Senior Development Test Engineer - Contractor

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Client:

SAAB Seaeye

Location:

Fareham, United Kingdom

EU work permit required:

Yes

Job Reference:

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Job Views:

4

Posted:

11.03.2025

Expiry Date:

25.04.2025

Job Description:

Introduction

Saab UK is part of Scandinavia’s largest defence company, bringing together the best of Swedish and British innovation. Saab offers world-leading solutions and services in defence, aviation, space, and civil security to keep people and society safe. Our UK presence has been growing at pace, meaning we can offer a wide range of opportunities for personal fulfilment and career growth.

This is a new role within the company, onsite at our Fareham premises. Role to engineer test solutions for electro-mechanical products to ensure systems are thoroughly exercised to satisfy product requirements. With a wide ranging remit to manage and execute the full lifecycle of test engineering, from definition of test-cases through development of test tools to the execution of testing. As such it will suit someone with a broad spread of engineering knowledge, imagination and drive.

Key accountabilities and responsibilities:

• Senior Test Engineer within the department, to be the guide and support resource for the general Test Engineers.
• Analyse Master / Systems / Sub-System requirements and conformance specifications to derive test requirements.
• Plan, design and communicate test cases which verify and validate requirements across a broad spread of electro-mechanical systems for both the development and production lifecycle phases.
• Manage workload within the Test Engineering team and external 3rd parties as required.
• Responsible for closure of workload packages derived from requirements analysis, management of formal Test Reports and other evidence-based materials across the Test Engineering team to support the conclusions of investigations.
• Define the design of test jigs, harnesses and software to allow execution of test cases including, where appropriate, automation.
• Implement data processing/ filtering software in a variety of packages to extract relevant results into databases / analysis software packages.
• Manage the internal test facilities (test tanks, ovens, pools, lifting equipment).
• Liaise with external test facilities (EMC, vibration, pools, etc).
• Execute tests in a clear, safe and controlled manner.
• Fault finding and failure analysis.
• Documentation and presentation of results and findings.

Minimum Qualifications:

• HNC or Degree in a relevant engineering discipline.
• Competent in Electrical and Electronic Engineering.
• Working knowledge of Mechanical Engineering principles.
• Working knowledge of Software principles in relation to products - embedded and associated tool chains.
• Competent and able to use Microsoft Office to a high level.
• Experienced and high-level competence with National Instruments LabView and TestStand software tool chains within a test and measurement environment.
• Experienced with creating / modifying software scripts / programs in for example Python, Visual Basic, C, C++, etc.
• Min 3 years in a test-focused role, or within test equipment development.
• Proven experience in data capture and analysis.
• Expert in the Verification & Validation processes and associated tools and techniques.
• Proven experience working on multi-disciplinary systems (electrical, mechanical, software).
• Excellent knowledge of test equipment and platforms.
• Data capture - logging.
• Create high quality test reports.
• Innovative and creative mind-set with technical awareness.
• Excellent communicator: both written and verbal.
• Ability to work unsupervised to tight timescales.
• Ability to coach and mentor staff and manage their workload, and setting priorities.
• Enthusiasm, drive and personality!