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TT Electronics’ Bedlington facility north of Newcastle upon Tyne is the home of two TT Electronics divisions; Sensors & Specialist Components and Power Electronics. Sensors & Specialist Components are leaders in high reliability, high performance and engineered electronic components. Power Electronics provide custom power solutions for safety-critical applications in harsh environments. The team in Bedlington specialises in microcircuit production for the aerospace and defence industries.

Employee engagement is centre stage; we’re focussed on our employees and making TT a great place to work. Here at Bedlington we continue to invest and improve the site’s facilities, regularly get involved in fundraising for local charities and activities in our community, have a busy social club and have a group wide focus on ‘Build Expertise’ in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) subjects developing our current employees and encouraging more to join our industry at this exciting time.

Introduction

Due to growth within the team, we have a vacancy for a Senior Test Engineer within our Microelectronics business.

In this role you will develop and maintain test systems (including hardware and software) and provide day to day production support.  As part of the test engineering team you will be involved in improvement projects and introducing new equipment and new products into production.

This is a full-time, onsite role, based at our Bedlington facility. 

Key Responsibilities

Reporting directly to the Test Engineering Manager, key duties and responsibilities will include:

• Day to day support of production, trouble shooting issues with automated test systems.
  
• Proactively identifying opportunities to improve the current test system.
• Investigation of test failures.
• Leading in longer term team projects.
• Setting up and maintaining the electrical measurement systems.
• Designing and constructing test hardware.
• Modifying/generating test code to control instrumentation and performing automated testing.
• Developing an understanding of the production test machinery.
• Updating/producing technical documentation such as circuit diagrams, test procedures and operating instructions.
• Providing training and support to production operators.

Core Requirements 

Alongside a proven track record in test engineering, within industry, you will: 

• Be degree educated in Electronic Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent.
• Be proactive, with a hands on approach. 
• Have the ability to build strong relationships and communicate effectively at all levels.
• Have demonstrated organisational, planning and program skills with careful attention to detail.
• Be a good Team Player.
• Have a strong technical bias, with strong problem-solving abilities.
• Work well under pressure to meet strict deadlines.
• Have a keen interest in software programming such as: Labview, CVI, Python, VB.
• Have experience using test instrumentation such as Oscilloscopes, Signal Generators and Digital Multimeters.
• Have practical electronics and fault diagnosis skills.