Principal Test Development Engineer

Job Title: SC Cleared Principal Test Development Engineer
Location: Ashford
Duration: 6 months with possible extension
Rate: Up to £500 per day via an approved umbrella company
Must be willing and eligible to go through the SC clearance process

Join a team designing and evolving automated test capability that helps deliver realistic weapons test and operator training worldwide. This is a hands-on Principal Test Development Engineer role where you'll lead technical direction, mentor others, and stay close to complex electronic and software-based test solutions.

What you'll be doing:

Maintain and enhance existing NI-based Automated Test Equipment (ATE) systems
Lead the design, development and verification of automated test solutions using TestStand, LabVIEW and FlexStand
Design test fixtures and commission new test capability for products and subsystems
Work with engineering teams to embed Design for Test (DFT) principles into new product development
Provide technical leadership within your specialist test engineering discipline
Mentor and support engineers, helping raise capability across the test function
Develop documentation, processes and future test strategies to support production and new product introductionWhat you'll bring:

Strong hands-on experience with TestStand and automated functional test systems
Experience developing solutions using LabVIEW
Proven background in Automated Test Equipment (ATE) design, support or test development
Electronics engineering knowledge, including the ability to understand schematics
Experience in a production or manufacturing environment
Familiarity with instrumentation such as oscilloscopes, DMMs, signal generators and data acquisition equipmentIf you're ready to shape future test strategy while staying hands-on with real-world engineering challenges, we'd love to hear from you. Apply now to join our engineering team in Ashford.

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