Senior Test Solutions Engineer

Description

The company is hiring a Senior Test Solutions Engineer for its Test Solutions team, which supports several projects in the Surveillance and Protection Technologies business area.

You will work with internal and external clients on a project-by-project basis to build test solutions and system designs.

The role suits someone with a mix of systems and hardware engineering background who wants to move up to the next level in their career.

You will join an engineering team on a programme developing key technologies for the future, working alongside engineers from several disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Write requirements, build MATLAB models and contribute to RF design analysis, integration and test.
• Review, assess and advise on technical matters throughout the engineering design process.
• Solve technical problems from design through to test solution development.
• Capture Test Equipment Requirements for RF, digital and analogue test systems.
• Capture Production Test Requirements for main equipment, covering PCB and system-level testing.
• Check design integrity before formal design reviews.
• Work across the full engineering lifecycle, from design through to test and integration.
• Take part in engineering technical meetings and supplier discussions.
• Manage requirements at every level to support design and development decisions.
• Influence requirements and design decisions.
• Share knowledge and apply best practice.
• Write clear, accurate and concise technical reports that support key programme decisions.
• Keep good lines of communication with the Project Engineering Manager or Lead.
• Deliver to agreed performance targets.
• Contribute to IPT decisions at engineering task level.
• Take part in continuous improvement to build skills in your own engineering discipline.

Requirements

• Experience with complex electronic and electromechanical systems, ideally from Aerospace and Defence, with a solid grasp of developing test equipment for production.
• Technically minded, with a good understanding of the project lifecycle and comfort working at all levels within an Integrated Project Team.
• Hands-on experience designing and developing complex test solutions across the full lifecycle.
• Good understanding of the systems engineering lifecycle.
• Experience working with external suppliers and outsourcing complex work packages.
• Experience with NI LabVIEW and TestStand.
• Degree or equivalent qualification.
• Some exposure to airborne EW systems, IBM DOORS and PDM tools, test equipment across platform products, and bus analysers, spectrum analysers and RF power meters.
• Ability to make informed decisions using information from relevant technical sources.
• An excellent, confident communicator and presenter who can engage with many internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to manage your own time across multiple activities.
• The list is not exhaustive, and candidates without experience in every area are welcome. A good attitude and willingness to learn matter most.
• Nice to have: understanding of digital, analogue and RF systems with ESM and ECM.
• Nice to have: experience in the defence electronics sector, ideally with airborne sensor systems.
• Nice to have: Chartered Engineer status or membership of a professional engineering institution.

Conditions

Hybrid working, split between home and the Luton site.

Based at GB - Luton - Cap. Green 300.

Permanent contract.

Travel within the UK and Europe may be required.

Security clearance applies to this role. Pre-employment screening follows the UK Government's Baseline Personnel Security Standard, and additional National Security Vetting may apply, which could include eligibility for SC or DV.

The company uses a grade-based salary framework with broad bands. The advertised range reflects the approved grade band or a narrower hiring range within it, benchmarked against the external market. Pay above the standard range is managed through governance controls to protect internal equity.