Ontic
Test Equipment Engineer
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Ontic, a leading licensor and manufacturer of complex engineering parts for the global aerospace and defence industries, are now recruiting for an Electronic Test Equipment Engineer to join our Engineering team where you'll provide support with specialist equipment repairs, modifications and new build. This role will be based at our Bishops Cleeve, Cheltenham site.
Ontic is more than just a business, we're a community of innovators who pride ourselves on fostering a culture where talent thrives, ideas flourish, and careers are built. We're committed to excellence, driving us to continuously improve and adapt, ensuring that we remain at the forefront of our industry.
The Role:
Join Ontic as an Electronic Test Equipment Engineer and play a vital role in supporting the maintenance and development of complex electronic test systems used in the manufacture and repair of aerospace products.
The successful candidate will be responsible for:
- Fault finding, repairing, maintaining, upgrading automated and manual electronic test equipment to ensure maximum equipment availability and reliability.
- Supporting production, introducing new products and continuously improving test capability.
If you're highly organised, detail-oriented, and thrive in a collaborative environment where your work directly supports manufacturing excellence, we'd love to hear from you. This is an exciting opportunity to build your career within a global aerospace organisation committed to quality, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.
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About you:
At Ontic, our culture is integral to making sure we enjoy our work and deliver for our customers. While we look for the right skillset, we're also looking for someone who will thrive within our recognition and empowerment culture.
To be considered for the Test Equipment Engineer role we are looking for a candidate with:
- HNC/HND or Degree in Electronic Engineering or equivalent engineering discipline.
- Proven experience fault finding complex electronic equipment to component level.
- Experience in maintaining automated electronic test equipment within a manufacturing environment or similar.
- Strong understanding of analogue and digital electronic circuits.
- Ability to interpret electrical schematics and engineering drawings.
- Hands on experience of using electronic test instruments, soldering and electronic rework.
- Excellent communication and problem-solving abilities.
- Proactive approach to managing multiple priorities within a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
If you have experience in:
- Aerospace, Defence or Safety-Critical industry experience.
- Supporting Automated Test Equipment (ATE).
- Familiarity with National Instruments (NI) hardware or PXI-based systems and LabVIEW.
- Knowledge of RF, microwave or power electronics.
- Knowledge of AS9100 quality systems.
Benefits
At Ontic we care about your financial, physical, and mental wellness so we offer a range of benefits to support this, we care about what matters to you and have a valued culture of recognition and empowerment, accompanied by benefits that support work/life balance.
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Our benefits package highlights include:
- Up to 29 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays.
- 10 hours paid volunteering time.
- Annual goal share bonus scheme for all employees.
- 24/7 Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
- Discounts and offers from a range of retailers.
Best place to work
We are more than the sum of our parts. And we’ve been recognised internally and externally for being so:
- We were ranked #9 in Best Companies’ Q3 leaderboard for Best Manufacturing Company based on our employee feedback.
- 72.5% of employees who took part in our 2023 employee satisfaction survey said they are proud to work at Ontic.
No day is the same at Ontic; we have doubled in size over the last couple of years and are still in rapid growth. We attribute our success to empowering colleagues to create the opportunity, fostering an environment of autonomy where we ask for forgiveness, not permission.
Our values
Our values are intrinsic to everything we do:
- We share a common sense - we’re a global family of specialists with a shared passion for precision.
- We have the freedom to choose - we’re challengers and innovators with the freedom to think differently and challenge the status quo.
- We create the opportunity - we’re change-makers with a clear direction and can-do spirit.
We are a fast-paced business with ambitious growth plans; so if you are dedicated, enthusiastic and always seeking ways to improve, you'll enjoy a career with us!
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