Qualifications
Essential
- HND/degree qualification or equivalent expertise
Desirable
- Degree qualified in a relevant discipline such as Electronic Engineering
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience in product approvals and conformance testing
- Carrying out conformance testing to the relevant standards both onsite and at external test houses
- The analysis on Conformance ATE results, evaluating issues and raising them with the relevant development teams
- Maintaining accurate records of all the testing and processes building a test history library
- Assisting with the planning and estimation for all approvals and conformance tasks
- The creation of regular and ad-hoc reports for managers
- Liaising with external test houses planning test sessions and carrying out testing
- Maintaining company D.o.Cs
- Analysing, understanding and interpreting new approval standards and processes
Desirable
- The approval and testing of radio products
- Obtaining external certification, either directly or via external test houses
- Keeping up to date with all relevant type approval specifications including those for RF, EMC, SAR, Safety and Environmental
- The specification, design, build and commissioning of test fixtures as required
- The support for in-country representatives on approval related activities
- ATEX product approval
- The use of Oracle's Agile for Product Lifecycle Management or similar
- The use of Jira for action and defect tracking
- Investigating smarter and more efficient ways of testing products
Skills
Essential
Skilled in the interpretation, understanding, and use of:
- The RED (previously R&TTE) directive including all the requirements needed to cover all company products
- The CE marking requirements with relation to company products
- The legal requirements in regard to Company D.o.Cs
- IP and Environmental certifications
- WEEE, RoHS and REACH Directives and Certificates
- RF test measurements and systems including the use of Network Analysers, Spectrum Analysers, Power Meters, Signal Generators, Oscilloscopes etc.
- Microsoft Office, especially Word and Excel
Desirable
Ideally conformance related skills in the approvals for areas such as those below:
- PMR - Private Mobile Radio
- TETRA
- DMR
- LTE, GSM, CDMA (3G and 2G)
- GNSS, Ethernet, Bluetooth and WiFi
- ATE Development for formal conformance/environmental testing
- Creation and modification of test scripts and/or software
- MIL-STD-810
- Knowledge of the requirements for gaining FCC/IC approvals
- Understanding of non-EU country approval requirements
Personal attributes
- Excellent communication skills e.g. clear, concise and unambiguous
- Dedicated to doing the right thing and willing to push for the correct approach
- Gets on well with others in a small focused team working to tight deadlines and costs
- Conscientious, reliable and enthusiastic worker who takes pride in their work
- Develops good working relationships with external test/certification agencies to ensure the company's best interests are met
- Methodical, detail orientated self-starter
- Ability to follow defined processes