Senior Hardware Test Engineer

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Company Description

General Dynamics Mission Systems engineers a diverse portfolio of high technology solutions, products and services that enable customers to successfully execute missions across all domains of operation. With a global team of more than 13,000 top professionals, we partner with the best in industry to expand the bounds of innovation in the defence and scientific arenas. In the UK, we are leading the way in avionics and communication systems. Given the nature of our work and who we are, we value trust, honesty, alignment and transparency.

General Dynamics in St Leonards-on-Sea currently provide avionic mission computing systems for a wide range of military fast jets, helicopters, and UAV's. Recent success has resulted in General Dynamics developing the next generation of Advanced High Performance, Safety Critical Mission Computer Systems to meet the needs of latest platforms in development by several aircraft manufacturers. These Mission Computing Systems provide the functionality that integrates aircraft systems, sensor systems and stores management systems with the information and control systems required by the aircrew to meet the demanding operational needs of these aircraft.

Job Description

As a Senior Test Engineer, you will play a leading role within the company. You will work closely with the Test Manager to provide hardware expertise for the testing and repair of both electronic circuit card assemblies and fully assembled electronic units. In this senior position, you will be expected to fault-find failing units down to component level. You may also be required to mentor junior members of our engineering team, to improve their knowledge and ability to diagnose failures.

You will be good at decision making and be capable of open technical discussion. You will need to be a team player but also capable of working individually. As your role grows, there will be opportunities for you to become an Engineering Team Lead with direct reports and additional responsibilities.

Qualifications

To be successful in the role you will need to bring:

• Ideally a HNC level education or equivalent, with a proven range of relevant experience
• Comprehensive knowledge of electronic hardware
• Experience of operating test equipment such as oscilloscopes, analysers etc.
• Perform complex technical investigations individually or with a team
• Developing, analysing, improving and implementing test strategies
• Potential Leadership skills
• Act and make decisions upon your own initiative
• Excellent capacity for problem solving combined with report writing skills
• Capable of working on numerous tasks in parallel

Additional Information

This role of Senior Hardware Engineer has a starting salary of £43,200 to £52,000 dependant upon experience and an attractive flexible benefits package.

We pride ourselves in being a great place to work with a shared sense of purpose, offering impressive benefits:

• A compressed nine-day fortnight and compressed hours - which means every other Friday off.
• A personalized career development plan, alongside regular progress reviews - supporting and valuing your progression within the Company.
• A flexible working environment where your contributions are recognized and rewarded with flexible benefits

We believe in maintaining a diverse workplace - inclusive of beliefs, cultural background, job experiences, thoughts and ideas. If who we are and what we do resonates with you, we welcome you to join our inclusive team!

Our success is fuelled by our colleagues and the wide variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills they bring to the Company - learn more about our commitment to inclusion and diversity here

We are a Disability Confident Employer, as such we offer an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job.
Please email disabilityconfident@gd-ms.uk if you would like your application to be considered under the DC Scheme. For more information on the Disability confident scheme in General Dynamics click here.

All successful/appointed applicants must be able to obtain a level of UK Security clearance that is appropriate for the role and undertake suitable Right to work checks.