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Lead Test Engineer

Ampere Recruitment
Fareham
money-bag £60000 - £65000/annum plus Commission
Posted: 12 August 2026 (Today)
Closing date: 11 September 2026
Ref: 225486784

Lead Test Engineer
Fareham, Hampshire

Ampere Recruitment is working exclusively with a leading defense and security technology company to appoint a Lead Test Engineer at their Fareham campus. Our client designs and manufactures advanced electro-mechanical systems, including pioneering electric systems-for some of the harshest-environments in the world.

This newly created role owns the full test engineering lifecycle,-from defining test cases to building test tools and executing tests-for electro-mechanical products. You''ll also line manage the Test Engineering team.

Key responsibilities

  • Lead and line manage the Test Engineering team, including workload and third-party coordination
  • Derive test requirements from systems/sub-system specifications
  • Plan and design test cases across electro-mechanical systems (development and production phases)
  • Manage Test Reports and evidence for investigation conclusions
  • Design test jigs, harnesses and software, including automation
  • Manage internal test facilities (tanks, ovens, pools, lifting equipment) and liaise with external test labs (EMC, vibration, etc.)
  • Fault finding, failure analysis, and reporting

Essential

  • HNC/Degree in engineering, strong in Electrical/Electronic Engineering
  • People management experience (coaching, workload)
  • Working knowledge of Mechanical Engineering and embedded software principles
  • Strong LabVIEW/TestStand experience in a test & measurement environment
  • Scripting experience (Python, VB, C/C++)
  • 3+ years in test engineering or test equipment development
  • Expert in V&V processes, multi-disciplinary systems experience

Desirable

  • EEE degree, NI certified developer
  • DOORS/EA experience, subsea/offshore background
  • CE/DNV compliance knowledge, advanced Excel

Apply: Stuart Bennett, Ampere Recruitmen

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