Test Software Development Engineer

Salary: £54,000 – £60,000 per year

Test Software Development Engineer (Lidar)

Location:Towcester

Salary: Up to 50K plus excellent benefit package including

25 Holiday + bank holiday, Company Bonus, Life assurance, Income Protection, Private Medical, Pension, Health Cash Plan, Training & Development with great career progression, plus much more

Hours: 37.5 hours a week, mon-fri, (Days)

LIDAR Test Software Development Engineer

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Our client has a exciting opportunity for a Test Software Development Engineer to join their R&D team based in Towcester, Northamptonshire.

You will develop software solutions to automate the characterisation of LIDAR chips for automotive applications.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Design and implement test software to characterise photonics chips.
• Collaborate with cross functional teams in R&D, product design and manufacturing to develop new test methods, algorithms and numerical analysis.
• Management of test and metrology data within the process control database.
• Release stable and sustainable software solutions into volume manufacturing.
• Analyse test data to drive yield and process improvements.
• Ensure solutions meet the quality criteria (Specification, Repeatability, and Accuracy), Dfx goals and maximize capital efficiency.
• Training and support of manufacturing engineering staff during new product introduction.
• Part of the role will require spending time in a cleanroom environment. Manufacturing is worldwide and international travelling will be required from time to time.

ESSENTIAL REQUIRMENTS:

• Degree level or higher qualification in Electrical/Electronic engineering, computer science, physics or related discipline.
• Experience in Software development using C/C#/Vb.Net to communicate with external hardware.

ADVANTAGOUS REQUIRMENTS:

Although not required 2-3 years of experience in any the following would be an advantage:

• Previous experience of working in test engineering
• Some awareness of electronic devices and circuits.
• Test/Measurement instrumentation.
• Understanding of photonics and/or optical devices,
• Understanding of data analysis e.g. Using Matlab or equivalent.
• Understanding of statistical process control and Gauge R&R for example using JMP, Minitab.
• Experience of working in Automotive and or semiconductor industries.