Test Engineer
Location: Birmingham
Salary: Competitive, plus overtime
Our client has an exciting opportunity for the position of Test Engineer who will hold suitable qualifications in engineering. The successful applicant will be based at their production, assembly and test facility in Birmingham City Centre, where they design, manufacture, and repair a range of products and services for defence and industrial markets including ATEX Lighting, Electrical Distribution, Instrumentation and Control solutions.
Their reputation for integrity is built on compliance with laws and regulations, ethical conduct, and respect for each other, wherever they operate. They are committed to maintaining high standards and are an equal opportunities employer.
Their businesses serve a wide range of industries, including Aviation, Space, Defence, Rail, Medical, Scientific and Oil & Gas Sectors (ATEX). Their largest markets are the UK, Europe, and US, but they also have businesses in India and Ireland.
The Role
The Role reports to the Production Manager as part of the assembly team. A Testing Engineer is required to fully test the product or system, in a safe way, to ensure it functions properly and meets the product requirements. The test engineer is expected to liaise with relevant Test house to plan test schedules. The test engineer is expected to complete Factory Acceptance Tests and customer witness tests of company equipment when required.
Key Responsibilities
- Performance Testing
- Endurance and Reliability Testing
- Trained to work on 440V 3phase power systems and the ability to run motor or simulated load tests including electrical power connections to inverters and VSD's.
- Customer Validation testing, such as testing the interaction of their product with customer equipment
- Product investigation
- Fault finding and diagnoses of problems
- Managing data, configuration details and results in an organised manner
- Writing detailed technical test reports
- Participation in new test equipment configurations
Skills and Experience
Technical Skills
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Electrical qualification and relevant Test Experience.
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Experience in calibration, installation and use of test equipment.
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Promotion of safe working practices for electrical applications.
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Knowledge of low voltage switch gear, inverter drives and VFD's.
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Electrical qualification and relevant Test Experience.
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Experience in calibration, installation and use of test equipment.
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Promotion of safe working practices for electrical applications.
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Knowledge of low voltage switch gear, inverter drives and VFD's.
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Familiar with the equipment and test procedures for carrying out but not limited to:
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Dielectric Withstand Voltage (DWV) testing (HiPOT to 4KV)
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Insulation test
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Low impedance
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Functional performance tests with bespoke test equipment for which protocols for communication (Profinet) and process are required.
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Familiar with an array of sensors (temperature, pressure, flow, strain gauges, etc) for monitoring purposes and the logging of data of through High-speed capture devices.
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Worked to Aerospace, Defence and Marine Standards and familiar with their test methods and requirements.
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Experience on Low Voltage (LV) switchgear & controlgear assemblies, to BS EN 61439 and also a working knowledge of 18th Edition IET electrical standards and IEC standards is desirable.
Personal Skills & Experiences:
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to produce concise reports.
- MS Office products
- Knowledge of NI LabView would be an advantage (desirable).
- Skills to build test circuits; wire test harnesses & link to PCB's and fault finding to component level. (preferred)
- Ability to read electrical circuit diagrams (essential).
Benefits
- Competitive salary + Over time
- Fixed Days (Monday - Thursday 07:30-16:00 / Friday - 07:30 -12:30)
- 25 Days holiday; a combination of floating days and compulsory factory shutdown over Christmas period, All bank holidays
To Apply
If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for this reputable organisation, please do not hesitate to apply.
Applications from British Nationals only, no dual nationalities. This is due to the nature of the security requirements needed to manufacture their products.