Test Solutions Engineer

Leonardo S.p.A.; Luton; Hybrid; GBP 37,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Leonardo UK in Luton is seeking a Test Development Engineer to join the Test Solutions team. You will contribute to hardware/software test solutions for RF, digital and analogue electronics, bridging design and implementation.

You will design, develop and test equipment, maintain documentation, work with suppliers, and participate in life-cycle design reviews. Hybrid working and travel within UK/Europe may be required.

Qualifications

• Experience with RF, digital and analogue test solutions.
• Ability to communicate with stakeholders and work in multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience with external suppliers and lifecycle design reviews.

Responsibilities

• Design and problem solving to test solution development.
• Support requirements capture for Test Equipment Requirement Specifications (TERS).
• Control of parts and documentation including change management.
• Ensure effective implementation of the life-cycle design reviews.
• Develop hardware/software test solutions from requirements through testing.
• Software development using LabVIEW & TestStand.
• Support management of suppliers and Make/Buy decisions.
• Identify technical risks and mitigation strategies.

Skills

Electronics knowledge

Stakeholder communication

Teamwork

External suppliers

Education

Degree qualified (or equivalent)

Tools

LabVIEW

TestStand

DOORS

Test automation tools

Job description

Job Description:

Job Description:

Salary: £37,318 - £53,550

Leonardo UK operates a grade-based salary framework with broad bands. The salary range shown reflects the approved grade band for this role, or a narrower hiring range published within that band, and is benchmarked against the external market. Exceptions above the standard range are managed through governance controls to protect internal equity.

Your Impact:
Leonardo has a fantastic opportunity for a Test Development Engineer to join the Test Solutions team. We are seeking a talented and experienced Engineer, familiar with working on complex electronic (ideally RF, Digital and analogue based) Test Solutions.Our Systems Engineers work in multidisciplinary teams spanning a range of activities pulling together the necessary engineering and technology strands into a high-performance system, bridging the gap between the theoretically possible and the practically implementable.

What you will do:

• The scope of work can range from design and technical problem solving to test solution development
• Support the requirements capture for Test Equipment Requirement Specifications (TERS)
• Control of Parts and Documentation including change management
• Ensure effective implementation of the company's Life-cycle design reviews
• Be part of a team that develops the hardware/software test solution including the requirements specification through to testing
• Software development using LabVIEW & Test Stand
• Support the management of Suppliers and project Make/Buy decisions as required
• Identify technical risks and mitigation strategies e.g. with test solutions or obsolescence

What you’ll bring

• Good understanding of a range of electronic technologies and a good understand of one of the Hardware/Systems/Software engineering lifecycles
• Experience of working with external supplies
• Degree qualified (or equivalent)
• Ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of stakeholders
• Demonstrate team working skills

It would be nice if you had:

• Good understanding of digital/analogue/RF systems with ESM and ECM
• Test equipment exposure including operating/maintaining equipment
• Experience of working in the defence electronics sector, ideally with airborne sensor systems
• DOORS or equivalent requirements capture tool
• LabVIEW and TestStand Experience, or equivalent software test automation tools

Travel within the UK and Europe may be required for this role.

Primary Location:
GB - Luton - Cap. Green 300

Contract Type:
Permanent

Hybrid Working:
Hybrid