Senior Production Test & Repair Engineer

Company Description

General Dynamics Mission Systems engineers a diverse portfolio of high technology solutions, products and services that enable customers to successfully execute missions across all domains of operation. With a global team of more than 13,000 top professionals, we partner with the best in industry to expand the bounds of innovation in the defence and scientific arenas. In the UK, we are leading the way in avionics and communication systems. Given the nature of our work and who we are, we value trust, honesty, alignment and transparency.

General Dynamics in St Leonards-on-Sea currently provide avionic mission computing systems for a wide range of military fast jets, helicopters, and UAV’s. Recent success has resulted in General Dynamics developing the next generation of Advanced High Performance, Safety Critical Mission Computer Systems to meet the needs of latest platforms in development by several aircraft manufacturers. These Mission Computing Systems provide the functionality that integrates aircraft systems, sensor systems and stores management systems with the information and control systems required by the aircrew to meet the demanding operational needs of these aircraft.

Job Description

An exciting opportunity to join General Dynamics, a leading-edge defence company, as a Senior Production Test & Repair Engineer. This position, would allow you to play an important role in our innovative Test Development team, working on avionics and possibly on land based armoured vehicle communication systems.

Join a team responsible for testing, fault diagnosis and repair of advanced avionics and mission-critical electronic systems. This is a hands-on engineering role focused on investigating product failures, diagnosing faults to component level, carrying out repair activities and supporting the resolution of complex electronic assembly failures.

We are particularly interested in engineers with strong electronics troubleshooting experience, including PCB fault-finding, schematic interpretation, root cause analysis and component-level repair.

Defence experience is not essential. Applications are welcomed from candidates within aerospace, rail, telecoms, industrial electronics, manufacturing, medical devices and other technically complex environments.

In this role you will:

• Provide test solutions for highly technical electronic circuits and units
• Undertake test strategies and develop test solutions to ensure our products meet all our quality requirements and safe functionality within the aircraft
• Play a major part in technical investigations, requiring a comprehensive knowledge of electronic hardware and software

Working alongside highly skilled engineers, you will find your hardware/software knowledge continually expanding, leading to opportunities for future development and progression

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Qualifications

Essential Experience

• Component-level fault diagnosis and repair
• Electronic circuit troubleshooting
• Ability to read and interpret electronic schematics
• Root cause analysis of electronic failures
• Production test of electronic assemblies
• Experience using oscilloscopes, multimeters, spectrum analysers and laboratory test equipment
• Experience fault-finding on analogue, digital and mixed-signal electronics
• Minimum of HNC level education or equivalent

Highly Desirable

• Avionics or aerospace electronics
• Defence electronics
• Automated test equipment (ATE)
• Environmental and qualification testing
• Experience working with or familiarity with AI/ML models is preferred.

Additional Information

This role has a salary of between £45,600 and £57,000 plus our flexible benefits package.

We pride ourselves in being a great place to work with a shared sense of purpose, offering impressive benefits: 

• A compressed nine-day fortnight and compressed hours - which means every other Friday off. 
• A personalized career development plan, alongside regular progress reviews - supporting and valuing your progression within the Company. 
• A flexible working environment where your contributions are recognized and rewarded with flexible benefits 

We believe in maintaining a diverse workplace - inclusive of beliefs, cultural background, job experiences, thoughts and ideas. If who we are and what we do resonates with you, we welcome you to join our inclusive team!

Our success is fuelled by our colleagues and the wide variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills they bring to the Company.

We are a Disability Confident Employer, as such we offer an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job.
Please email disabilityconfident@gd-ms.uk if you would like your application to be considered under the DC Scheme.

All successful/appointed applicants must be able to obtain a level of UK Security clearance that is appropriate for the role and undertake suitable Right to work checks.

Every application matters to us. We want you to know that each application we receive is reviewed by a real person—not just an algorithm. Our screening questions are also carefully considered to help us understand your experience and fit for the role.

We appreciate the time you take to apply.