Job Description
Graduate Electronics Engineer - Space Imaging
* Chelmsford, Essex (onsite position)
* £30,000 - £40,000 + excellent bens.
We’re working with a cutting-edge engineering organisation delivering advanced imaging technology used in space exploration and life-changing healthcare applications.
They’re growing fast, investing heavily, and now looking for a Graduate Electronics Engineer to join their Product Verification & Test team.
This is a brilliant opportunity for an early-career engineer to get hands-on experience across real, high-impact projects — from cleanroom testing to supporting space qualification campaigns.
Position Summary and Responsibilities - Graduate Electronics Engineer
* Produce and implement test and verification plans flowing down from system level requirements for the various stages of development.
* Plan, commission and perform functional, electrical, mechanical and environmental tests at detector, subsystem and system level.
* Write project documentation including test procedures and test reports. Train Operations staff where necessary.
* Provide documentation and present at design, test and project reviews for both internal and external audiences.
* Define requirements for test equipment (GSE).
* Commission test equipment (OGSE, EGSE, MGSE) in accordance with internal and customer specifications, including scripting and coding for automating the test equipment.
* Detector, sub-system and system verification testing.
* Verification and acceptance testing/screening of Front-End Electronics and Payload Systems to ECSS standards.
* Perform technical investigations where necessary into failure modes and anomalous results.
* Support teams outside of the Product Verification & Test Team, including Operations and Process Engineering.
* Actively participate in ensuring that quality assurance practices are adhered to and maintained throughout the project lifecycle.
* Support, help to identify, and carry out process improvement activities for both project-specific and more general processes.
Experience - Graduate Electronics Engineer
* Degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics or related field.
* Test planning and scheduling.
* Experience working with verification / validation of requirements.
* Good general electrical and electronics background.
* Knowledge of environmental testing
* Experience of fault finding.
* Experience of engineering lifecycle management and requirements management.