Production Test Engineer – 12‑month contract

About the role

We are looking for a Production Test Engineer on a 12‑month contract based in Bolton. The role supports a market‑leading defence and aerospace company, offering the chance to develop your skills in a fast‑growing environment. You will work on the shop‑floor, testing and diagnosing electronic systems down to the component level.

Key responsibilities

• Provide test engineering support to operators on the shop‑floor.
• Test and diagnose complex electrical/electronic systems, sub‑assemblies, and circuit cards down to component level.
• Generate test specifications, operator instructions, and technical reports based on higher‑level requirements.
• Identify remedial and corrective actions for test failures.
• Support meetings with Quality and Operations to give status updates on engineering actions and investigations.

Required profile

• Minimum HNC level of engineering qualifications or equivalent.
• Good understanding of digital and analogue electronic measurement and test principles, including associated equipment.
• Awareness of electrical/electronic sub‑system and system design, integration, and test principles.
• Understanding of RF and microwave technology at subsystem level.
• Knowledge of environmental testing (including ESS).
• Experience operating manual and automated test equipment in an electronics manufacturing environment.

Required skills

• Digital electronic measurement.
• Analogue electronic measurement.
• RF and microwave testing.
• Environmental testing (ESS).
• Manual test equipment operation.
• Automated test equipment operation.