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Job title: Production Support Engineer
Location: Ashford, Kent
Company: QinetiQ Target Systems
Salary: Competitive
Hours: 37 hour per week
About the role
We are currently recruiting for a Production Support Engineer to join QinetiQ Target Systems (QTS) within our Production Team. QTS is a wholly owned subsidiary of QinetiQ Group PLC, specialising in the design and manufacture of a range of state-of-the-art Unmanned Aerial and Surface Target systems, including the world-leading Banshee target.
QTS targets are used to enable realistic weapons test and evaluation and operator training in over 40 countries worldwide, with QTS providing a complete managed service in over 15 of these countries.
What will I be doing?
Reporting to the Electronics Production Supervisor, you will be responsible for building, repairing, upgrading, testing and calibrating QTS specific electronic system equipment, in Ashford and across the globe, on customer sites.
You’ll perform troubleshooting to component level, to rectify faults and to highlight build, test and design improvements, and provide technical support to all functions of the business.
Duties will include:
Conduct duties in line with the Production plan to ensure that product is manufactured, inspected and tested on time, on cost and to quality
Lead planning activities with the internal stakeholders on performing offsite activities, and execute to plan, to ensure customer satisfaction
Lead ATE improvements to maximise throughput and efficiencies
Recommend build, test and inspection documentation improvements, and provide justification on potential benefits
Create Standard Operating Procedures, inspection instructions and support the creation of test procedures
Create documentation to support and build ST fixtures to support Production and Production Engineering
An SME point of contact for internal and external customers on technical support relating to QTS specific electronic system equipment.
What do I need?
You will be degree qualified, or equivalent, in the Electrical / Electronic Engineering field and have experience of using DVM, signal generator, spectrum analyser, power meter and an oscilloscope.
You’ll have a customer focused attitude and the ability to communicate to a high level, to internal and external stakeholders
We also ask that you have
Working knowledge of analogue and digital electronics
Working knowledge of RF
The ability to work under pressure to strict deadlines
The ability to remain flexible to meet customer demand
Experience of fault finding to component level
Understanding of safe working practices in a factory environment, and the ability to dynamic risk assess while off site to ensure safety
Practiced in root cause investigation and problem-solving such as 8D
Experience with continuous improvement techniques, such as Lean Manufacturing and 5S.
What else do I need to know?
Joining QinetiQ offers you an opportunity to work on a broad range of exciting defence-based projects, with vast career progression across a global organisation, in addition to competitive personal and professional benefits.
You’ll receive a competitive salary and benefits package: our basic salaries are very attractive, as we constantly review what’s happening in the market.
The range of benefits we offer include adaptive and flexible / hybrid working, ample holiday entitlements, generous employer pension contributions, enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay, and the ability to purchase discounted Health Cash Plans, Private Medical Insurance, and Dental Insurance, plus much more.
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This Job Has Expired! This advert has now been deleted by the advertiser, the details below are for information only.
Job title: Production Support Engineer
Location: Ashford, Kent
Company: QinetiQ Target Systems
Salary: Competitive
Hours: 37 hour per week
About the role
We are currently recruiting for a Production Support Engineer to join QinetiQ Target Systems (QTS) within our Production Team. QTS is a wholly owned subsidiary of QinetiQ Group PLC, specialising in the design and manufacture of a range of state-of-the-art Unmanned Aerial and Surface Target systems, including the world-leading Banshee target.
QTS targets are used to enable realistic weapons test and evaluation and operator training in over 40 countries worldwide, with QTS providing a complete managed service in over 15 of these countries.
What will I be doing?
Reporting to the Electronics Production Supervisor, you will be responsible for building, repairing, upgrading, testing and calibrating QTS specific electronic system equipment, in Ashford and across the globe, on customer sites.
You’ll perform troubleshooting to component level, to rectify faults and to highlight build, test and design improvements, and provide technical support to all functions of the business.
Duties will include:
Conduct duties in line with the Production plan to ensure that product is manufactured, inspected and tested on time, on cost and to quality
Lead planning activities with the internal stakeholders on performing offsite activities, and execute to plan, to ensure customer satisfaction
Lead ATE improvements to maximise throughput and efficiencies
Recommend build, test and inspection documentation improvements, and provide justification on potential benefits
Create Standard Operating Procedures, inspection instructions and support the creation of test procedures
Create documentation to support and build ST fixtures to support Production and Production Engineering
An SME point of contact for internal and external customers on technical support relating to QTS specific electronic system equipment.
What do I need?
You will be degree qualified, or equivalent, in the Electrical / Electronic Engineering field and have experience of using DVM, signal generator, spectrum analyser, power meter and an oscilloscope.
You’ll have a customer focused attitude and the ability to communicate to a high level, to internal and external stakeholders
We also ask that you have
Working knowledge of analogue and digital electronics
Working knowledge of RF
The ability to work under pressure to strict deadlines
The ability to remain flexible to meet customer demand
Experience of fault finding to component level
Understanding of safe working practices in a factory environment, and the ability to dynamic risk assess while off site to ensure safety
Practiced in root cause investigation and problem-solving such as 8D
Experience with continuous improvement techniques, such as Lean Manufacturing and 5S.
What else do I need to know?
Joining QinetiQ offers you an opportunity to work on a broad range of exciting defence-based projects, with vast career progression across a global organisation, in addition to competitive personal and professional benefits.
You’ll receive a competitive salary and benefits package: our basic salaries are very attractive, as we constantly review what’s happening in the market.
The range of benefits we offer include adaptive and flexible / hybrid working, ample holiday entitlements, generous employer pension contributions, enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay, and the ability to purchase discounted Health Cash Plans, Private Medical Insurance, and Dental Insurance, plus much more.
Advertiser: Direct Employer
Reference:
Posted on: 2024-08-22 08:31:03
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