Test Architect

Missile Test Architect

Bolton – 6 month duration with potential to extend – £46.15 p/h PAYE basic (£52.86 p/h including holiday pay) or £60 p/h Umbrella

Our client is looking for a Test Equipment Engineer to use their knowledge in a system/sub system management role. The role includes determining the project test equipment needs, managing the requirements for test equipment and managing the development through delivery and into service. In this role, you will be responsible for the projects test equipment and reporting into the Chief Design Engineer.

The client is a leading defence company and the department is responsible for the test architecture of missiles, specifying and analysing the missile built in test, specifying the production testing requirements and managing the specification and delivery of the missile test equipment.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for defining and implementing the project test strategy.
• Responsible for defining and implementing the project BIT (Built-in Test) architecture including coverage requirements, BIT timings and system level BIT routines.
• Responsible for specifying the missile factory pass out testing used to ensure correct build of our product, supporting the manufacturing team with identifying the optimal test stages during production.
• Responsible for specifying the in service test routines on our missiles.
• Responsible for generating and managing compliance to the lower level test requirements placed upon design teams including test access needs, BIT coverage/timings and factory test functionality.
• Responsible for analysing and modelling our system to understand the test coverage and generate diagnostic instructions.
• Responsible for proposing and recommending, with the Chief Design Engineer, the cost vs test coverage trade-offs.
• Responsible for producing and maintaining plans for activities within their sphere of responsibility.

Skillset/experience required:

Ideally educated to degree level with proven ability of test, electrical or electronic engineering, ideally including at least one of the following:

• Digital electronics and microprocessor systems.
• Analogue electronics.
• Electronics testing.
• Test equipment design.

Good understanding of:

• Requirements capture.
• Project management and planning.
• Stakeholder management.

Other Attributes

• Ability to influence stakeholders across the company.
• Determination and desire to succeed.
• Strong interpersonal and well developed communication skills (written & verbal).
• Willingness to travel when required.

Additional information:

The successful candidate will be required to hold a live SC clearance prior to starting. If you are not currently SC cleared the client will sponsor a new SC application, and the start date can be arranged once the clearance is complete.

This role shall operate Inside IR35.