Electronics Verification & Test Engineer – Space
- Chelmsford, Essex (onsite position)
- £40,000 – £55,000 + excellent bens.
We’re supporting a globally recognised engineering organisation at the forefront of advanced imaging and space technology.
As part of continued growth and investment, they’re looking for a Electronics Verification & Test Engineer to take ownership of critical verification and validation activities across complex, high-reliability systems.
This is a technically diverse role with real influence — spanning lab, cleanroom, and production environments.
If you are passionate about world-leading space-based technology, thrive on big challenges with broad impact, then this is a fantastic opportunity for you!
Position Summary and Responsibilities – Electronics Verification & Test Engineer – Space
- Produce and implement test and verification plans flowing down from system level requirements for the various stages of development.
- Plan, commission and perform functional, electrical, mechanical and environmental tests at detector, subsystem and system level.
- Write project documentation including test procedures and test reports. Train Operations staff where necessary.
- Provide documentation and present at design, test and project reviews for both internal and external audiences.
- Define requirements for test equipment (GSE).
- Commission test equipment (OGSE, EGSE, MGSE) in accordance with internal and customer specifications, including scripting and coding for automating the test equipment.
- Detector, sub-system and system verification testing.
- Verification and acceptance testing/screening of Front-End Electronics and Payload Systems to ECSS standards.
- Perform technical investigations where necessary into failure modes and anomalous results.
- Support teams outside of the Product Verification & Test Team, including Operations and Process Engineering.
- Actively participate in ensuring that quality assurance practices are adhered to and maintained throughout the project lifecycle.
- Support, help to identify, and carry out process improvement activities for both project-specific and more general processes.
Experience – Electronics Verification & Test Engineer – Space
- Degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics or related field.
- Test planning and scheduling.
- Experience working with verification / validation of requirements.
- Good general electrical and electronics background.
- Knowledge of environmental testing
- Experience of fault finding.
- Experience of engineering lifecycle management and requirements management.
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