Contract Test Development Engineer

Contract Test Development Engineer

• Up to £68.50 per hour
• Onsite in Essex
• Security Clearance Required
• Exciting opportunity to work on mission-critical defence and aerospace technology
• Hardware testing focus
• Develop advanced test solutions across land, sea, air and space domains

ABOUT THE CLIENT:

Our client is a leader in advanced technology and electronic systems engineering, delivering high-performance solutions for defence and aerospace applications. The business is expanding its R&D capabilities and is seeking a Senior Test Development Engineer to support ongoing innovation and future programmes.

THE BENEFITS:

• Long-term contract with competitive hourly rate
• Opportunity to work on leading defence technologies
• Onsite collaboration with multidisciplinary engineering experts
• Career progression in a rapidly expanding technical team

THE SENIOR TEST DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER ROLE:

As Senior Test Development Engineer, you'll take responsibility for the design, verification and validation of test equipment at board, sub-system and system levels. You will work closely with engineers across disciplines to create robust and scalable test solutions that support Control Actuation Systems, Guidance Electronics and advanced GPS Anti-Jamming systems. You will also play a key role in lifecycle support, issue resolution and mentoring junior engineers.

SENIOR TEST DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER ESSENTIAL SKILLS:

• Excellent knowledge of analogue and digital electronic circuit design
• Experience developing functional test equipment for electronic systems
• Strong troubleshooting skills with ability to debug hardware and system-level issues
• Test software design experience (e.g. NI LabView, NI CVI, NI TestStand, C#)
• Ability to produce detailed technical design documentation
• Proven experience managing designs through production handover
• SC Clearance required

TO BE CONSIDERED:

Please either apply through this advert or email me directly via . For further information, please call / . By applying for this role, you give express consent for us to process and submit (subject to required skills) your application to our client in conjunction with this vacancy only.

KEY SKILLS:Senior Test Development Engineer, Electronics, Analogue, Digital, LabView, TestStand, PXI, LXI, Hardware Debug, System Integration, Defence, Aerospace, SC Cleared, NSD