Job Vacancy Electronics Test Support Engineer

We are looking for a practical, hands-on Electronics Test Engineer with experience supporting electronic test equipment within a production or manufacturing environment.

The ideal candidate will have around 3+ years' experience working with electronic or electromechanical products and will be comfortable diagnosing faults across PCBs, test fixtures, automated test equipment and production test stations.

You could currently be working as an:

• Electronics Test Engineer



• Production Test Engineer



• Manufacturing Test Engineer



• Test Development Engineer



• ATE Engineer



• Electronics Engineer



• Test Support Engineer



• Senior Electronics Test Technician



• Electronics Test & Repair Engineer

Candidates should ideally have experience within an electronics manufacturing or production environment, potentially coming from sectors such as:

• Electronics manufacturing



• Aerospace or defence electronics



• Automotive electronics



• Industrial automation



• Scientific instrumentation



• Semiconductor/electronic equipment



• Medical devices



• Communications equipment



• High-tech industrial manufacturing

We are particularly interested in candidates with experience across several of the following:

• In-Circuit Test (ICT)



• Automated Test Equipment (ATE)



• Functional testing



• PCB and PCBA testing



• Electronics fault finding



• Test fixtures and interface hardware



• Probe/contact issues



• False failures and intermittent faults



• Electronic measurement equipment



• Production test equipment



• Preventative maintenance



• Reading electronic schematics



• Basic PCB layouts



• Root cause/failure investigation



• Test station maintenance and improvement

Experience with Keysight i3070 would be highly desirable, but candidates do not need to be i3070 specialists. Experience with other ICT or automated electronics test platforms would also be relevant where the candidate has strong underlying test and fault-finding knowledge.

Ideally qualified to HNC/HND or degree level in Electronics, Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Test Engineering or a related discipline. Candidates with strong hands-on industry experience but without a degree should also be considered.

Our client is a well-established global engineering and manufacturing organisation developing highly engineered technology and electronic products for demanding industrial applications.

The Eastbourne site combines engineering, manufacturing and operational functions, giving engineers the opportunity to work directly with both the technology and the production environment. The business designs and manufactures complex electronic and electromechanical products, with a strong emphasis on product quality, reliability and continuous improvement.

The site operates a dedicated manufacturing test environment, using a combination of In-Circuit Test (ICT), automated test equipment (ATE) and functional testing to support electronic products through production. This includes PCB and PCBA testing, test fixtures, probing and measurement systems, fault diagnosis and ongoing maintenance of production test equipment.

This particular position sits within the Test Support Engineering team and works closely with Test Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering and Operations. The team is responsible for ensuring production test equipment remains reliable and available, investigating failures and recurring issues, and improving test capability across the manufacturing operation.

It is a hands-on engineering environment rather than a purely desk-based position. Engineers are expected to get involved directly with test stations, fixtures, electronic assemblies and production issues, working alongside both engineers and manufacturing operators to identify and resolve technical problems.

The organisation can offer:

• Established global engineering and manufacturing business



• Technically advanced electronics environment



• Exposure to automated and in-circuit test systems



• Hands-on engineering responsibility



• Complex PCB and electronic product testing



• Collaboration across Engineering, Manufacturing and Operations



• Continuous improvement and test development opportunities



• Long-term technical development



• Opportunity to develop further knowledge of specialist ICT platforms



• Permanent, site-based position in Eastbourne, East Sussex

The environment would particularly suit someone coming from an electronics manufacturing, aerospace, defence, automotive electronics, instrumentation, industrial electronics or other high-tech manufacturing background, where production testing, PCB fault finding, ATE, ICT or functional test systems form part of their day-to-day work.