Overview
Socode are proud to support a key client who are looking to appoint a Test Equipment Engineering Team Lead to take ownership of manufacturing test. This is a genuinely hands-on technical leadership role. You’ll be leading a small, highly capable team, understanding how products behave on the line, validating build quality, and making sure test systems are doing what they should in the real world. This is not a role for someone who wants to step away from engineering. The business operates an end-to-end, largely in-house model. Hardware, software, manufacturing, and test all sit under one roof, which means this role sits right at the centre of the product lifecycle. It’s five days a week on site, working closely multi-disciplinary teams.
Responsibilities
* Leading a team of five test equipment engineers, spanning engineer through to senior and principal level
* Acting as the technical authority for manufacturing test systems, not just managing workloads
* Designing, developing, and supporting automated test equipment used in high-volume production
* Staying hands-on with both hardware and software test, including ATE written in C#
* Supporting systems that execute hundreds of thousands of test operations reliably and repeatably
* Working with RF, audio, DMM, and signal-switching test paths in a manufacturing environment
* Validating that products are built correctly and robustly, not simply that they pass a design-level test
* Bridging gaps between design, test, and manufacturing, challenging assumptions where needed
* Supporting new product introductions, pilot builds, and production ramp-ups
* Maintaining and improving existing test systems
* Providing day-to-day technical leadership and mentoring to a collaborative, well-gelled team
What They’re Looking For
* A hands-on technical lead, not a career manager
* Strong experience in manufacturing test rather than pure product design
* A solid background in automated test equipment development and deployment
* Experience working in high-volume manufacturing environments
* Either a hardware or software background, with a cross-functional mindset
* Comfortable working close to the tools, the data, and the team
* Someone with the technical credibility to validate build quality and challenge test coverage
* An engineer who enjoys solving real production problems, not just theoretical ones
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