Role: support of the qualification process of equipment to military standards
The role involves the creating of qualification test strategies for military equipment, to meet stringent customer requirements. This via the writing and gaining approval of unit test plans for equipment. Then overseeing the implementation of the strategy, leading to test house supervision and support. Finally writing, presentation and approval of test reports, which show that full verification of the customer requirement set has been achieved.
Day to day role
To include :
Understanding customer qualification requirements to enable:
Writing and maintaining qualification test plans
Conducting pre-compliance and qualification testing on equipment
Writing and maintaining test reports
Closing out the Management of the verification process
Liaising with external test houses
Liaising and supporting Production, as required
Liaising with customer qualification engineers
Liaising with internal engineering to ensure design compliance
Essential Areas of Technical Expertise
Exposure to some or all of the following:
Environmental testing, Thermal, humidity, shock, vibration : Def Stan 00-35 Mil Std 810
EMC/electronic testing : Mil Std 1275 Mil Std 461, Def Stan 61-5 Def Stan 59-411
Desired Areas of Technical Expertise
Human factors assessment
Integrated logistics support
AR&M
DRACAS/FRACAS systems
PHAST
Required Skills
Experience of standard office tools, Word, Excel, Powerpoint
Good document craftmanship
Experience of change control systems
Other stuff
Must be prepared to travel in support of testing
Must be a hands on engineer
Must be able to work with minimum supervision
Full UK driving license
Ideally hold SC clearance
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