Test Rig Facility Engineer

Ricardo; Royal Leamington Spa; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Diversity and inclusion

Job summary

Ricardo, a global engineering consultancy, is seeking a Test Facility Engineer to join the Midlands Technical Centre in Leamington Spa, UK. You will lead installation work packages, manage facility safety and calibration, and provide technical guidance across automotive, aerospace, and marine test projects.

The role requires a strong grounding in facility management, test rig installations, and cross-disciplinary collaboration.

Qualifications

• Experience in multi-discipline, test facility supervision.
• An engineering degree or HND in Mechanical/Automotive engineering.
• Ability to manage multiple technical tasks and meet demanding project timing.

Responsibilities

• Lead test rig installation work packages, ensuring delivery against time, cost, and quality targets.
• Manage facility H&S equipment, processes and guidance.
• Manage periodic facility maintenance schedule to ensure safety and compliance.
• Serve as the primary technical contact for facility-related enquiries.
• Provide technical guidance to engineers and technician teams.
• Responsible for test asset management including maintenance and calibration.
• Support instrumentation requirements based on project objectives.
• Oversee component, system, transmission, driveline testing, including specialist instrumentation and prototype manufacture.

Skills

Test facility supervision

Test rig installation

Fault-finding techniques

Powertrain knowledge

Cross-disciplinary coordination

Strong communication

Education

HND or degree in Engineering

Tools

Specialist instrumentation

Calibration procedures

Job description

Our vision is to create a safe and sustainable world.

Ricardo, member of WSP, is a global strategic, environmental, and engineering consulting company. With over 100 years of engineering excellence and employing close to 3,000 employees in more than 20 countries, we provide exceptional levels of expertise in delivering leading-edge and innovative cross-sector sustainable products and solutions. Every day, we enable our customers to solve the most complex and dynamic challenges to help achieve a safe and sustainable world.

The Role

The Test Operations Department is responsible for prototype development, validation, and testing of driveline and transmission systems. We are currently seeking a Test Facility Engineer to join our team at the Midlands Technical Centre in Leamington Spa, UK.

This role requires a strong foundation in facility management, test rig installations, and test methodologies. The successful candidate will ensure the test facility is fit for purpose on a day to day basis and lead installation activities across a diverse range of test projects, including automotive, aerospace, and marine applications.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead test rig installation work packages, ensuring delivery against time, cost, and quality targets.
• Manage facility H&S equipment, processes and guidance, supporting a safety first culture
• Manage periodic facility maintenance schedule to ensure safety and legislative compliance.
• Serve as the primary technical contact for facility-related enquiries.
• Give technical guidance to engineers and technician teams.
• Responsible for test asset management including maintenance and calibration
• Support instrumentation requirements based on project objectives.
• Oversee component, system, transmission, driveline testing, including:
• Specialist instrumentation
• Prototype component manufacture
• Functional and durability test rigs

Qualifications

• An HND or degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Automotive, or related discipline) ispreferred.

Professional Experience And Skills

• Strong grasp of fundamental engineering principles.
• Experience in muti-discipline, test facility supervision
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple technical tasks simultaneously, prioritising effectively to meet demanding project timing.
• Experience in mechanical installation of test rigs or fixtures.
• Broad engineering knowledge of power-train systems.
• Ability to coordinate and synthesize information from multiple engineering disciplines.
• Skilled in fault-finding techniques used within a test facility
• Strong task management capabilities.
• Excellent interpersonal, written communication, and presentation skills.

Working here

You will be warmly welcomed into our workplace where every voice matters. We are diverse thinkers and doers, coming together to create a culture of inclusion. We will support you to find your place. We will encourage you to use your passion and expertise to make a positive impact through the projects you work on. Your knowledge and desire to bring about change will be invaluable in helping deliver innovative solutions that support communities across the globe in becoming safer and more sustainable.

Work life balance

We offer flexible approaches to work, whether that is working from home, being in the office, or as a hybrid worker. We're happy to discuss flexible working arrangements. Wellbeing is at the core to our culture, allowing employees to flourish and to achieve their full potential.

Diversity, Equality and Inclusion statement

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person's potential, and we'll help you reach yours. We have an ambitious diversity, equality, and inclusion approach as explained here. We value diversity; recognising that a more diverse workforce creates a richer and more varied working environment. Diversity also drives innovation, by allowing us to offer our clients the best consultancy service that we can. As part of our commitment to engage positively and pro-actively with all our employees to ensure an inclusive culture, we are a recognised as a 'disability confident' employer.