Test Operator (Surrey, UK)

Gulmay Ltd.; Byfleet; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Gulmay Ltd. in Byfleet conducts testing of high-voltage generators to ensure 100% quality and process compliance. You will work from technical specifications and circuit diagrams, producing detailed test reports and recording non-conformances to support continuous improvement.

You will maintain test equipment, assist in developing test plans with engineering, and contribute to safety and documentation standards across a technically complex, low-volume test cell.

Qualifications

• Proven experience of working with analogue and digital circuitry.
• At least five years’ experience in a similar test role.
• Experience in a technically complex, low-volume test cell.
• Good PC skills, including Microsoft Office and Excel.
• Proven ability to communicate effectively at all levels and work as a team player.
• Ability to read circuit diagrams, wiring diagrams, and schematics, and follow written instructions.
• Experience of problem-solving and continuous improvement.
• Self-motivated, with a continuous-improvement mindset.
• Familiarity with test-bench equipment, including oscilloscopes, DMMs, and power supply units.
• Hands-on analogue, high-voltage, or power electronics experience.

Responsibilities

• Strict compliance with health and safety practices and company procedures.
• Test associated components and generators in accordance with test specifications, completing detailed test reports.
• Record any non-conformance in a data log.
• Support regular maintenance of test equipment and comply with 6S discipline in working areas.

Skills

Analogue circuitry

Digital circuitry

Fault-finding

Documentation

Team collaboration

Circuit diagrams reading

Problem solving

Continuous improvement

High-voltage awareness

Education

HND/HNC or equivalent in engineering

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Digital Multimeters (DMMs)

Power supplies

CAD

MATLAB

Job description

Join the team at Gulmay’s primary factory in Byfleet, testing high-voltage generators and associated components to ensure complete quality and process compliance. You’ll work from technical specifications and circuit diagrams, produce detailed test reports, record non-conformances and help maintain test equipment – using your electronics knowledge and fault-finding skills to protect the quality of every product.

Chris Wheeler | August 5, 2026

Responsible to: Test Cell Leader; in their absence, the Test Manager.

Purpose

Testing of Gulmay generators to ensure 100% quality and process compliance.

Key responsibilities and accountabilities

• Strict compliance with health and safety practices and company procedures.
• Test associated components and generators in accordance with test specifications, completing detailed test reports.
• Record any non-conformance in a data log.
• Support regular maintenance of test equipment and comply with 6S discipline in working areas.

Person specification

• Proven experience of working with analogue and digital circuitry.
• At least five years’ experience in a similar test role.
• Experience in a technically complex, low-volume test cell.
• Good PC skills, including Microsoft Office and Excel.
• Proven ability to communicate effectively at all levels and work as a team player.
• Ability to read circuit diagrams, wiring diagrams, and schematics, and follow written instructions.
• Experience of problem-solving and continuous improvement.
• Self-motivated, with a continuous-improvement mindset.
• Flexible approach to interdepartmental support when required.
• Familiarity with test-bench equipment, including oscilloscopes, digital multimeters (DMMs), and power supply units (PSUs).
• Ability to perform physical tasks, including lifting products within health and safety regulations.
• Experience of working with Engineering to develop the testing of new products and create test plans and procedures.
• High-power switch-mode PSU electronics experience.
• Hands-on analogue, high-voltage, or power electronics experience.
• Knowledge of high-voltage generator equipment or similar engineered products.
• CAD or MATLAB experience.
• PCB soldering and testing experience.
• Experience of fault-finding to component level.
• Experience with radiation testing and compliance procedures.
• HND, HNC, or equivalent qualification in an engineering discipline preferred.