Test Engineer - Electronics

Test Engineer - Electronics

📍 Location: Southampton
💰 Salary: £40,000 - £45,000 + Benefits
🏭 Production & Manufacturing Support | Hands-On Fault Finding | Hardware Testing

Are you a hands-on electronics engineer with strong fault-finding skills down to component level? Do you have experience working in a manufacturing or production support environment, ensuring high-quality testing of electronic hardware? We are looking for a Test & Electronics Engineer to support and enhance Automated Test Equipment (ATE) solutions, playing a key role in hardware testing, troubleshooting, and improving test processes.

About the Role

As a Test Engineer, you will:
✅ Support and troubleshoot digital/analog electronic hardware and power control systems.
✅ Perform fault-finding and repairs down to component level to maintain test equipment.
✅ Develop and optimize test solutions for production, ensuring high efficiency and reliability.
✅ Work closely with Manufacturing, Engineering, and R&D teams to support New Product Introductions (NPI).
✅ Use oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, logic analyzers, and other test equipment for fault diagnosis and validation.
✅ Assist in designing, improving, and maintaining ATE systems, housed in 19” racks, managing power control, digital I/O, and communication interfaces.

What We’re Looking For

🔹 Essential:

• Strong hands-on experience in fault-finding and troubleshooting electronic hardware to component level.
• Production support experience in an electronics manufacturing environment.
• Knowledge of electronic test automation (ETA) and power control systems.
• Ability to prototype, test, and validate electronic hardware designs.
• Proficiency with test instruments such as oscilloscopes, function generators, and logic analyzers.
• Ability to define and document test requirements, specifications, and risk assessments.

🔹 Desirable:

• Experience with PCB CAD tools for prototype design and PCB layout.
• Knowledge of I2C, RS232, CANBUS, and National Instruments test automation solutions.
• Familiarity with safety-critical systems and high-power optical/electronic devices.
• Understanding of mechanical enclosures for 19” rack-mounted test equipment.
• Experience using JIRA, Confluence, and Microsoft Office tools (including Visio).

Who You Are

You are a practical, hands-on engineer who enjoys solving real-world electronics challenges. You take a structured approach to troubleshooting and are comfortable working in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. You are proactive, detail-oriented, and eager to improve test processes, ensuring high-quality, efficient production support.

Why Join Us?

🚀 Work with cutting-edge electronics in a high-tech manufacturing environment.
⚡ Play a key role in supporting and improving production testing.
🏭 Be part of a collaborative, problem-solving team with career growth opportunities.
📈 Competitive salary and benefits with flexible working hours.

If you're passionate about electronics fault-finding, hardware testing, and manufacturing support, apply now!