Testing SME- Defence

Test & Testability Expert - SME

Location:

Stevenage/Bristol;
Hybrid work;
Permanent;
Salary: £70,000.

Are you an experienced Test Engineering professional working within Defence with a passion for solving complex technical challenges? Want to work on the most exciting projects of national importance, with a company that pays competitively and offers bonuses up to 27% of salary and a hybrid working pattern? An exciting opportunity has become available within our Test Architect team for a Missile Test & Testability Expert – a highly influential technical role at the heart of advanced missile system development.

As a Subject Matter Expert within Test & Testability Architecture (TTA), you'll play a key role across a range of missile programmes, helping to define and optimise testing strategies, architectures and methodologies. You'll work closely with project teams and senior engineering stakeholders to:

• Lead the definition of project test strategies
• Define Built-In Test (BIT) architectures and coverage requirements
• Improve technical specifications and testing methodologies across projects
• Analyse production test data to identify trends and diagnose failures
• Lead modelling and analysis activities to understand test coverage and generate diagnostic instructions
• Support critical development and manufacturing reviews, including Red-Team activities
• Contribute to new product bid activities
• Drive best practice and continuous improvement across the department
• Mentor and support engineers within the Test & Testability team
• Contribute to future roadmap and capability development activities

This role offers significant technical influence and the opportunity to help shape the future direction of missile test and testability within a world-leading defence environment.

We're seeking an experienced engineering professional with strong technical leadership capability and a collaborative mindset.

• Degree qualified (or equivalent experience)
• Significant experience of electronic test across the full project lifecycle
• Electronic circuit design, testing and failure analysis techniques
• Test equipment design and specification
• Requirements capture and technical documentation
• Design for Test (DfT) and testability expertise
• Project planning and management experience
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and technical direction

• Bonus of up to 27% of base salary
• £300 per month car allowance
• Pension contributions up to 14%
• Private Medical Insurance
• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements
• Enhanced parental leave packages
• Subsidised meals and free on-site parking
• Excellent career development opportunities within a global engineering environment