Systems Test Analyst

Gaydon
1 week ago
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Our OEM Client based in Gaydon, is searching for a System Test Analyst to join their team, Inside IR35. This is a 12-month maternity cover contract position.

Umbrella Pay Rate: £33.64 per hour.

Synthesizes customer contractual needs and requirements into system test solutions that acknowledges technical, schedule and cost constraints. Develops and directs preparation and execution of comprehensive test plans, procedures and schedules for completing systems. Coordinates integrated testing activities. Reviews and evaluates test requirements to insure completeness of test program. Performs technical analysis of complete systems and prepares comprehensive system level evaluations.

Responsibilities typically include:

Managing large projects or processes with limited oversight from manager.
Coaching, reviewing and delegating work to lower-level professionals.
Problems faced are difficult and often complex.
The Opportunity:

We're reinventing what tomorrow looks like. There's a revolution underway in our industry – and we're leading it. We've always been innovators. But our future will be driven by the possibilities created by new technologies as never before.

Engineering Laboratories is a key player within programme delivery its main function is to offer a world class physical verification & validation service. The Component and Sub-System Test (CST) team support and assist our customers by executing their physical test cases through our test facility portfolio.

As the Vibration & EDS Lead Engineer, you will play the lead role in scheduling work for all harnesses and vibration testing. You will also support other CST test teams with their scheduling and raising of impediments/risks.

You will be expected to lead scheduling, reporting and risk management of ten facilities. In addition to this you will run workload meetings for a small team as well as attend the leadership meetings. As well as workload control you will be dealing with the customers to support their requirements to ensure the backlog of activity is of high quality.

As part of the monitoring and supporting aspects of your role you will be expected to participate in any Agile roll out with in the laboratory or customer base when required.

You will be part of a small dynamic team and will be empowered to improve our service to our stakeholders and ensuring we offer a customer centric approach, whilst sustaining the current service offering provided by Engineering Laboratories

Key Performance Indicators:

Reports to be issued with-in a 3 week window post-test.
Risks and Impediments raised with in 24hours of issue being discovered.
Test scheduling to be updated on a weekly basis.
Support all customer meetings to refine backlog of test activity.
Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities:

Support Manager in robust delivery of programme activity.
Sign off of all Reports
Collaborate with a diverse set of stakeholders during CST test activity i.e. customers, subject matter experts, test engineers & technicians, rig design & manufacture engineers etc.
Submit design & manufacture controller F&TD requests
Ensure robust running of the test and root cause any failure.
Assist in the continual improvement of test methods to enhance the CST service offering.
Ensure test facilities are maintained to high standards
Support all activities that result in a positive outcome from any audit e.g. IATF16949 (Quality), ISO45001 (H&S) and ISO 14001 (Environmental).
Key Interactions:

Electrical Distribution System teams.
Whitley Group Leaders and Fitter/Tester staff.
Engineering Laboratory Managers.
Instrumentation & Calibration Laboratory.
F&TD infrastructure group – for fixture design.
Essential Skills, Knowledge and Experience Required:

JIRA knowledge.
Able to manage a small technical engineering group.
Be able to apply project planning to support facility scheduling.
Data analytics knowledge to be able to measure area performance and offer solutions any shortfalls.
Desirable Skills, Knowledge and Experience Requested:

Good understanding of Health and Safety requirements, Risk Assessment, COSHH and SDS.
ABB Robotics IRC5 Programming language awareness.
Personal Profile Required:

Team Player.
Good communicator.
Able to flex work patterns during peak workloads

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