Senior Test Development Engineer
Location: Glenrothes or Livingston
About the role:
Responsible for the design, manufacture, verification and validation, along with through life technical support of board level, sub:system and system level test equipment.
Skills:
. Test software design
. Excellent knowledge of analogue and digital electronic circuit design
. Ability to write comprehensive technical design documentation
. Proven knowledge in handover and management of designs in production
. Excellent hardware troubleshooting skills
. Able to support/debug system integration
. Must be eligible for MOD Security Clearance to a minimum of SC level
Highly Desirable:
. Significant test development in a safety critical industry
. Use of Mentor Graphics schematic entry and PCB layout tools
. Understanding of common test architectures PXI/d LXI
. Measurement Uncertainty and its application in test equipment design and validation
. Software Certification or detailed knowledge of: NI LabView, NI CVI, NI TestStand, C
. Design of mix signal circuits
. High speed serial networks
. An appreciation of RF electronics
. Knowledge of power supply design
Responsibilities
. Design of functional test equipment for circuit cards, sub:assemblys and systems.
. To take responsibility for the design and overall quality of the test equipment and provide leadership and guidance for junior engineers.
. Documentation of design specifications and implementation details. Take part in design reviews. Upholding of design standards and methodologies.
. Realisation of complex system requirements to provide robust and reliable test hardware solutions.
. Responsibility for the complete implementation of detailed technical items and an understanding/appreciation of system level items.
. Collaboration with other team members (including both hardware and software engineers) to agree system designs, interfaces and protocols etc.
. Development of appropriate test hardware, test software and procedures, both informal and formal, to prove the correct operation of hardware.
. Provide support to manufacturing answering product queries and resolving technical issues.
. Provide support for the test hardware and manage obsolescence throughout its lifecycle.
. Monitoring and reporting of progress of test development to immediate supervisor and development team.
. Proactively support company compliance to Health and Safety legislation through adherence to company polices, processes and practices.
. Ensure that all business activity is conducted in line with company values, policies and ethics codes of conduct.
. Undertake any other activity as reasonably requested by management
. Application of Design Review Processes
. Accountable for engineering specific risks and opportunities.
. Key contributor at Gate/Design reviews
. Provides guidance of Test Development processes and tools.
. Contribute to section/business area resource planning with a working understanding of Microsoft Project tools.
. Test Engineering Lead for a small/medium scale test engineering program
. Ability to identify and engage the appropriate SMEs to support the Test Development Engineering activities.
. Contributor/Approver for standard/tailored test development process including Design Review gates and content
. Key interface to external customers/suppliers.