Our premium brand Automotive client is currently recruiting for the following role:
Test Engineer - Durability and Robustness - £34/hr (Inside IR35) - Warwickshire - 10 Months (potential to extend)
Duties:
Responsible for testing standard and/or custom products, devices, and/or hardware to assess their performance and reliability
- Complete full preparation of test facility and/or test parts to enable effective and timely data delivery.
- Provide technical advice and guidance on collection and measurement of data. To collate, manipulate and interpret data which will be used to inform engineering decisions.
- Oversee commissioning and acceptance testing of measurement equipment.
- Take ownership of data quality and performance reporting for measurement equipment and capability.
- To conduct analysis and fault rectification to ensure minimum down time.
- To support continuous improvement activity with the goal of improving test effectiveness and/or product quality.
- To support all activities that result in a positive outcome from any audit, e.g. TS16949,OHSAS18001, ISO 14001.
- Undertake any other work as directed by their line manager, at the appropriate site, in connection with their job as may be requested.
Skills/Experience Required:
- Planning, completing and reporting full vehicle Durability and Robustness Testing.
- Technical expertise and experience of automotive test facility and test vehicle preparation.
- Experienced with data acquisition and control systems.
- Data analysis and reporting of test data.
- Natural problem-solver with structured approach to problem solving in a technical environment.
- The ability to validate, prepare and read engineering documents.
- Knowledge of Health and Safety requirements, Risk Assessment, COSHH.
- Computer literate, including Microsoft Office competency to produce plans, presentations, graphs, process and Single Point Lesson (SPL) documents.
- A full UK driving license with less than 6 penalty points, no disqualification, 2 years accident free record.
- Experience and certification for conducting testing on proving grounds.
- Agile project planning experience - ideally using JIRA.
- Knowledge of instrument calibration processes.
- Experience with TS16949 or ISO9001 standards and requirements.
- Six Sigma, Black Belt and Green Belt Training and certification.
Education:
- Educated to Degree level in a Systems, Mechanical, Electrical/Electronic or related field.
Additional information:
This role is on a contract basis and is Inside IR35.
The services advertised by Premea Limited for this vacancy are those of an Employment Business.
Premea is a specialist IT & Engineering recruitment consultancy representing clients in the UK and internationally within the Automotive, Motorsport and Aerospace sectors.
