Position: Principal Hardware Test Engineer
Location: Bristol, United Kingdom
Experience Needed: A skilled test engineer with a strong background in electrical/electronic testing, new product introduction, and production test readiness within aerospace, defence, automotive, or complex manufacturing environments.
About the Role:
An exciting opportunity to join a leading manufacturing team as a Principal Test Engineer, focusing on shaping production testing for future systems and sub-systems.
Working in a New Product Introduction (NPI) environment, you'll define test requirements and lead test readiness activities during prototype and initial development phases, ensuring timely, cost-effective, and high-quality delivery. This hands-on role requires collaboration across design and production teams from early development through to manufacturing.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Define and maintain test requirements for new electrical/electronic systems.
2. Drive production test readiness and support testing of prototypes.
3. Develop process flows and test architecture with project teams.
4. Create and manage Manufacturing Test Requirement Specifications (MTRS).
5. Contribute to Process FMEAs and test mitigations.
6. Collaborate with design and test equipment teams to develop and validate solutions.
7. Lead Production Readiness and Industrialisation Reviews.
8. Estimate testing efforts and support validation of production costs.
9. Maintain test documentation and validation plans across systems and sub-systems.
Qualifications and Skills:
* Strong background in digital and analogue electronics testing in manufacturing.
* Understanding of electrical/electronic test principles and equipment.
* Experience in defining test strategies, processes, and validation documentation.
* Desirable: Exposure to RF technology and systems-level testing.
* Beneficial: Experience in NPI and production test readiness.
If interested or seeking more details, please apply below. We look forward to hearing from you!
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