Electronics Test Development Engineer

Compensation

• GBP 45,600 - GBP 57,000 - yearly

As a Test Development Engineer you would play an important role in our innovative Test Development team, working on avionics and possibly on land based armoured vehicle communication systems.

You will be expected to provide test solutions for highly technical electronic circuits and units. You will undertake test development strategies and develop test solutions to ensure our products meet all our quality requirements and safe functionality within the aircraft.

You will also play a major part in technical investigations, requiring a comprehensive knowledge of electronic hardware with a heavy processor/FPGA bias.

Working alongside top quality engineers, you will find your hardware/software knowledge continually expanding, leading to opportunities for future development and progression.

As a senior engineer, you will be expected to play a leading role within the company. Being heavily involved in test strategy development and implementation, you will be required to produce detailed recommendations along with project planning using Microsoft Office applications. You will be expected to present test strategies to senior management. You must be good at decision making, be capable of open technical discussion and have the ability to understand ‘the bigger picture’.

You will need to be a team player but also capable of working individually. As your role grows, there will be opportunities for you to become an Engineering Team Lead with direct reports and additional responsibilities.

• Comprehensive knowledge of electronic hardware
• Advanced level test related expertise
• Ideally develop test solutions using Lab View and Test Stand as these are the tools used in the team currently
• Perform complex technical investigations individually or with a team
• Developing, analysing, improving and implementing test strategies
• Ideally some knowledge of Linux OS
• Act and make decisions upon your own initiative
• Excellent capacity for problem solving combined with report writing skills
• Capable of working on numerous tasks in parallel
• Ideally requires minimum of HNC level education or equivalent, with a proven range of relevant experience.

This role has a salary of between £45,600 and £57,000 plus our flexible benefits package.

Benefits include:

• A compressed nine‑day fortnight and compressed hours - which means every other Friday off.
• A personalized career development plan, alongside regular progress reviews – supporting and valuing your progression within the Company.
• A flexible working environment where your contributions are recognised and rewarded with flexible benefits.

We are a Disability Confident Employer, as such we offer an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job. Please email  if you would like your application to be considered under the DC Scheme.

All successful/appointed applicants must be able to obtain a level of UK Security clearance that is appropriate for the role and undertake suitable Right to Work checks.