Electrical test engineer

SGS is the world's leading testing, inspection and certification company, recognized as the global benchmark for sustainability, quality and integrity. With 100,000 employees across 2,600 offices and laboratories worldwide, we enable a safe, interconnected world.

Job Description

Job Title: Electrical Test Engineer

Job Type: Permanent

Location: Buxton

Hours: 37.5 hours a week, 9am – 5pm

Salary: Competitive + Bonus

As an Electrical Test Engineer, you will carry out electrical safety testing across a wide range of products, ensuring compliance with relevant standards and ISO/IEC 17025 requirements. Working both in the laboratory and on-site, you’ll deliver accurate, high‑quality test results and certification documentation. You will play a key role in supporting accreditation, maintaining equipment, and ensuring projects are delivered to client expectations. This is an excellent opportunity to develop technical expertise within a highly respected testing and compliance environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct electrical product testing in the laboratory and at client sites, ensuring compliance with relevant standards and procedures
• Produce accurate test reports and certification documentation in line with accreditation and quality requirements
• Manage workload effectively to meet project timelines, budgets, and departmental targets
• Support the calibration and maintenance of test equipment to ensure compliance with quality systems
• Maintain high standards of health & safety, housekeeping, and adherence to company policies and procedures

Qualifications

Essential

• Bachelor or Master Degree in electrical engineering, or equivalent
• Alternative HNC/HND in electrical engineering with relevant work experience

Desirable

• Full Driving Licence for use in the UK
• Familiarity with EU/UK safety directives

Benefits

• Performance related bonus (discretionary and subject to eligibility criteria)
• Private medical cover (immediate access)
• Competitive pension scheme + Life Assurance
• Generous annual leave allowance (increasing with service) plus bank holidays
• An additional day off for your birthday

SGS is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and as such we recruit, hire, train, and promote persons in all job classifications without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetics, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristics protected by law.