ATE Test Engineer - Contract

We’re recruiting on behalf of a client for a Contract ATE Test Engineer to build, integrate and bring a production final test station into service for a controller product line. This is a genuinely hands-on role - you’ll be assembling and wiring the rack, integrating the fixture, and developing/debugging the LabVIEW test application that runs on it, so it suits someone equally happy with a screwdriver and a soldering iron as with LabVIEW code., * Assembling and commissioning a production ATE rack - power supplies, industrial PC, touchscreen HMI, measurement and switching hardware, safety hardware

• Integrating barcode scanner, fixture interfaces, DUT connection harnesses and test accessories
• Cable routing, labelling, continuity and insulation checks, basic electrical verification
• Fitting and aligning the test fixture - pin mapping, mechanical interface checks, design-for-maintenance improvements
• Developing and debugging the LabVIEW production test application - serial number scanning, product ID, config detection, sequence control, pass/fail logic, diagnostics and operator prompts
• Implementing test data logging, results storage and production reporting; supporting executable build and release
• Covering digital I/O, relay outputs, analogue inputs, and comms testing (Ethernet, RS232, RS485, CAN)
• Debugging integration issues, reducing false failures, and supporting pilot builds through to manufacturing handover

• Automated test equipment development experience
• Strong National Instruments LabVIEW development skills
• Hands-on electrical hardware debug and test instrumentation experience
• Experience integrating power supplies, DAQ, switching, measurement equipment and production fixtures
• Comfortable working independently on-site with production and engineering teams
• Clear documentation and structured fault-finding approach