Senior Test Development Engineer

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Job description

Our client, a leading defence and security company, is currently seeking a Senior Test Development Engineer to join their team in Glenrothes / Livingston, Scotland. Operating across the United Kingdom, our client provides defence solutions across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. They are a major supplier to the UK government and customers globally, also offering digital and training transformation solutions to both commercial and military clients.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design of functional test equipment
• Taking responsibility for the design and overall quality of the test equipment and providing leadership and guidance for junior engineers
• Documenting design specifications and implementation details, participating in design reviews, and upholding design standards and methodologies
• Realisation of complex system requirements to provide robust and reliable test hardware solutions
• Ensuring complete implementation of detailed technical items and understanding/appreciation of system level items
• Collaborating with other team members to agree on system designs, interfaces, and protocols
• Developing appropriate test hardware, test software, and procedures to prove the correct operation of hardware
• Providing support to manufacturing, answering product queries and resolving technical issues

Job Requirements:

• Degree qualified in Electronic Engineering or related subject (preferably at 2.1 Hons or higher)
• Test software design experience
• Excellent knowledge of analogue and digital electronic circuit design
• Ability to write comprehensive technical design documentation
• Proven experience in the handover and management of designs in production
• Excellent hardware troubleshooting skills
• Good knowledge of MS Office products
• Good communicator
• Must be eligible for MOD Security Clearance to a minimum of SC level

Highly Desirable:

• Significant test development experience in 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 mixed signal circuits
• High speed serial networks
• An appreciation of RF electronics
• Knowledge of power supply design
• SC clearance

Behaviours:

• Ability to work individually and in a team
• Innovative thinker and problem solver
• Ability to effectively research and solve complex technical issues
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to work effectively with customer representatives from varied backgrounds
• Good attention to detail
• Flexible and adaptable

If you are an experienced Senior Test Development Engineer looking for a permanent position in Scotland, we would love to hear from you. Apply now to join our client's dynamic and talented team.

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