Senior Production Test & Development Engineer
Burton-on-Trent | Permanent, full-time| £45,000 - £55,000 per annum
Senior Production Test & Development Engineer
Enjoy a modern, well‑equipped working environment with strong benefits including bonus schemes, 25 days holiday, pension contributions, Medicash, life cover, EV salary sacrifice, physiotherapy support, employee discounts, and ongoing learning & development.
Key Responsibilities
Qualifications & Experience
Job Ref: HP390
Hollyfield Personnel do not contact or write to unsuccessful candidates. If you have not heard anything from Hollyfield Personnel within 5 – 7 working days of your application, you should presume that your application was unsuccessful. By applying for this vacancy, you are giving permission for Hollyfield Personnel to contact you and retain your details.
- Location: Burton‑on‑Trent
- Salary: £45,000–£55,000 per annum
- Hours: Full‑time, Permanent (Mon–Fri, 8:30am–5:00pm)
Enjoy a modern, well‑equipped working environment with strong benefits including bonus schemes, 25 days holiday, pension contributions, Medicash, life cover, EV salary sacrifice, physiotherapy support, employee discounts, and ongoing learning & development.
Key Responsibilities
- Own the test laboratory — ensuring organisation, safety, equipment readiness, and calibration control.
- Maintain and troubleshoot production test equipment to support output, quality, and reliability.
- Design and build jigs, fixtures, and test aids to improve efficiency and repeatability.
- Develop and enhance test methods and processes for new and existing products.
- Support electro‑mechanical assembly including wiring, PCB integration, sensors, actuators, and troubleshooting.
- Drive automation opportunities to improve speed, consistency, and data capture.
- Analyse test data to identify trends, recurring issues, and improvement opportunities.
- Produce clear documentation including test procedures, work instructions, and fault‑finding guides.
Qualifications & Experience
- 8+ years’ experience in production test, manufacturing engineering, or test development.
- Strong hands‑on electro‑mechanical skills with confident fault‑finding across electrical, electronic, and mechanical systems.
- Experience maintaining and improving test equipment and production tooling.
- Ability to design or modify jigs, fixtures, and test rigs.
- Competence with test instruments such as multimeters, oscilloscopes, power supplies, and DAQ systems.
- Strong documentation and problem‑solving ability with the ability to read drawings, schematics, and wiring diagrams.
Job Ref: HP390
Hollyfield Personnel do not contact or write to unsuccessful candidates. If you have not heard anything from Hollyfield Personnel within 5 – 7 working days of your application, you should presume that your application was unsuccessful. By applying for this vacancy, you are giving permission for Hollyfield Personnel to contact you and retain your details.