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Test Development Engineer

  • Cambridge
  • Posted 26th Jan 2012
  • Posted by: Polytec Personnel
  • Salary: £15k-£40k
  • Job Type: Permanent
  • Address: Orwell House
    Cowley Road
    Cambridge
    CB4 0PP
  • Reference: 24114
  • This job has been viewed 27 times since it was posted.

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Job Description

Our client, based in Cambridge is looking for a Test Development Engineer with a working knowledge of Linux OS, and who has been involved with test development from the initial product prototype schematics in a product environment seeing the test implementation right through to factory installation/training and subsequent product life maintenance.

Key responsibilities and tasks

* Maintain and improve existing Linux based implementations (including software GUI) and supporting production tools.

* Support of all test systems in the factory (potential travel overseas for online support).

* Support of development in all tests fixtures.

* Maintenance of test equipment used for production.

Skills and Experience

Essential

* Working knowledge of Linux OS.

* Experience of writing tests in a Linux environment.

* Maintenance and debug of existing GUIs.

* Understanding of RF, analogue and digital circuits in relation to test development.

* Problem solving with respect to all aspects of test (Mechanical, Electrical and Software)

* Ability to read schematics and devise production test with support from development engineers.

* Strong personal motivation to deliver solutions that require minimal long term support but high flexibility in early development phase of the project.

* Able to maintain and improve test systems over a product lifecycle.

* Understanding of the test requirements for volume production test and RMA.

* High attention to detail and quality of deliverables.

* Willing to travel abroad to support production installing and debugging.

Desired

* Labview programming skills

* Been involved in generating test methods (suitable for coding) from a schematic with minimal help from development engineers.

* Understands the fixture requirements for a volume product.

* Experience of international travel for manufacturing test commissioning and support

* Capable of explaining test implementation to enable a manufacturing test engineer to fix a product fault.

* Confident with RF test equipment like Network Analyser, Spectrum analyser and Power meter.

* Has specified and developed electronic test PCBs for testers.

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