Test Development Engineer

JR United Kingdom; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent engineering firm in the UK is seeking a Senior Test & Development Engineer responsible for designing and verifying test equipment essential for electronic systems in defense and aerospace sectors. This 12-month contract role demands expertise in analogue and digital circuit design, along with strong leadership skills to guide junior engineers. The selected candidate will ensure compliance with industry standards while contributing to innovative testing solutions throughout the project lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Experience in Defence / Aerospace or safety regulated environment preferred.
• Ability to manage designs in production and support/debug system integration.
• Excellent knowledge of measurement uncertainty in test equipment design.

Responsibilities

• Design and verify test equipment for electronic systems.
• Provide leadership and guidance for junior engineers.
• Collaborate with hardware and software engineers on design specifics.

Skills

Design of functional test equipment

Analogue and digital electronic circuit design

Test hardware and test software development

Technical documentation writing

Tools

Mentor Graphics schematic entry and PCB layout tools

NI LabView

NI CVI

NI TestStand

C#

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06.06.2025

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Job summary

The Senior Test & Development Engineer will be responsible for the design, manufacture, verification and validation, along with through life technical support of board level, sub-system and system level test equipment.

Important

All applicants must be able to obtain Security Clearance.

Location: Harlow (fully onsite)

Duration: 12 month contract

We have multiple opportunities available with this team and are on the lookout for both perm and contract members of the team!

Responsibilities:

• Design of functional test equipment for circuit cards, sub-assemblies and systems.
• To take responsibility for the design and overall quality of the test equipment and provide leadership and guidance for junior engineers.
• Documentation of design specifications and implementation details. Take part in design reviews. Upholding of design standards and methodologies.
• Realisation of complex system requirements to provide robust and reliable test hardware solutions.
• Responsibility for the complete implementation of detailed technical items and an understanding/appreciation of system level items.
• Collaboration with other team members (including both hardware and software engineers) to agree system designs, interfaces and protocols etc.
• Development of appropriate test hardware, test software and procedures, both informal and formal, to prove the correct operation of hardware.
• Provide support to manufacturing answering product queries & resolving technical issues.
• Provide support for the test hardware and manage obsolescence throughout its lifecycle.
• Monitoring and reporting of progress of test development to immediate supervisor and development team.
• Proactively support company compliance to Health and Safety legislation through adherence to company polices, processes and practices.
• Ensure that all business activity is conducted in line with company values, policies and ethics codes of conduct.
• Undertake any other activity as reasonably requested by management
• Application of Design Review Processes
• Accountable for engineering specific risks and opportunities.
• Provides guidance of Test Development processes and tools.
• Contribute to section/business area resource planning with a working understanding of Microsoft Project tools.
• Test Engineering Lead for a small/medium scale test engineering program
• Ability to identify and engage the appropriate SME's to support the Test Development Engineering activities.
• Contributor/Approver for standard/tailored test development process including Design Review gates and content
• Key interface to external customers/suppliers.
• Excellent knowledge of analogue and digital electronic circuit design.
• Ability to write comprehensive technical design documentation.
• Proven experience in handover and management of designs in production.
• Able to support/debug system integration

Desired Skills:

• Experience in the Defence / Aerospace or safety regulated environment would be advantageous.
• Use of Mentor Graphics schematic entry and PCB layout tools.
• Understanding of common test architectures PXI/d LXI
• Measurement Uncertainty and its application in test equipment design and validation
• Software Certification or detailed knowledge of: NI LabView, NI CVI, NI TestStand, C#