EDS Test Engineer – CST Upper Body - 37212129 (1257)

An exciting opportunity for an EDS Test Engineer - CST Upper Body to join a leading automotive engineering laboratory team in Coventry, supporting the testing and validation of vehicle electrical distribution systems and wiring harnesses. This role focuses on physical rig testing, data analysis, test execution, issue resolution, and continuous improvement of electrical and environmental test facilities across advanced vehicle programmes. Ideal for candidates with experience in automotive electrical testing, wiring harness systems, CAN/LIN tools, instrumentation, and component or vehicle validation within OEM or test laboratory environments.

Location: Coventry

The Opportunity
Engineering Laboratories is a key player within programme delivery its main function is to offer a world class physical verification & validation service. The Component and Sub-System Test (CST) team support and assist our customers by executing their physical test cases through our test facility portfolio.

As the EDS Test Engineer, you will play the lead role in testing the structural integrity of all harnesses that exist in the vehicle, analysing results, and supporting issue resolution to ensure robust and reliable test delivery. You will also support other CST test teams (including full vehicle climatic testing).

You will be expected to support the Lead Engineer in scheduling, setting up, executing and reporting of all test cases going through our Robotic Ambient test facility. In addition to this you will be looking into facility & resource improvements (e.g. upgrading the facility to allow for climatic testing) and maintenance activity of these facilities to ensure they remain fully operational and able to support the new technologies as they are rolled out.

As part of the monitoring and supporting aspects of your role you will be expected to participate in any Agile roll out with in the laboratory or customer base when required.

You will be part of a small dynamic team and will be empowered to improve our service to our stakeholders and ensuring we offer a customer centric approach, whilst sustaining the current service offering provided by Engineering Laboratories
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Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities

• Complete physical rig testing in accordance with testing standards and procedures, to ensure successful delivery of test programme activity to time, cost and quality.
• Preparation of test rig and test samples, execution of tests processes, collection & analysis of test data, post-test de-preparation and reporting out of test results.
• Collaborate with a diverse set of stakeholders during CST test activity i.e. customers, subject matter experts, test engineers & technicians, rig design & manufacture engineers etc.
• Submit design & manufacture controller F&TD requests
• Ensure robust running of the test and root cause any failure.
• Assist in the continual improvement of test methods to enhance the CST service offering.
• Ensure test facilities are maintained to high standards
• Support all activities that result in a positive outcome from any audit e.g. IATF16949 (Quality), ISO45001 (H&S) and ISO 14001 (Environmental).
Essential:
• Understanding of wiring diagrams
• Vehicle / BIW / Component testing experience.
• Instrumentation and Data Acquisition knowledge.
• Be able to apply basic project planning to support facility scheduling.
Desirable:
• Good understanding of Health and Safety requirements, Risk Assessment, COSHH and SDS.
• Wiring harness design principles and components (connectors, terminals, fuses, relays)
• Experience in electrical testing techniques and tools: Multimeters, oscilloscopes, data acquisition systems, CAN/LIN communication tools (e.g., CANalyzer, CANoe)
• ABB Robotics IRC5 Programming language awareness.
• JIRA knowledge.
Personal Profile
Desirable:
• Team Player
• Good communicator
• Able to flex work patterns during peak workloads
• Able to do shifts