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Carbon60 is recruiting a Development and Production Test Engineer (Electronics) for a well known UK based defence company.
Location: Bolton
Rate: £37 per hour (umbrella)
Duration: 12-months
This role is fully on site.
Responsibilities
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Role responsibilities
Technical support to the manufacturing test of weapons sub-systems in production and development test and diagnostics of complex weapons at system and Subsystem level.
* Provide Test Engineering support during Design / Development phases from initial concept through to Production Readiness Review and release to Operations.
* Support Test Facility introduction and ensure that configuration control of equipment and facilities is in place prior to use, including generating supporting test specifications and operator instructions.
* Support to testing of electrical/electronic weapon systems and sub-assemblies, with diagnosis of production test failures down to circuit card and potentially component level.
* Identification of remedial and corrective actions, in a timely manner allowing Manufacturing to continue production in line with programme.
* Evaluation of technical problems in order to develop proposals for test equipment investigations and corrective actions, including process improvements.
* Test Engineering representative at Defect Review Board meetings to ensure efficient progress of equipment and quality notifications towards corrective action. Role requirements (skills, training and qualifications)
* HNC/HND (Electronics) Level of Qualifications or equivalent, plus good level of experience in digital & analogue electronics manufacture and test.
* A good understanding of measurement and test principles, and associated test equipment.
* An understanding of the typical CADMID product life cycle for test equipment is desirable.
* An understanding of RF and microwave technology at subsystem level would be an advantage.
* An understanding of Environmental testing (including ESS) would also be an advantage.
* Good verbal and written communication skills, including generation of test specifications, operator instructions and technical reports based on higher-level requirements.
* Proven analytically and problem solving skills, with strong attention to detail.
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