Senior Board Test Engineer

Skills

About the Role

You'll develop manufacturing tests for advanced electronic products, focusing on printed circuit board assemblies and the faults that affect their operation. You'll analyse PCB designs for testability and manufacturing risks, then develop boundary scan and embedded functional tests. You'll diagnose complex electronic faults down to component level and take your test solutions through deployment and support in factory and field environments, improving defect coverage across contract manufacturers' test and inspection tools.

Requirements

• Strong electronics fundamentals and experience in manufacturing test for advanced electronic systems
• Understanding of PCB manufacturing, surface-mount assembly, failure mechanisms, and automated optical and X-ray inspection
• Experience developing JTAG 1149 boundary scan test solutions
• Awareness of bed-of-nails testing (ICT/MDA) and ISP/OBP programming techniques
• Ability to diagnose defects down to component level
• Clear communication skills
• Legal right to work in the UK

Responsibilities

• Develop manufacturing tests for advanced electronic products
• Analyse PCB designs for testability and manufacturing risks
• Develop boundary scan and embedded functional tests
• Diagnose complex electronic faults down to component level
• Improve defect coverage across test and inspection tools used by contract manufacturers
• Deploy and support test solutions in factory and field environments
• Work with Hardware Design, Manufacturing Operations and external board test partners

Benefits

• Flexible working
• Generous leave
• Up to 5% matched pension
• Phantom equity
• Free food and on-site barista
• Income protection and life assurance
• Electric Vehicle Scheme via salary sacrifice
• Flexible benefits including private medical insurance, cycle to work scheme and dental cover