Development and Test Technician

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Eaton, Havant

Full time
Permanent
Onsite working

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Eaton

Full Job Description

Planning, executing and monitoring development and qualification testing activities on hydraulic and electro-hydraulic aircraft components, with support and guidance from engineering team.
Safe execution of all tasks by following corporate and departmental safety procedures.
Practical assembly, commissioning and operation of bespoke hydraulic and electro-hydraulic development and qualification test setups.
Setup and configuration of high speed data acquisition, control and automation systems, working with a range of analogue and digital signal types.
Post-processing, analysis, and presentation of gathered data.
Development and assembly of prototypes and engineering test units.
Working in a high quality, high safety environment.
Technical approval of hydraulic development and qualification test setups. Ownership and maintenance of engineering procedures related to engineering development and test.
Working to aerospace industry standards & specifications, as well as aircraft specific requirements.
Managing and maintaining engineering test equipment, instrumentation and facilities.
Technical support to production department, supporting production investigations as well as supporting the specification, commissioning and troubleshooting of production test equipment.
Ensuring timely and consistent communication on status of development and qualification activities, and working to project deadlines.
Support to testing and investigation of in-service failures & air accident investigations.

HNC or equivalent UK level 4 qualification or higher, in a technical discipline.
Scrupulous and attentive approach to risk and safety. Strong advocate for safety requirements and protocols.
Good practical skills and willingness to engage in hands-on activities including prototyping and testing.
Strong learning agility, quickly learns and adapts to new software, systems, and hardware; uses external information to solve problems independently.
Proactiveness, initiative and drive to work well independently and as part of an engineering team.
Foundation electronic knowledge and ability to apply fundamental electrical and electronic principles to data gathering, signal conditioning, control, and automation activities.
Able to use basic tools to handle data and turn it into charts and graphs.
Applied critical thinking skills, taking a systematic and evidence-based approach to problem solving.
Keen observational skills, with good record keeping, meticulousness and attention to detail.
Good presentation and communication skills, both verbal and written.
Good standard of professionalism, particularly in customer facing scenarios.
Theoretical and practical experience of hydraulic system setup and operation.
Experience using NI DiaDEM for data handling and analysis.
Practical experience with test instrumentation and data acquisition systems.
Practical experience in programming and debugging PLC systems, or other small-scale control / automation systems.
Comfortable using VBA scripts, batch scripts or other desktop automation tools to automate workflow.
Eaton certified QEW (Qualified Electrical Worker) level 1 or 2
Experience in assessment of risk per HSE principles.
Familiar with 8D process, and able to contribute to 8D investigations.
Familiar with RTCA/DO-160 and MIL-STD-810 environmental testing requirements.