Job Description:

Senior Product Test Development Engineer

Glenrothes & Livingston | Full Time | Permanent
£7,500 Welcome Bonus + Excellent Benefits
Relocation assistance available 

Copello is supporting the recruitment of a Senior Product Test Development Engineer to join an established and growing engineering team within a highly regulated, advanced technology environment.

This opportunity offers strong long-term career progression within an R&D-driven organisation that is investing in future capability and expanding its technical teams.

The Role

As a Senior Product Test Development Engineer, you will be responsible for the design, manufacture, verification, validation, and through-life support of test equipment at board, sub-system, and system level.

You will work on complex electronic systems deployed across a range of demanding applications, contributing to technically challenging and safety-critical programmes.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop functional test equipment for electronic systems

• Lead and support hardware/software integration and fault diagnosis

• Provide lifecycle and production support, including issue resolution and obsolescence management

• Work collaboratively across engineering disciplines to deliver scalable test solutions

• Lead design reviews and produce high-quality technical documentation

• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers

Required Experience

• Strong knowledge of analogue and digital electronic circuit design

• Ability to produce detailed technical design documentation

• Experience transferring designs into production environments

• Excellent hardware fault-finding and debugging skills

• Test software development experience

• Experience supporting and debugging system integration

• Eligibility for UK Security Clearance (minimum BPSS, ideally SC)

Desirable Experience

• Significant industry experience in test development

• Experience with schematic capture and PCB layout tools

• Knowledge of common test architectures (e.g., PXI/LXI)

• Understanding of measurement uncertainty and its application in test equipment validation

• Experience with LabVIEW, CVI, TestStand, C# or similar software tools

• Mixed-signal circuit design

• High-speed serial networks

• RF electronics knowledge

• Power supply design experience