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Test Design Support Engineer
Bolton (largely onsite, occasional remote is possible) – 6 month duration with potential to extend – pay rate £50 p/h PAYE basic (£57.27 p/h including holiday pay) or £65 p/h Umbrella
Overview of department:
We have an opportunity for experienced Electronic Design Engineers to play a leading role in the support of production activities at our defence clients state of the art manufacturing facilities.
Working within Production Design Support (PDS) is a highly rewarding role as you not only see designs coming to life in the manufacturing environment but you can help to shape the design of the products and test equipment, delivering support to our customers.
Responsibilities:
You will act as the interface between our clients design teams and our manufacturing teams while working alongside other support engineers to provide knowledge and support.
Whilst the primary aim is focused on highly advanced module missile programmes and subsystems, there is also scope to work on other unique opportunities including support to launcher assemblies.
The role offers the candidate a true engineering challenge in their core discipline(s), whilst providing scope for personal growth and development in other areas of electronics.
Skillset/experience required:
To be suitable for this role, Individuals will be able to demonstrate a number of the following attributes:
• Degree qualified (or equivalent industry experience) with proven ability of designing product/systems and/or providing support to designs through the manufacturing phase of the product lifecycle.
• Proven ability in the design of one or more of the following disciplines:-
? Digital and Analogue electronics
? Power Electronics
? RF & Antenna
? Interconnects
? Safety Electronics
? Test Systems
? Schematic design
? PCB Design
? Adherence to BS EN Standards
• Excellent verbal communication, negotiation and influencing skills with the capability to write clear and concise engineering documentation.
• Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team, with an awareness of the challenges and opportunities that this may bring and a passion for innovation and collaboration.
• You'll be prepared to work autonomously if needed, lead the delivery of your work assignments, and actively engage with stakeholders to ensure successful delivery of your outputs.
• Manage discreet work packages preparing bids, controlling costs and delivering solutions.
• Background in supporting manufacturing and resolving manufacturing issues is an advantage, but not essential.
• Investigative skills to be able to find Root Causes of design related issues and propose robust Corrective Actions.
• Finally, we are looking for someone who has a record of accomplishment of on-time delivery along with good verbal and written communication skills.
Additional information:
• Please note, due to the sensitive nature of the projects involved, all candidates must be capable of gaining a UK MOD Security Clearance to SC level. If you are not currently SC cleared the client will sponsor a new application and you can start while this is pending.
• This role shall operate inside IR35.
