Join MBDA in Bolton as a Test Equipment Design Engineer on a full-time, hybrid basis (4-5 days on-site). Earn a salary of up to £49,000 depending on experience, plus excellent benefits including a company bonus and flexible leave.
Requirements
Ideally degree qualified or possessing equivalent industry experience.
Proven design experience in digital/analogue electronics, power electronics, RF and antenna design, interconnects, safety electronics, RF test principles, or test systems.
Experience supporting designs through the manufacturing phase of the product lifecycle.
Excellent verbal communication, negotiation, influencing, and root cause investigation skills.
Must be a British Citizen or Dual UK national with British citizenship and able to pass BPSS security clearance.
Skills & Responsibilities
Test Systems: Act as a Focal Project Lead providing test equipment design support to manufacturing and ensuring on-time delivery.
Root Cause Analysis: Investigate design-related issues to find root causes and propose robust corrective actions.
Digital & Analogue Electronics: Design products and systems while collaborating within a multi-disciplinary team.
Technical Documentation: Write clear and concise engineering documentation to support manufacturing and design integration.
Potential transition routes: People from electronics engineering or manufacturing support roles may bring relevant hardware design and troubleshooting skills, alongside meeting the mandatory British citizenship and security clearance requirements.
Job description
This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Test Equipment Design Engineer to join our Production Design Support Team. You will play a key role in a range of Engineering activities, providing Test Equipment design support to the Manufacturing organization and broadening your expertise in an international environment. An exciting career path awaits!
Salary: Up to £49,000 depending on experience
Dynamic (hybrid) working: 4-5 days per week on-site due to workload classification
Security Clearance: British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship
Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), which are managed by the MBDA Personnel Security Team.
What we can offer you:
Company bonus: Up to £2,500 (based on company performance and will vary year to year)
Pension: maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%
Overtime: opportunity for paid overtime
Flexi Leave: Up to 15 additional days
Flexible working: We welcome applicants who are looking for flexible working arrangements
Enhanced parental leave: offers up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave -enhancements are available for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments
Facilities: Fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals, free car parking and much more…
The opportunity:
We have a phenomenal opportunity for an experienced Test Equipment Design Engineer to play a key role in the support of production activities with Production Design Support (PDS) at our site in Bolton.
You will act as a Focal Project Lead between our design teams and our manufacturing teams while working alongside other support engineers to provide knowledge and support.
The role offers the candidate a true engineering challenge in their core discipline(s), whilst providing scope for personal growth and development in other areas of Electronics.
Working within Production Design Support (PDS) is a highly rewarding role as you not only see designs coming to life in the manufacturing environment but you can also help to shape the design of the products and test equipment, delivering support to our customers
What we're looking for from you:
Ideally degree qualified (or equivalent industry experience) with experience of designing product/systems and/or providing support to designs through the manufacturing phase of the product lifecycle.
Excellent verbal communication, negotiation and influencing skills with the capability to write clear and concise engineering documentation.
Someone who has a record of accomplishment of on-time delivery
Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team, with an awareness of the challenges and opportunities that this may bring. Someone with a passion for innovation and collaboration.
Investigative skills to be able to find Root Causes of design related issues and propose robust corrective actions.
Proven design experience in one or all of the following disciplines:-
Digital & Analogue Electronics
Power Electronics
RF and Antenna Design
Interconnects
Safety Electronics
RF Test and measurement principle knowledge
Test Systems
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