AIT Test Operations Support Engineer (On-site)

Capgemini Engineering
Worthing
6 months ago
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About the job you are considering

Capgemini Engineering are looking for Test Operations Support Engineer to join their team.

As an AIT Test Operations Engineer you will be a key member of the Assembly Integration and Test team of four Mechanical and Electrical specialists whose objective is to produce world leading satellite payloads. You will be responsible for Supervision of test execution activities within the payload AIT facility. You will be first line support across all test phases and all projects, providing test engineering and process support to shop floor operations. You will drive continuous improvements and the reduction on non-quality in the area of electrical and RF test operations.

Working hours will include various shift patterns as per project needs, including but not limited to: normal days, 2 or 3 shift systems, 4 on / 4 off and weekend working. All shifts offer shift uplift.

If you are successfully offered this position, you will go through a series of pre-employment checks, including: ​identity, nationality (single or dual) or immigration status, employment history going back 3 continuous years, and unspent criminal record check (known as Disclosure and Barring Service)​.

Your Role

Some of your responsibilities will include (not limited to):-

Ensuring that test safety measures and procedures are being adhered to during payload testing, examples of which would be DC safety / High power RF safety Involved in the definition / review of the standard bay layout. Carry out a standard handover to the next Test Operations Support engineer to ensure key messages are understood with a follow up email. Ensure all tasks are carried out to the correct level of quality and any issues are escalated to operations management. Participate in PPS (Practical Problem Solving) sessions to define root causes and escalate as required.

Your Skills and Experience

Electrical and/ or RF Engineering skills Experience in Electrical Test environment Minimum HND level or equivalent industry experience in Electrical / Electronic discipline, Electrical Test Engineering or RF & Communications Strong Electrical/RF test measurement experience Problem solving aptitudes Communication – Clear and confident communication with team Presentation skills – Clear and concise presentation of the project status to peers, managers, and internal customers Confidence – Comfortable to deal with challenging situations and challenging of discipline Organised – Good time management to ensure the team is always working and tasks are ready for the next operator Delivering feedback – positive and constructive to local team Understand technical documents, drawings, procedures Experience of procedure / process control Workplace health and safety awareness Flexibility to adapt to different working patterns, including ability to work off-site (UK and abroad).
 

Your Security Clearance

To be successfully appointed to this role, it is a requirement to obtain Security Check (SC) clearance. ​

To obtain SC clearance, the successful applicant must have resided continuously within the United Kingdom for the last 5 years, along with other criteria and requirements.​

Throughout the recruitment process, you will be asked questions about your security clearance eligibility such as, but not limited to, country of residence and nationality.​

Some posts are restricted to sole UK Nationals for security reasons; therefore, you may be asked about your citizenship in the application process.

What does "Get the Future you want" mean to you?

​You will be encouraged to have a positive work-life balance. Our hybrid-first way of working means we embed hybrid working in all that we do and make flexible working arrangements the day-to-day reality for our people. All UK employees are eligible to request flexible working arrangements. You’d be joining an accredited Great Place to work for Wellbeing in 2024. Employee wellbeing is vitally important to us as an organisation. We see a healthy and happy workforce a critical component for us to achieve our organisational ambitions. ​

To help support wellbeing we have trained ‘Mental Health Champions’ across each of our business areas, and we have invested in wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy. You will reimagine what’s possible: creating value for the world’s leading organisations through technology to build a sustainable, more inclusive future. You will work with a range of clients all with a unique set of business, technological and societal ambitions, which will make a real impact across the UK.​

Why you should consider Capgemini

Growing clients’ businesses while building a more sustainable, more inclusive future is a tough ask. But when you join Capgemini, you join a thriving company and become part of a diverse collective of free-thinkers, entrepreneurs and industry experts. A powerful source of energy that drives us all to find new ways technology can help us reimagine what’s possible. It’s why, together, we seek out opportunities that will transform the world’s leading businesses. And it’s how you’ll gain the experiences and connections you need to shape your future. By learning from each other every day, sharing knowledge and always pushing yourself to do better, you’ll build the skills you want. And you’ll use them to help our clients leverage technology to grow their business and give innovation that human touch the world needs. So, it might not always be easy, but making the world a better place rarely is.

About Capgemini

Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organizations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fueled by its market leading capabilities in AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem. The Group reported 2023 global revenues of €22.5 billion.​

At Capgemini Engineering we value excellence, care, responsibility, dynamism and innovation. We offer a job with variation that leaves plenty of room for initiative and development. In fact, we are not just offering you a job, we’re inviting you to be part of our community where we will provide you trainings, tools & grounds for professional and personal growth. Each career experience is assorted by an attractive salary package.​

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