Details:
- Salary: £52,500 - Annum
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Annum
- Location: Stevenage
- Date: 3 weeks ago
Description:
We're seeking an experienced Structural Test Engineer to join our highly productive team, working in a busy environment with high throughput!
Salary: Circa £52,500 depending on experience
Dynamic (hybrid) working: 4 days per week on-site due to workload classification
Security Clearance: British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship
Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), which are managed by the MBDA Personnel Security Team.
What we can offer you:
Company bonus: Up to £2,500 (based on company performance and will vary year to year)
Pension: maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%
Overtime: opportunity for paid overtime
Flexi Leave: Up to 15 additional days
Flexible working: We welcome applicants who are looking for flexible working arrangements
Enhanced parental leave: offers up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave -enhancements are available for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments
Facilities: Fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals, free car parking and much more...The opportunity:
You will have experience setting up and operating Load Control and Data Acquisition Systems, as well as designing, setting up and running complex static and fatigue tests. Good communication skills are essential, working in a cross-functional team to deliver tests to high standards, meeting tight deadlines.
In this role, you will:
Be responsible for the setup and operation of the Load Control System and Tensile Test Machines
Calibrate, setup and install a variety of transducers, including Linear Variable Displacement Transducers, Load Cells and Strain Gauges
Be familiar with Data Acquisition Systems and set up appropriately for test work
Be involved in helping the customer to define test requirements within the scope of the Lab capabilities
Produce estimated costings to the Customer, working to adhere to delivering OTOCOQ
Design, procure and manufacture suitable fixturing to interface with test hardware
Write detailed test reports for both internal and external customers.What we're looking for from you:
Essential
HND/HNC in a STEM field, or vocational equivalent
Strong technical background in Instrumentation and Load Control Systems
Experience with the use of hydraulic and electric actuators
Ability to develop and manage relationships with a variety of stakeholdersDesirable
Experience with installation of strain gauges on test hardware
Familiarity of calibration processes
Previous Crane/FLT experience, training will be provided
AGILE/LEAN Six Sigma Practitioner
Basic coding experience#LI-CT1