Principal Test Equipment Engineer in Edinburgh

Principal Test Equipment Engineer

Edinburgh

12-month contract

Paying up to £74p/h (inside IR35)

Overview: As the Principal Test Equipment Engineer, you?ll work within a multi-disciplinary engineering environment, helping to deliver complex Automatic Test Equipment (ATE) systems and ensuring they meet the needs of both internal and external stakeholders.

What You?ll Do

• Lead the creation and delivery of technical solutions within defined work packages, ensuring alignment with stakeholder requirements
• Develop and deploy test programs for ATE systems
• Integrate hardware and software test programs, including NI TestStand environments
• Design systems, interfaces, and cable assemblies
• Collaborate closely with IPT functions, production teams, and external customer stakeholders
• Provide expert guidance on tools, techniques, and best practices for test equipment design
• Resolve emerging technical issues, escalating complex risk,s and supporting mitigation strategies
• Build strong internal and external networks, promoting continuous improvement and best practice adoption
• Mentor, coach, and develop engineers across the wider team

What You?ll Bring

• Proven experience developing technical solutions within multi-disciplinary engineering teams
• Integration experience using languages such as CVI, C, and C++
• Experience integrating within NI TestStand environments
• LF/Digital and/or RF/microwave hardware integration experience
• Offsite or overseas test integration exposure
• Hands-on experience across the full hardware design lifecycle
• Understanding of product safety legislation
• Strong ability to capture and analyse stakeholder needs
• Excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence and adapt
• Experience working with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, including customers and suppliers
• Demonstrated ability to coach and develop others