Senior Test Development Engineer
Location: Kirkcaldy
Salary: Up to £70,000 + £7,500 Welcome Bonus
Security Clearance: Must be eligible for BPSS (SC desirable)
Type: Permanent | Full-Time

The Opportunity

An established and growing advanced engineering organisation is seeking a Senior Test Development Engineer to support the design and development of complex electronic test solutions.

This is a key senior role within a high-growth R&D environment, offering strong technical ownership, leadership responsibility, and genuine progression opportunities.

You will be working on advanced electronic systems supporting mission-critical applications across land, sea, air, and space platforms.

The Role

You will take ownership of the design, development, validation and lifecycle support of test equipment at board, subsystem and system level.

Key responsibilities include:

Design and development of functional test equipment for electronic systems

Hardware and software integration, debug and fault finding

Verification and validation of test solutions

Production support, issue resolution and obsolescence management

Leading technical design reviews and producing high-quality documentation

Mentoring and supporting junior engineers

Driving robust, scalable and maintainable test architectures

Essential Skills & Experience

Strong analogue and digital electronic circuit design knowledge

Proven experience developing test equipment in an engineering environment

Test software development experience

Excellent hardware troubleshooting skills

Experience supporting system integration and debug

Experience handing designs into production

Ability to produce clear, structured technical documentation

Eligibility for UK Security Clearance (minimum BPSS)

Desirable Experience

Significant industry experience in test development

PXI / LXI test architectures

Mentor Graphics schematic capture and PCB layout

Measurement uncertainty and validation principles

NI LabVIEW, NI CVI, NI TestStand or C#

Mixed signal design

High-speed serial networks

RF electronics awareness

Power supply design