem resolutions.

Skills

Communication

Circuit analysis

Troubleshooting

Power electronics

High voltage systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

MS Office

Job description

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Why You Will Love this Job:

Opportunity to offer Engineering support of a product development and continuation team. This is an essential cross functional visible position within the Curtis-UKEC Engineering organization to be responsible to test, validate and qualify newly developed power electronic products against their requirements, to achieve a high-quality and robust end product. This role will involve working closely with the entire new product development R&D team (including hardware/software and Mechanical Engineering), as well as project management and product/quality management. You will be responsible for following a New Product Integration Verification and Validation test plan, helping create test criteria/procedures, identifying, specifying and creating any necessary test environment, test and troubleshoot electronic assemblies, components and circuits (primarily for the power conversion sector ). Perform and document a full suite of tests (cross referencing the specification requirements) and independently determining compliance or not. Identifying and managing risks, making sound judgments about quality and the release of product or a change to an existing product.

What you will do:

Commission, Debug electronic circuits, components and PCB assemblies for new product development and sustaining projects.

Design, setup and run tests to ensure the design meets specifications.

Maintain records and documentation on all tests and analysis.

Use industry standard development systems to achieve traceability and cross referencing for V&V.

Work within a small design team to complete assigned objectives.

Troubleshoot circuits from prototypes, development, and customer returns.

Be the key interface for overall system (HW/SW) for validation and alignment on test plan, priorities and execution.

Work with Engineering to improve checklist of verification and validation tests and to define criteria for entry into Validation phase. Identify and resolve validation blockers.

Drive closure of issues/findings.

Establish a disciplined reporting and communication dashboard of project risks & status with respect to quality and readiness for release.

Improve the scope and coverage of automated tests

Augment the validation lab and life test capability and process

Perform change validation before ECN/ECO release

Assist other departments in the resolution of design related problems.

Assist with NPI team liaison with end of line test

What you will need:

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent (preferably with bias towards power electronics).

3 years hands-on experience in a production test and/or QA Validation role at system level (HW/SW)

Experience of working with systems at high voltage (100V to 1000Vdc) or high current (50A to 1000A).

An intuitive and practical disposition

An understanding of Safe practice (H&S)

Knowledge of analog or digital implementation of embedded controls and switching for power electronic operation.

Knowledge of switching power converters (preferably Motor drives and controls or SMPS). Knowledge and experience in QMS ISO 9001, TS 16949, or ISO 26262

Knowledge and experience in applicable product regulatory standards such as (EN1175, EN13849, UL 0583, and EN12895).

Knowledge of ESD/EMC principles and practices.

Knowledge of circuit analysis, and design of experiments.

Effective verbal and written communication skills.

PC literate with experience in MS Office and databases (good and thorough documentation skills).

About Us

Curtis is an equal opportunity employer that prohibits discrimination and will make decisions regarding employment opportunities, including, but not limited to, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, discipline, and termination, without regard to race, creed, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, genetic information, age, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, caste, mental or physical disability, marital or familial status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, political belief or affiliation, union membership status, military status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by national, state, local, or other applicable laws.

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Created on 17/06/2025 by TN United Kingdom