Product Test Engineering Engineer

​Position Description:

• The candidate would join the Vehicle Safety Test Laboratories test team at Gaydon to conduct physical destructive testing on components, systems and vehicles to meet Passive Safety targets.

• Working closely with customers, the data is used to progress engineering development, or to be used for compliance evidence by witness authorities and others.

• With the ability to translate regulation and requirement test protocols, and using a variety of modern test equipment, instrumentation and data acquisition systems, the candidate will manage the test through to completion and produce a test report on time. Initially on days the role may require being on shifts later in the year (earlies and lates).

Skills Required:

• Experience of physical testing in a laboratory. Working knowledge of passive safety regulations and requirements, incl FMVSS and ECE.

• Working knowledge of instrumentation and data acquisition systems. E.g. force, displacement, acceleration.

Experience Required:

• Degree or equivalent qualification in a related field e.g. Engineering, Motorsport, Aerospace, Physics

Experience Preferred:

• Previous experience of working in a vehicle safety test laboratory, using rigs, sleds or whole vehicle crash testing