Test Engineer

What you will be doing

As a Senior Test Engineer in Wärtsilä Defence Solution Ltd, you will provide technical support services across the business to perform appropriate product testing and evaluation. You will be part of fast-moving customer developments in the exciting, dynamic maritime world and will become an integral part of our team. You get the chance to work with passionate like-minded individuals and experience a variety of our projects across our global maritime, and land-based customers.

You will be key in delivering high-end engineering products across our product portfolio. You will develop and improve customer value through enhanced testing and verification engineering processes across the product lifecycle and beyond. The Senior Test Engineer is to work with the Test Manager to support the delivery of high-quality testing of our products. The Senior Test Engineer will provide guidance and direction for Test Engineers, and support other departments, and vendors.

As a Senior Test Engineer, you will play a key role in ensuring our products  quality and reliability through the design, development, and execution of comprehensive test programs. Ultimately, validate the product’s functionality, performance, scalability, and reliability. You will develop and implement test plans for product testing, ensuring comprehensive coverage of all specifications/requirements and use cases. Support and mentor other test engineers, providing technical guidance and fostering a culture of high performance, innovation and excellence.

You will also collaborate with the Engineering Department and other teams to understand product requirements and design appropriate test programs. Implement and maintain test frameworks and tools to streamline testing processes. To drive continuous improvement of testing methodologies, processes, and tools.

• To work with the project lead, to capture relevant test requirements from the product design specification, and design drawings and attend regular project review meetings.
• Create test plans, detailing rig allocation, scheduling and additional rig hardware requirements, on time.
• Draw up test hardware, such as adaptor plates and test shafts.
• To quote and raise orders for rig interface hardware.
• Create and review risk assessments with the project lead, to determine the test program is within safe operating limits and in line with Wärtsilä QEHS standards.
• To assemble test rigs, monitor rig operations (through data acquisition) and perform product inspections at agreed test periods.
• Manage testing of external products at OEM, equipment suppliers and 3rd party test facilities.
• Produce a final test report detailing, the test program, test data, conclusions and relevant recommendations for future test work. Where appropriate, present their findings.
• Proactively ensure compliance with Wärtsilä QEHS requirements and be a 5S advocate.
• To be actively involved in training and mentoring others. Support less experienced colleagues.
• Help maintain our company’s compliance with classification society standards, including ISO
  14001 and IS09001.
• Actively support developing the test facility into a global centre of excellence.

• Proven background working (minimal 5 years) within a Test Engineering environment, ideally with mechanical seal assemblies.
• Have a Degree or preferably a Master s in a relevant Engineering subject.
• An experienced self-sufficient Senior Engineer, needing very little supervision. A quick starter, that can function well in their new role from the outset.
• To be able to interpret design drawings and be able to use CAD software to draw test hardware.
• Comfortable doing and understanding relevant Mechanical Engineering calculations.
• Good technical knowledge especially within the Marine industry is desirable. Particularly working with classification societies and IMO compliance standards.
• Demonstrate ability to use test monitoring software tools such as LabVIEW, Tetrascience, and en Vigil.
• Well experienced in setting up instrumentation and data capture equipment, such as thermocouples, LVDT sensors and tachometers.
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