Test Equipment Development Engineer

As a Test Equipment Development Engineer you will design, develop, commission and maintain the automated and semi-automated test equipment used to test our products. Your role will a mix of hands-on engineering with real-world production and development testing.

You will own the development of bespoke test solutions spanning electronics, electro-mechanical systems, missile subsystems, propulsion hardware and production acceptance testing. Working closely with Product, Electronics, Systems, Manufacturing and Verification & Validation teams, you will develop automated-test-equipment (ATE), hardware-in-the-loop systems, development rigs and production test stations from initial concept through to deployment and ongoing support.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop bespoke automated and semi-automated test equipment from requirements capture through architecture, build, integration, commissioning and operational deployment.
• Develop electrical, electronic and mechanical test interfaces including fixtures, harnesses, break-out equipment, instrumentation, sensors, signal conditioning, switching hardware and data acquisition systems.
• Develop automated test sequences, control software and operator interfaces.
• Implement automated data acquisition, monitoring, pass/fail determination, traceable data capture, analysis and reporting across development and production test environments.
• Develop production-ready end-of-line test equipment, improving throughput, reliability, maintainability and operator usability while supporting the transition of R&D rigs into controlled production systems.
• Provide technical ownership for deployed test equipment including troubleshooting, configuration control, continuous improvement, engineering standards, documentation and external supplier engagement.

Requirements

• Experience developing automated or semi-automated test equipment, automated-test-equipment (ATE), or complex test systems within aerospace, defence, automotive, space, medical or another high-reliability engineering environment.
• Proven experience taking test equipment from requirements capture and concept through to operational deployment.
• Practical knowledge of instrumentation, measurement techniques, signal integrity, sensors, DAQ systems, hardware interfaces and fault-finding.
• Experience with Dewesoft, LabVIEW, Test Stand, Python, C#, MATLAB or PLC programming.
• Experience with automated sequencing, data logging, hardware control and report generation.
• Ability to derive practical test solutions from system and verification requirements.

Preferred Qualifications/Experience

• Degree, HNC/HND, apprenticeship or equivalent professional experience in Electrical, Electronic, Software, Aerospace, Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline.
• Experience developing test equipment for missile, UAV, propulsion, avionics, electro-mechanical or other complex systems.
• Experience with hardware-in-the-loop testing (HIL), production line automation, databases, serial buses, network interfaces and test equipment lifecycle support.
• Experience designing test equipment for repeatable manufacturing use, including maintainability, operator usability, configuration control and equipment safety.

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation and stock options
• Private Medical & Dental
• Cycle to work scheme

About Us

The mission of Cambridge Aerospace is to eliminate the risk of existential war in Europe. That risk comes from the air: low-cost drones, cruise missiles, ballistic missiles and hypersonic weapons that existing defence systems are too expensive, too scarce or too slow to defeat at scale.

We are building a new generation of low-cost interceptors and supporting systems designed to defend against those threats at a price point that allows them to be…