Test Engineer

Octagon Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Octagon Group in Middlesex is seeking a Senior Test Engineer with strong RF, electronics or electrical engineering background to fault find, repair and test high voltage power supplies and microwave equipment.

You will lead testing of HVPS, TWTs, PAMs and MPMs up to 35kV, perform RF tests on S, C, X bands, coordinate workloads, and ensure safety standards alongside production and quality teams.

Qualifications

• Degree in RF, Electrical Engineering, Electronics or Physics.
• Minimum HNC qualification in a relevant engineering discipline.
• Experience fault finding electronic equipment down to component level.
• Good understanding of switch mode power supplies.
• Experience testing specialist RF or microwave equipment.

Responsibilities

• Testing High Voltage Switch Mode Power Supplies and TWTs up to 35kV.
• Fault finding HVPS, TWTAs, PAMs and MPMs down to component level.
• Testing and debugging software.
• RF testing on S, C, X, Ku and millimetric band TWTs.
• Testing TWTAs using oscilloscopes, spectrum analysers, vector network analysers, RF power meters, RF signal generators and pulse generators.
• Carrying out Environmental Stress Screening including vibration, altitude and temperature cycling.
• Testing equipment against commercial and military specifications.
• Planning and supervising workloads and ensuring production test plans are delivered to schedule.
• Identify engineering problems and implement effective solutions.
• Design and conduct tests to confirm product performance.
• Monitor project progress and support delivery against schedules.
• Coordinate activities and resolve technical issues.
• Work closely with engineering, production and quality teams.
• Help maintain high standards of Health and Safety.
• Provide technical support and guidance to other members of the test team.

Skills

RF testing

High voltage testing

Microwave testing

Troubleshooting

Team collaboration

Health and Safety compliance

Education

Degree in RF/Electrical Engineering/Physics

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Spectrum analyzers

Vector network analyzers

RF power meters

RF signal generators

Pulse generators

C#/.NET Windows apps

Job description

A leading engineering organisation is looking for a Test Engineer to join its specialist test and repair team in Middlesex. This is an excellent job opportunity for an experienced RF, electronics or electrical engineer with strong high voltage and microwave testing experience.

The Test Engineer job will focus on fault finding, repair and testing of High Voltage Power Supplies, Travelling Wave Tubes (TWTs), Travelling Wave Tube Amplifiers (TWTAs), Power Amplifier Modules (PAMs) and Microwave Power Modules (MPMs).

As a Test Engineer, responsibilities will include:

• Testing High Voltage Switch Mode Power Supplies and TWTs at voltages of up to 35kV.
• Fault finding High Voltage Power Supplies, TWTAs, PAMs and MPMs down to component level.
• Testing and debugging software.
• Carrying out RF testing on S, C, X, Ku and millimetric band TWTs.
• Testing TWTAs using oscilloscopes, spectrum analysers, vector network analysers, RF power meters, RF signal generators and pulse generators.
• Carrying out Environmental Stress Screening, including vibration, altitude and operational temperature cycling.
• Testing equipment against both commercial and military specifications.
• Planning and supervising workloads and ensuring production test plans are delivered to schedule.

The successful candidate will also be expected to:

• Identify engineering problems and ensure effective solutions are implemented.
• Design and conduct tests to confirm product performance.
• Monitor project progress and support delivery against schedules.
• Coordinate activities and resolve technical issues.
• Work closely with engineering, production and quality teams.
• Help maintain high standards of Health and Safety.
• Provide technical support and guidance to other members of the test team.

Applicants for this Senior Test Engineer job should ideally have a degree in RF, Electrical Engineering, Electronics or Physics. Candidates with a minimum HNC qualification in a relevant engineering discipline will also be considered.

The role requires:

• Experience fault finding electronic equipment down to component level.
• Good understanding of switch mode power supplies.
• Good understanding of RF component design.
• Experience testing specialist RF or microwave equipment.
• Good understanding of C#/.NET Windows applications.
• Ability to supervise and support other engineers.