Hardware Test Engineer - Weymouth, United Kingdom - South West Recruitment Ltd

Description

We are recruiting for a Permanent Hardware Test Engineer for a global technology company in Weymouth.

The company produces innovative equipment that enables the world's biggest names in electronics to bring their technology to market.

They also have a forward-thinking environment where continuous investment powers opportunities to work on exciting new projectson a global scale.

The Role:

This role is aimed to support on the development and design of hardware Module & life test plans, conducting tests and producing test reports on any of the company's products, even those supplied through third parties.

This process supports the wider projectteam in developing new products, and their decisions in finding the best solution or verify proposed solutions.

Reporting to the Module Test Manager, thispersonwill alsouse hardware Module testing as a development tool to verify the requirement specification,design specification and proposed solutions fulfil intended purpose.

This also means that you may be required toprovideassistance duringthehardware Integration test and System test stages. This role is teamorientated, meaning that many of your key responsibilitieswill be shared across your other team members.


You will:

• Comply with procedures and take responsibility to design test and produce test plans, ensuring all elements are detailed and completed appropriately in the test cycle in a timely manner.
• Liaise with all relevant development team to define test, if applicable other department (LabVIEW, NPI, CSG etc) for consultation throughout the preparation of test.
• Perform test accordingly to the proposed test plans and test procedures, ensure that all measurements are taken accordingly & properly, and make sure the test is fully completed.
• Where a defect is found, identify any combinations of hardware, process and machine parameters that are directly affected by or are immune to the defect
• Upon replication of the defect, ensure the interested parties are informed accordingly. Depending on the nature of the defect, seek support within organisation or from third party to establish root cause.

You Will Have:

• Degree or equivalent level in a relevant technical discipline: Mechatronics / Mechanical / Electrical Engineering / Hardware design related
• Ability to explain concepts and findings, presenting results to a variety of audiences, including management and ensure that meaning is understood.
• Knowledge and good understanding of engineering basics, also the measurement and analysis equipment necessary for hardware test (Displacement sensors, force & torque sensors, accelerometer, oscilloscope, highspeed cameras, Microscope etc.)
• Teamworking skills, ability to communicate effectively both verbally and written with people at various levels in the organisation.