Senior Test Engineer - Bolton - £50K
Working within the manufacturing engineering team the senior test engineer’s primary role is to provide manufacturing test hardware support for PCBA’s, sub-assemblies, modules and final assemblies. This role also involves the support of existing manufacturing test equipment as well as the design and production of new test solutions.
Role
- Produce manufacturing test strategies for PCBA, Module and Final assemblies
- Provide test specifications to support new products, modules and assemblies
- Design appropriate test fixtures and equipment for PCBA, sub-assemblies, modules and final assembly
- Support existing test equipment both on-site and with suppliers
- Specify parts, assemble, validate and maintain manufacturing test equipment
- A close relationship with design engineering team is required to direct design for manufacture/test
- Support legacy software tools and databases
- Assist with prototype builds and NPI, feedback design for assembly / test issues to the engineering design team
- Provide support for manufacturing test, assist in diagnostics and failure analysis
- Fault analysis to component level
- Data analysis to identify fault trends and prioritise corrective actions
- Identify test escapes and implement fixes
- Provide work instructions to support product test and configuration
Skills
- Must have excellent IT productivity tool knowledge (MS Office tools, Excel, Word etc)
- Good written and communication skills
- Demonstrable understanding of electronic principles
- Experience of debugging electronic circuits down to component level
- Knowledge and experience of LabView is an advantage
- Core coding skills (i.e. Python, XML, C#, C++)
- Able to demonstrate an ability for problem solving
- Proficient data analysis skills
- Self-motivated and able to work alone or in a team environment
- Experience of electronics CAD systems is essential and Mechanical CAD is desirable
- Lean and six sigma training is desirable
Benefits
- Bonus of up to 10%
- 25 days holiday increasing to 30 with length of service
- 4x death in service cover
- Private healthcare
- 5% company pension
- Free EV charging and parking
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