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12 Month Contract – Inside IR35 – Onsite in Stevenage

Up to £36 per hour umbrella

Job Role:

Technical support to the manufacturing test of weapons sub-systems in production and development test and diagnostics of complex weapons at system and subsystem level.
Provide Test Engineering support during Design / Development phases from initial concept through to Production Readiness Review and release to Operations.
Support Test Facility introduction and ensure that configuration control of equipment and facilities is in place prior to use, including generating supporting test specifications and operator instructions.
Support to testing of electrical / electronic weapon systems and sub-assemblies, with diagnosis of production test failures down to circuit card and potentially component level.
Identification of remedial and corrective actions, in a timely manner allowing manufacturing to continue production in line with programme.
Evaluation of technical problems in order to develop proposals for test equipment investigations and corrective actions, including process improvements.
Test Engineering representative at Defect Review Board meetings to ensure efficient progress of equipment and quality notifications towards corrective action.
Key Skills and Experience:

Must have significant experience with measurement and test principles, and associated test equipment.
Electronic Component level fault finding
CADMID product lifecycle for test equipment is desirable.
RF and microwave technology at subsystem level would be an advantage.
Environmental testing would also be an advantage.
High Voltage training/awareness.
SAP Beneficial
MS Office skills
Good verbal and written communication skills, including generation of test specifications, operator instructions and technical reports based on higher-level requirements.
Manual handling training.
ESD training.
Qualifications:

HNC/HND (Electronics) Level of Qualifications or equivalent, plus good level of experience in digital & analogue electronics manufacture and test