Leonardo
Senior Test Solutions Engineer
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Salary
£44,147 to £61,950
Leonardo UK operates a grade-based salary framework with broad bands. The salary range shown reflects the approved grade band for this role, or a narrower hiring range published within that band, and is benchmarked against the external market. Exceptions above the standard range are managed through governance controls to protect internal equity.
Role Overview
Leonardo has a fantastic opportunity for a Senior Test Solutions Engineer to join the Test Solutions team supporting several projects. Ideally, you will have a mix of Systems and Hardware engineering as a background and want to progress your career to the next level.
The role offers hybrid working from home and onsite at our Luton site. The role is within the Surveillance and Protection Technologies (S&PT) business area. The role will entail dealing with multiple internal and external clients on a project-by-project basis to develop and deliver world-class test solutions and system designs.
What You'll Do
As a Senior Test Solutions Engineer, you will:
- Work on the design and technical problem-solving to test solution development.
- Create and capture Test Equipment Requirements for RF, Digital, and Analogue-based test systems.
- Create and capture Production Test Requirements for main equipment, covering PCB and System Level testing.
- Contribute to the RF and system design as well as the test and integration activities.
- Assess the design integrity of the design prior to formal design reviews.
- Work across the full engineering lifecycle.
- Engage in engineering technical meetings and suppliers.
- Manage all levels of requirements to enable design and development decisions.
- Influence requirements and design decisions.
- Support knowledge sharing and exploitation of best practice.
- Produce effective, accurate, and concise technical reports and analysis to support key technical decisions for the programme.
- Establish and maintain good lines of communication with the Project Engineering Manager/Lead.
- Deliver to agreed performance targets.
- Contribute to IPT decision-making at the engineering task level.
- Participate in continuous improvement activities to develop skills and competencies within the individual’s own engineering discipline.
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What You’ll Bring
We are looking for someone with:
- Experience working on complex electronic and electromechanical systems, with an Aerospace and Defence background.
- A solid understanding of test equipment development for production use.
- Hands-on experience of designing/developing complex Test Solutions for the full lifecycle.
- A good understanding of the Systems engineering lifecycle.
- Experience of working with external suppliers and outsourcing complex work packages.
- Experience of NI LabVIEW & TestStand.
- Degree qualified (or equivalent).
- Knowledge of airborne EW Systems.
- Exposure to toolsets such as IBM DOORS, and PDM tools.
- Knowledge and understanding of test equipment across the platform products.
- Knowledge and understanding of Bus Analysers, Spectrum Analysers, RF Power Meters.
- Ability to make informed decisions based on obtaining information from the relevant technical sources.
- Excellent and confident communicator and presenter, with the ability to engage with multiple internal and external stakeholders.
- Ability to effectively manage own time, potentially across multiple activities.
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This is not an exhaustive list, and we are keen to hear from you even if you might not have experience in all the above. The most important skill is a good attitude and willingness to learn.
Job Details
- Primary Location: GB - Luton - Cap. Green 300
- Contract Type: Permanent
- Hybrid Working: Hybrid
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