Posted 29 October 2024
Job ref: 237210MA
HARDWARE TEST SYSTEM DESIGN ENGINEER
- Location: Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland
- Salary: £50 - 60 per hour
- Category
- Sector: Aerospace and Defence
- Contract type Contract
- Consultant: Mark Aizlewood
HARDWARE TEST SYSTEM DESIGN ENGINEER – CONTRACT 9 MONTHS – EDINBURGH Scotland
You will be a seasoned Test Equipment Engineer and will join a well-established test engineering community working out of both our Edinburgh & Newcastle facilities.
AT THE COAL FACE TASKS / RESPONSIBILITIES
- Own the creation and delivery of the technical solution within a defined work package area, ensuring that it meets all stakeholder requirements.
- Establish and mature stakeholder needs, associating/attributing priority, interest, influence and trading-off needs to determine optimum capability to solve stakeholders’ problems.
- Work closely with internal and external stakeholders to ensure architecture alignment with other elements of the programme.
- Ensure the application of appropriate tools / techniques for test equipment design by the team, providing advice in own area of expertise.
- Resolve emerging issues by proposing and driving through solutions, escalating more complex risks and supporting definition of opportunities and risk mitigation options
- Foster relationships and networks within and outside the line of business, actively seeking out opportunities and promoting a culture for adoption of best practice
- Develop, coach, mentor, teach, and upskill other engineers in the wider application of engineering.
WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU SKILLS & PROVEN ABILITY
- Demonstrated proven ability of driving technical solution development within a multi-disciplinary team.
- Able to capture and analyse stakeholder needs to help guide the development of solutions capable of meeting the needs of future operational environments.
- Industry experience in the full design lifecycle.
- Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills, with an ability to influence and adapt according to changing demands.
- Working collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders from a wide range of organisations, disciplines, backgrounds and levels of seniority, including managing relationships with customers and/or suppliers.
- Ability to maintain engineering best practice, including looking externally to sources such as academia or other industries.
- Demonstrated ability to coach and develop others.
- Self-motivated with an aptitude for problem solving and driving difficult issues to conclusion.