Morson Talent
Production Test Engineer - Electronics
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Role Overview: Morson are recruiting on behalf of a leading defence equipment manufacturer based in Bolton, Greater Manchester. This is a contract role, although highly likely to be long-term.
Rates: £27.54 per hour PAYE or £37 per hour Umbrella
Monday - Friday 37 hours +
The role will be responsible for 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.
Specific responsibilities include:
- 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 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.
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- HNC/HND (Electronics) Level of Qualifications or equivalent, plus a good level of experience in digital & analogue electronics manufacture and test.
- A good understanding of measurement and test principles, and associated test equipment.
- An understanding of the typical CADMID product lifecycle for test equipment is desirable.
- An understanding of RF and microwave technology at subsystem level would be an advantage.
- An understanding of Environmental testing (including ESS) would also be an advantage.
- Good verbal and written communication skills, including generation of test specifications, operator instructions, and technical reports based on higher-level requirements.
- Proven analytical and problem-solving skills, with strong attention to detail.
- The ability to plan and organize own work in order to ensure multiple tasks can be prioritized and delivered against Project objectives.
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