Test Solutions Engineer

In this role you will help shape and validate test solutions for integrated machinery and upstream module testing. You will define test equipment and procedures, support external outsourcing, and troubleshoot tools to ensure reliable manufacturing. You’ll work with the manufacturing engineering team to implement robust, cost-effective test solutions across the supply chain and contribute to NPI and testing scope. This is a hands-on position with a clear impact on product quality and customer satisfaction. You’ll join a collaborative team at the heart of Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology’s mission to enable micro- and nano-structure engineering.

• competitive starting salary
• structured career development
• good work-life balance
• 25 days annual leave
• early finish on Fridays
• private healthcare

• Train and certify Test Engineers in test documents, procedures and equipment
• Support test documentation by defining, implementing, and maintaining test schedules and methods
• Develop end-to-end control systems for ATE equipment (including software)
• Manage design, commissioning and maintenance of ATE, ensuring compatibility with legacy products where practical
• Produce schematics, assembly drawings and BOMs for test equipment and manage release via PLM
• Analyse field and final test failure reports to adjust test points and reduce repeats
• Contribute to manufacturing plan and outsourcing strategy within the manufacturing engineering team
• Implement robust, cost-effective test solutions across the supply chain for existing and new products
• Conduct first article component testing with NPI teams to define critical test features
• Undertake practical studies for OEM/module performance comparisons (obsolescence, accelerated lifetime)
• Ensure test manufacturing data is archived for predictive diagnostics, tool-to-tool performance, and tool lifetime analysis

• High frequency RF matching & signal processing up to 8KW
• High level electronics knowledge
• Effective communication skills
• HNC in Electronics or higher
• Programming/software experience
• CAD design - AutoCAD
• Practical, hands-on with mechanical and electrical assembly
• Customer-focused mindset

• Effective communication
• Customer focus
• Team collaboration
• Test equipment design and maintenance (ATE)
• RF matching and signal processing
• PLM system familiarity