Test Technician

Posted on behalf of

Electroflight

A leading technology and engineer services business that designs and manufactures bespoke battery systems for next-generation aerospace applications is currently looking to recruit a full-time Test Technician. The Test Technician will carry out development and qualification testing activities.

The Test Technician will:

• Work with design engineers to design test equipment and rigs
• Coordinate procurement and delivery of test equipment
• Hands-on mechanical and electrical assembly and setup of test equipment and rigs
• Create testing activity risk assessments
• Define and setup instrumentation and data logging
• Setup comms (CAN, ISO SPI, etc)
• Carry out a wide variety of cell, module, and battery pack tests (e.g. characterisation, life, thermal propagation, shock & vibration, etc)
• Carry out tests on electronic components (e.g. BMS)
• Process raw test data, and analyse and interpret test results
• Write test reports

The successful Test Technician will have:

• Relevant technical qualification
• Relevant battery or electronics test experience
• Practical experience of communications protocols such as CAN
• Experience of data acquisition using equipment such as NI
• Experience of data processing and analysis using tools such as MATLAB or Excel is beneficial but not essential
• Loom building experience
• Motorsport/aviation background