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Carbon60 is recruiting for a Production Test Engineer for a well known UK based defence company.

Rate: £36 Umbrella

Location: Henlow

Duration: 12-Months

This role is a Fully on-site role You must also hold a Degree in a relevant Engineering subject.

See full role responsibilities below:

Role responsibilities

Technical support to the manufacturing test of weapons systems in live build production 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 (live build).
• 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, with diagnosis of production test failures down to sub-system 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. Role requirements (skills, training and qualifications)
• HNC/HND (Electronics) Level of Qualifications or equivalent, plus 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 and test would 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 organise own work in order to ensure multiple tasks can be prioritised and delivered against Project objectives.
• Manual handling training.
• ESD training.
• Medical requirements / health surveillance requirements.

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