Senior Test Support Engineer

Job Description

Job Title: Senior Test Support Engineer

Location: Northampton

Pay Range/details: Up to £65,000 per annum

Contract Type: Permanent

Omega are currently supporting a world-renowned automotive company in their search for a Senior Test Support Engineer. As a Senior Test Support Engineer, you will be working within the Test House to provide a mixture of day-to-day, hands-on testing support.

Key Responsibilities – Senior Test Support Engineer

• Take engine test requirements and deliver suitable engineering solutions, on time, to achieve those.
• Cover both investigation and resolution of day-to-day faults with the test equipment but also able to select, install, set up and calibrate a range of pressure, temperature, torque, flow & humidity transducers on new installations, and as additional requests.
• Programming the logging system with automated test routines and logging, alarms, PID control etc.
• Root cause fault finding and the subsequent resolving of electrical, software and mechanical testbed/rig issues.
• Specifying, costing, planning and delivering one or more planned upgrades to the test facility.
• Assessing and securing sub-contractor services for the current equipment and managing their delivery.
• Work to improve departmental resources and capability by maintaining records and writing and implementing procedures etc.
• Issue clear and timely progress/status updates to management.

Qualifications & Requirements – Senior Test Support Engineer

• Extensive experience of supporting automotive (or similar) powertrain and rig/component testing.
• Good understanding of internal combustion engines and engine test methodology.
• Capable of programming control loops, PID controllers, automated test routines etc.
• Specification and delivery of small and larger scale test facility upgrades.
• Experience of working with sub-contractors.
• Writing of specifications, procedures and documentation of work carried out.
• Programming experience (C or Visual Basic).
• Electronic and electrical circuit design knowledge.

What we can offer – Senior Test Support Engineer

• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays.
• Workplace pension, matched up to 6%.
• Onsite occupational health.
• Digital GP service.
• Private Medical Insurance.
• Employee assistance programme.
• Income protection.
• Life assurance.
• Cycle to work scheme.

For more information on this role, please contact Michael Farrell on 01453 829768 or send a copy of your CV to michael.farrell@omegaresource.co.uk.