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