Test Development Engineer

Gerrell & Hard; Portsmouth; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Gerrell & Hard is seeking a Software Engineer to provide software support for production lines in Southampton and to assist services/quality and R&D as required. You will develop software to automate bespoke ATE systems, review databases and stored procedures, and resolve software issues across manufacturing lines.

You will work with Mechanical/Hardware engineers in the operations test team and with R&D on NVI/NPI software projects, delivering robust software solutions for hardware control

Qualifications

• Degree in engineering or equivalent experience.
• Experience with LabVIEW in production testing.
• Knowledge of NI hardware interfaces.
• Experience debugging software for hardware control.
• Collaborative across departments.

Responsibilities

• Develop software to automate bespoke ATE systems for Southampton production lines.
• Review or develop software and stored procedures for production testing.
• Investigate and resolve software issues to support manufacturing lines in Southampton.
• Collaborate with R&D for NVI/NPI software development work.

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

Company Background:

Our client is a leading designer and manufacturer of fibre lasers for use in cutting, welding, and marking applications in a wide range of industries. They sell its products globally and has its major business operations, including Research and Development, Manufacturing and Product Marketing located in Southampton, UK, and the rest of Europe with additional Sales and Customer Support locations in Asia and North America. They are introducing key new products at pace and this role is critical to the success of these implementations and growth plans.

Job Purpose:

As a software engineer reporting to the Operations Test Team manager, you will be responsible for providing software support for the various production lines in Southampton.

You will also be required to provide software support to other areas of business such as our services/quality, R&D and external customers where applicable.

Your role includes but not limited to software development, database or stored procedure related tasks, software work planning, etc. You will be able to investigate and resolve any software bugs in a timely manner.

You will be working alongside Mechanical / Hardware engineers in the operations test engineering team to deliver software solutions, whilst also collaborating with our R&D department for new NVI /NPI software development work.

Key Areas of Responsibility:

• Development and implementation of software to automate bespoke ATE systems built for the TGBL Southampton manufacturing lines.


• Software and database/stored procedure review or development.


• Investigate and resolve any software issues to support the different manufacturing lines at TGBL Southampton.

Essential:

• Software programming experience using LabVIEW Software for production testing. LabVIEW Core 2 training desirable as a minimum.


• Some knowledge of Matlab, VB.net and VB6 programming to support existing test fixtures.


• Hands on experience of debugging software controlling digital/analogue electronic hardware and power control systems.


• Working with National Instruments digital IO, analogue and communication interfaces.


• Experience in delivering software solutions to control hardware drivers & motors in third-party test equipment.


• Previous experience working within a production environment


• Good communication skills and ability to collaborate across multiple departments

Advantageous:

• Knowledge of National Instruments to develop automated solutions.


• Experience interfacing to I2C, RS232, CANBUS, Modbus etc.


• Experience in writing complex SQL queries, stored procedures, and test scripts.


• Experience of using Atlassian JIRA/Confluence.


• PC software Build and set-up in a production environment.

Develop test solutions for optics beam delivery laser systems.

Formal Qualifications:

Degree qualified in an appropriate engineering discipline, or equivalent through experience and alternative technical qualifications

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