Job Description

Job Title

R&D Test Engineer

Reports To

Test Engineering Manager

Position Summary

To take a role in determining and defining manufacturing test requirements for new products or systems, design or source test systems, test specifications and methodologies and provide support for existing products.

Key Areas of Responsibility

• Design

To generate Test Methodologies and Specifications for new products or systems

To design/develop of Test Equipment for new products or systems

To determine Test Requirements and prove the Test Specifications or methodologies meet those requirements for the product or system

To validate and verify that the Test Equipment meets the specification and requirements

To generate the required documentation for the Test Equipment

To advise Design on the requirements for test to be incorporated into the product or system

To identify suppliers of Test Equipment or related components

To attend and contribute to Design Review meetings

To provide support to the Operations Engineering Team

To assist in the transfer of product from design to manufacture, particularly in respect of test

Perform and/or support Test Equipment Qualification Activities

• Product Sustaining/Manufacturing support

Provide technical support as required

Input to NC process to ensure adequate diagnostics of failed test equipment

Escalate problems, document and implement solutions via CAPA or other mechanism as per procedures

Provide and/or review engineering documentation required for transfer to operations, e.g. Work Instructions, BoMs, etc

Support Validation activities within operation, e.g. Pilot or Qualification builds, etc

Support Introduction of new suppliers or other offsite operations

• Training

Comply with the company training requirements and attend training sessions when required

Provide guidance and mentoring to team members

Provide training to others

• Quality

Maintain Engineering documentation and generate new documentation as required.

Take an active role in CAPA and risk management activities.

Any other duties as deemed necessary by the Chief Technology Officer/Engineering Manager.

Note: This description is not intended to provide a total definition of the job, but an outline of the duties.

Qualifications Knowledge Skills

• Qualifications:

3rd Level Qualification in an Electronics discipline

• Experience:

A minimum of 2 years’ experience of working within an Electronics Test or Development environment

• Specific Knowledge:

Knowledge of both Analogue and Digital electronics

Understanding of Electronics Test systems and techniques

• Experience: Desirable

Awareness of Risk Management/Mitigation techniques

Electronics Verification/Validation testing

Familiarity with Quality Management systems

• System/Computer Requirements:

Competency with Microsoft Office including Word, Excel and Outlook

Capable of producing high quality technical documentation

• Key Competencies needed for this position:

A technically minded proactive individual

Able to work unsupervised

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Conscientious with attention to detail

Committed, with willingness to take ownership of a task

Flexible to adjust to meet the business needs

Able to manage a team & contribute to other teams