Job AdvertMain PurposeReporting to the Assurance Lead, you will work as part of the Product Design and Development team to manage.....
Job Advert
Main Purpose
Reporting to the Assurance Lead, you will work as part of the Product Design and Development team to manage the testing and
verification of Safety critical Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical products developed by Unipart Rail for Rail industry
customers. In this role, you will be required to plan, conduct, and report on testing completed on products under development as
well as provide evidence, advice, and feedback to relevant stakeholders.
You will also support current products with technical design changes and modifications as well as the development and test of new
and innovative products for manufacture using new and emerging technologies to support the business’ growth plans.
You will be based at the Crewe site, with some ability for hybrid working. You may be required to travel to support testing
within the UK and overseas.
Key Responsibilities
* Write first and third party formal test, verification, and validation plans.
* Conduct Type Testing (reliability, capacities, compliance, integration, and performance) of products.
* Perform high precision calibration and advanced adjustments using testing instruments.
* Produce pre-production test sample assembly according to engineering drawings.
* Support third party testing like EMC, Environmental, Fire Performance, Shock, Vibration, IP.
* Support or conduct commissioning and system integration testing.
* Compiling reports on findings and testing data gathered.
* Produce formal test, verification and validation reports for Independent assessment or compliance certification.
* Examining, fault finding, investigating, root cause analysis for specific aspects and components of products under
investigation/failure.
* Providing recommendations and advice to relevant stakeholders.
* Deciphering engineering drawings or schematics.
* Design and build specific test setups/equipment.
* Work in collaboration with engineers across the development and engineering teams (electronics, software, and mechanical
engineers) to aid the production of cost-effective, reliable design solutions.
* Work within the New Product Development (NPD) gated process to successfully deliver products to the right specification and
timeframes ensuring complete customer satisfaction.
* Undertake tasks in accordance with the engineering key performance indicators (quality, cost and delivery).
* Embrace the Unipart Way suite of lean tools and techniques to support day to day operations and monitoring of KPI’s.
* Work in a safe manner, taking reasonable care for the health and safety of yourself and other people at work, following
appropriate Health and Safety guidance, training and company rules and procedures as appropriate.
Essential Criteria:
* Knowledge of assurance processes, codes of practice, standards, and regulations within a product safety environment
* Degree (or equivalent experience) Electronics Engineering or equivalent STEM based subject)
* Knowledge of building and testing safety critical products
* Experienced in formal verification to Rail standards (BS EN 50129, BS EN 50126)
* Proficiency in assessing requirements quality and generating appropriate test procedures and protocols.
* Report writing and document and data analysis skills.
* Strong design review and document checking abilities.
* Comfortable with industry-specific test equipment and software.
* Experience in product development lifecycle – from concept to introduction into manufacturing (ideally in safety critical
industry)
* Experience in the back end of the product development lifecycle V model
* Extensive IT Skills for MS Office and Google Suite
Desirable Criteria:
* Good Experience / knowledge of rail industry and rail standards
* Lean Process experience
* Experience with requirements/issue management tools (DOORS, Azzure, Modern Requirements, JIRA)
Benefits
* Competitive salary
* Pension and death in service provisions for employees in pension scheme
* 25 Days Holidays (plus Bank Holidays)
* Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
* Health and Wellbeing Initiatives
* Employee offers and discounts from various retailers
* Recognition events and rewards
* Free car parking / breakfast club
Unipart Rail - Who are we?
We have a long heritage in the rail industry based on decades of experience, we have continuous improvement plans to embrace
innovation in both products and business techniques to ensure that we remain the first and best choice for our customers. Our
focus on Technology in our products, services and solutions places us at the forefront of industry 4.0 and in our Technology &
Product Solutions and Supply Chain Solutions, delivering value for our customers.
Unipart Rail is part of the Unipart Group, one of Europe's leading independent logistics’ companies that employs more than 8,000
employees worldwide and has an annual turnover of more than £800 million. As a valued employee of Unipart Rail, you can look
forward to a varied and rewarding career with a company that holds the Investors in People accreditation and also world class
status in employee engagement.
