Environmental Test Engineer

Environmental Test Engineer:

World class Defence Organisation based in Stevenage, Hertfordshire is currently looking to recruit an Environmental Test Engineer.

Please Note: you must be eligible for SC (Secret Level) Security Clearance.

The contract is initially for 6 months (on-going thereafter).

Hourly rate; £38.4ph

Environmental Test Engineer Job Description:

Environmental Engineers within EE&F hold integral roles within all land, sea and air based weapons system projects. They provide a key technical focal point for all stages of the product lifecycle, from concept definition and product development, through design aid and formal qualification, and into in-service support. Their expertise covers the areas of: requirements specification and management for mechanical and climatic environments; data analysis and testing in climatic, mechanical (vibration and shock), structural mechanical and fatigue.

As an Environmental Engineer, you will work closely with the Systems Engineering and Design teams on designated project(s). You will provide technical expertise in generating environmental requirements, developing robust product designs and defining cost effective test strategies to support both product development and formal qualification. You will also work closely with test engineers to define and manage the test programmes.

Key accountabilities include:

• Providing technical expertise in defining the environmental requirements for a missile / missile system to cover all aspects of in-service life
• Developing proving plans corresponding to the environmental requirements in support of product development and formal qualification
• Providing an assessment of the robustness of product design against all relevant environmental requirements
• Providing technical expertise to client projects and sub-contract Design Authorities on environmental test methodology, test processes, test facilities and instrumentation
• Developing test plans, including specified test levels, for the complete product and for its sub-systems, while maintaining overall consistency with environmental engineering policies
• Writing technical assessments and test reports to demonstrate that a product has met the relevant environmental requirements
• Providing expertise in the measurement and analysis of operational environments including field trials in support of requirements specification development for shock, vibration and climatic effects
• Responsibility for technical management of assigned tasks to meet project milestones on specific programmes to timescales and costs
• Maintaining and developing effective relationships with Systems and Design teams and external customers

Experience Requirements:

• Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
• Working experience of Environmental Engineering, ideally within the defence or aerospace sectors
• Thorough understanding of vibration, shock, temperature & humidity environments
• Understanding of environmental test processes, test measurements and instrumentation
• Knowledge of signal processing techniques, including derivation of Fatigue Damage Spectrum (FDS) and Maximum Response Spectrum (MRS) analysis, would be beneficial
• Relevant experience of environmental defence standards (DEF STAN 00-35) would be beneficial
• Experience of environmental testing (vibration, shock, temperature and humidity) would be beneficial