Our OEM Client based in Gaydon, is searching for a Test Engineer – Vehicle Safety to join their team, Inside IR35. This is a 12-month contract position initially until 31st March 2026, with the potential for further extensions.
Umbrella Pay Rate: £27.03 per hour.
Roles and Responsibilities:
* The candidate would join the Vehicle Safety Test Laboratories test team at Gaydon to conduct physical destructive testing on components, systems and vehicles to meet Passive Safety targets.
* Working closely with customers, the data is used to progress engineering development, or to be used for compliance evidence by witness authorities and others.
* With the ability to translate regulation and requirement test protocols, and using a variety of modern test equipment, instrumentation and data acquisition systems, the candidate will manage the test through to completion and produce a test report on time.
* Initially on "days", the role may require being on shifts later in the year (earlies and lates).
Skills:
* Experience of physical testing in a laboratory.
* Working knowledge of passive safety regulations and requirements, incl FMVSS and ECE.
* Working knowledge of instrumentation and data acquisition systems. E.g. force, displacement, acceleration.
Education:
1. Degree educated desired but not essential.