Turntide are based in the North East of England and is focused on delivering electrification systems – energy storage, power electronics and advanced electric motors – to deliver emissions-free mobility and industrial machines across global markets.

There is a massive change happening across industrial Transportation. Globally there is a rapid shift to new electrified platforms to meet the demands of their end users looking to reduce carbon emissions and create entirely new product types. Our Turntide for Electrification solutions help ease the customer journey and accelerate their transition.

We are hiring for a Senior Advanced Manufacturing Engineer - Test Engineering, whose primary responsibility will be to work closely with Technical Product Leaders, Product Design Engineers, Quality Assurance, & Lab Technicians to ensure that manufacturing test processes are appropriately validated to meet customer requirements. The role is based at our site in Gateshead.

Job Role

In this role the Senior Advanced Manufacturing Engineer - Test Engineering will be responsible for the following:

• Introduce new production test designs for medium to high volume production
• Collaborate cross-functionally to design and validate manufacturing test programs and processes to improve yield
• Develop automated test scripts for product Functional & EOL Tests, primarily using C#
• Design, build & deploy Production test platforms for manufacturing partners (HW & SW)
• Analyze and troubleshoot manufacturing test yield issues at EMS & Turntide Production sites
• Design and build internal test systems and production prototype equipment
• Drive towards better-integrated test solutions, code and HW reuse
• Provide DFT feedback for board and systems levels that are appropriate to their respective build phase
• Travel to manufacturing facilities to support test equipment deployment or updates

Experience and Skills

We’re looking for candidates with the following experience and skills:

• Experience designing & deploying manufacturing test solutions (HW, SW, Scripts, Data, Test Equipment Automation)
• C# programming (other software considered: LabView/C++/Python/Java/JS or similar)
• Understand Quality standards

It would also be great (but not essential) if in addition to the above you also had:

• Working with Global manufacturing sites and suppliers
• Knowledge of in one or more of the following:
• Battery storage solutions / Battery Management Systems
• Power Electronics (Inverters, DCDCs, OBCs)
• Electric Machines (PMAC, Induction, SRM)
• Electric Pumps and Fans

Qualifications

A degree or equivalent in the following discipline is required: Motor Control, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Power Electronics or similar.

Relevant experience could also be considered

Attributes

The ideal candidate will have the following personal qualities:

• Enthusiastic, flexible and able to thrive and succeed in times of ambiguity and change
• Structured individual with ability to interact and communicate at all levels of the organisation
• Strong interpersonal, verbal and written communications and relationship building skills with internal and external stakeholders
• Good commercial awareness and proactive problem-solving skills to ensure business needs are understood and agreed solutions are delivered.
• This is a very hands-on position – we expect a person with a ‘roll up your sleeves’ attitude.
• Ability to work well under pressure, prioritise work accordingly and meet tight deadlines
• Pro-active taking ownership of tasks given and follow through to completion
• Must model highest degree of moral and ethical behaviour
• Must be able to work alone with minimum guidance, but also be able to operate effectively as part of a team.
• Confident, thoughtful and able to articulate ideas to both technical and non-technical team members
• Must have an agile approach to work
• Tackle problems with creativity and innovation
• Hungry for success, self-motivated, results-driven, and ambitious

Terms and Conditions

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