Senior Test Development Engineer; LabVIEW

Position: Senior Test Development Engineer (LabVIEW)
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 Lab View, NI CVI, NI Test Stand, 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 & 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