Development Test Engineer

Product Testing Role

This is a new product testing role within Saab UK. With a wide ranging remit to manage and execute the full lifecycle of test engineering, from definition of test-cases through development of test tools to the execution of testing and management of facilities. As such it will suit someone with a broad spread of engineering knowledge, imagination and drive.

Key accountabilities and responsibilities:

• Analyse conformance specifications to derive test requirements
• Plan, design and communicate test cases which validate requirements across a broad spread of electro-mechanical systems for both the development and production lifecycle phases.
• Design test jigs, harnesses and software to allow execution of test cases including, where appropriate, automation.
• Implement data processing/filtering software in a variety of packages to extract relevant results
• Manage the internal test facilities (test tanks, ovens, pools, lifting equipment)
• Liaise with external test facilities (EMC, vibration, pools, etc)
• Execute tests in a clear, safe and controlled manner
• Fault finding and failure analysis
• Documentation and presentation of results and findings.

Essential skills:

• HNC or Degree in a relevant engineering discipline
• Min 3 years in a test focussed role, or within test equipment development
• Proven experience in data capture and analysis
• Proven experience working on multi-disciplinary systems (electrical, mechanical, software)
• Experience working within an engineering NPI environment
• Excellent knowledge of test equipment and platforms
• Excellent communicator: both written and verbal
• Exposure to NPI design phases – with working to Design / Systems requirements
• Able to generate test cases from requirements to verify / validate the designs
• Experience of National Instruments test software platforms, able to create test software test functions within the National Instruments environment
• Experience with control of National Instruments hardware and propriety test equipment as in control , read / write, obtain data, compute, data management
• Hands on with electronic circuit construction / testing / diagnostics
• Innovative and creative mindset with sound engineering principles
• Ability to work unsupervised to tight timescales
• Knowledge of product certification, best-practice and industry standards
• Enthusiasm, drive and personality!
• Create high quality test reports
• Data capture - logging

Desirable:

• Experience in the offshore and/or subsea industry
• Experience working within a Production Test facility
• Knowledge / experience in the creation of test executives within NI LabView / TestStand Software
• Software programming / scripts (Python, C, C#, C++, VB, etc)
• Specification / build / commissioning / Support of test equipment
• Understanding of Mechanical principles, and working knowledge of applications
• Knowledge of compliance standards and certification (CE/DNV)
• Previous experience in a customer-facing role