TEST RIG DESIGN ENGINEER - BRISTOL
| Employment Type | Contract |
|---|---|
| Location | UK , Bristol |
| Industry Sector | Aerospace |
| Start Date | 06/02/2008 |
| Salary/Rate | £26 per hour |
| Reference | 0802-10 |
| Date Advertised | 19-08-2008 - 17:37 |
This vacancy is out of date and no longer accepting applications.
Description
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Test Rig Design Engineer required to carry out the following:
To define, specify and integrate integrated test benches to support avionics testing.
To provide support for existing and future benches including fault finding, debugging and modification.
For these aspects applicants should possess the following skills and knowledge
A strong understanding of VME and VME based systems.
A strong understanding of electrical signalling and signal types used within real time control systems and how off the shelf solutions for emulation and monitoring of such signals can be achieved using VME or equivalent systems.
A strong understanding of off the shelf test equipment and how they can be integrated into a complex test management system.
A good level of understanding of computer networks particularly switched Ethernet.
A good level of understanding of electrical power supply issues for integrated test / embedded systems.
A reasonable understanding of software relevant for integrated test systems particularly driver level issues.
Experience of designing and specifying wiring and harnesses for a complex integrated test system.
The secondary responsibilities of the role are:
To provide support and as necessary design and specify hardware demonstrators and mock-ups used by the department for research and development purposes for modular and distributed avionics.
To provide electronics hardware support to the specification and evaluation activities for existing and future avionics components
Communicate regularly with on-site customers and team and able to present, often to a large number of people
For these aspects applicants should possess a strong understanding of electronics principles and be familiar with current concepts and architectures for both digital and analogue electronics relevant to embedded real time control. In particular understanding of current techniques used for signal interfacing, field buses and networking.
IT Requirements - MS Office Suite (Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
Keywords:
Embedded systems
Test System Design
VME System Design
Hardware Test Engineer
If this position is of interest please contact Sarah Byrne on 0845 200 4972 or email sbyrne@kdconsultants.com
