Job Description
Role: Material Testing Engineer - Soft Trim Materials
Location: Gaydon, UK
Duration: 12 months Fixed term employment
Salary: GBP40k/year
Hybrid work mode: 5 days from Gaydon location (since it needs person to be in plant for testing)
This role is within the Materials Laboratory – the role will focus on Soft Trim Materials and concerns the delivery and characterisation of new materials and the approval to support program delivery.
The main activities will be manage new material development projects, to carry out materials tests and report out results.
Key Accountabilities And Responsibilities:
1. Support all aspects relating to new material and technology selection, validation & approval for new programmes.
2. Support materials test activities within the laboratory, to defined procedures and processes
3. Support research & innovation projects from a materials perspective.
4. To collate, manipulate and interpret data which will be used to inform engineering decisions, to communicate out results in an easy to understand format.
5. Provide test expertise and interpretation on supplier delivered reports where techniques used are relevant.
6. Maintain facility to high standards including 5S and safety ac...