Location: Stevenage, Hertfordshire
Salary: Up to £52,000 P/A + benefits (including Pension, Overtime, Bonus)
Hours: 37 hours per week
Are you looking for an exciting career designing highly complex technical products? If yes, then this could be for you. We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Principal Test Architect to join a world leading innovative business, critical to national security.
We are seeking an experienced Test Equipment Engineer that wishes to use their knowledge in a system/sub system management role. The department is responsible for specifying the production and in-service tests required to ensure correct manufacture and continued operation of the unit hardware. The role includes managing the requirements for Test Equipment and managing the development through delivery and into service.
This is an excellent opportunity to experience a broader view of the development and manufacturing process through interaction with systems designers, Chief Engineers, and suppliers. There are future opportunities to become a Team Leader within the Chief Design Engineer Project teams.
Hybrid working pattern: Where possible, we will seek to accommodate a blended approach to on-site and remote working - typically, this may be three days a week on site.
Benefits of working here:
- State of the art technology & innovation
- External learning and development encouraged.
- Light and airy university type campus.
- Friendly environment!
- Restaurant, On site Medical Centre, Parking / Easy Access to train station, Coffee Shops & Onsite Shop, Sports & Social Club and More
Responsibilities include:
- Ensuring the implementation of Test Equipment requirements from all Customers (Internal, Domestic and Export) across the Product Life Cycle
- Responsible for writing and developing the test specifications detailing the hardware testing required during production
- Leading Test Equipment design trades between Cost, Scope, and Time:
- proposing and recommending, with the Chief Design Engineer, the cost vs test coverage trade-offs
- working with the manufacturing team define the Special-To-Type Test Equipment (STTE) required to support production
- management of Test System obsolescence to optimise upgrade programs
- Technically manage internal & external suppliers for delivery of Test Equipment packages to time, cost, quality and performance requirements, and be the main point of contact between the project team and TE supplier.
Skills and Qualifications:
- Ideally educated to degree level (or equivalent experience) with experience of Test, Electrical and Electronic engineering, ideally Test Equipment Design, Test Equipment Requirement, Test Specifications, and supplier management.
- You will have experience and understanding of project management and planning; cost and budget control; diverse and conflicting customer Management; systems design; safety systems; ability to technically manage internal and sub-contract activities, ability to influence managers and partners across the company; determination and desire to travel when required.
We are seeking applications from either UK or UK Dual Nationals only, as you will have to apply for UK Security Clearance to a minimum of UK SC. Some restrictions may still apply.
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