Production Test Engineer

Role: Production Test Engineer

Rate of Pay: Please apply for further details 

Location: Portsmouth - This role will be working on site full time - free parking is provided for this role

Working Pattern: 37 hours per week - Monday to Friday - fortnightly rotating double day shifts – expectation of working extra hours mid-week & weekends

Length of Contract: 12 months - Possible extension after initial contract duration

• Achieve the production plan by certifying conformance of equipment by quality control production electrical testing in accordance with defined test procedures and company quality requirements.

• Working on the digital product line, with experience of dealing with the challenges that come from working with new test software and development FPGA code.

• Support business and departmental improvement initiatives.

• Support new product introduction and development.

• Feed into SQCDP process to monitor performance and drive improvements.

Team Leader

• Escalate occurrences that prevent achievement of the production plan, including quality, cost and schedule impacts.

• Report anomalous or out of limits results.

• Attend training as directed by team leader in conjunction with training coordinator.

• Agree planned periods of holiday and absence.

Support Engineering:

• Escalate deviations from work instructions, routings and any other production impacts to the production support team in the absences of the team leader.

• Represent team leader and department at impact reviews and meetings as directed.

• Attend training and development courses as directed by team leader and training coordinator.

• Maintain accurate quality control test results and test event logs.

• Provide first line fault analysis and raise mandatory non-conformance reports for non-compliant or anomalous tests.

• Support introduction of new test methods.

• Understand use and limitations of relevant test equipment.

• Support and contribute to the introduction of production improvement and efficiency initiatives.

• Have an awareness of business and departmental cost and schedule requirements.

• Adhere to company and departmental Health and Safety and COSHH (Control of Substances Hazardous to Health) processes and procedures.

• Conform to company and departmental policies and procedures.

• Experience of test of electronic, analogue, digital and RF sub-systems up to 10 GHz. Including amplifiers, frequency up/down converters, complex RF and digital signal processing.

• Competent in the use of all types of propriety analogue and RF test equipment including vector and pulse network analysers.

• Experience in Test Production.

• Quality control of test results and documentation; Initial fault diagnosis and raising of non-conformance reports.

• Flexible approach to working methods and patterns. Shift working will be required and overtime likely available over the weekend.

• Pro-active in maintaining a safe working environment and a clear commitment to health and safety in the workplace.

• Willingness to accept change and actively support continuous improvement, Wiling to develop skills as required in support of production (assembly, test, inspection and support) and implements these flexibly.

• Working on space flight processors for satellite manufacture this is working in a high spec cleanroom environment on world leading product.

• Minimum Requirement: HNC or equivalent qualification in electronic discipline plus at least 1 to 2 years relevant experience.

• Desirable Requirement: HND in Electronics/physics and/or 5 years relevant experience.

Working Pattern: Monday to Friday - fortnightly rotating double day shifts – expectation of working extra hours mid-week & weekends

Extension: Possible extension after initial contract duration

Base of Work: This role will be working on site full time - free parking is provided for this role

Call the TARCG office on oo441392241335. or click the link below and apply for this position today!

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