Production Test Engineer

Production Test Engineer 12-month contract Based in Bolton Offering £37ph Inside IR35 Do you hold an HNC or higher in an engineering discipline? Do you have experience testing down to component level? Do you want to…

Pay rate £34 – £37/hour
Contract type Contract
Posted 20 August 2026

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Production Test Engineer

12-month contract

Based in Bolton

Offering £37ph Inside IR35

Do you hold an HNC or higher in an engineering discipline?

Do you have experience testing down to component level?

Do you want to work with an industry-leading company?

If your answer to these is yes, then this could be the role for you!

As the Production Test Engineer, you will be working alongside a market-leading Defence and Aerospace company who are constantly growing and developing. They are always looking to bring on new talents such as yourself and further develop your skills to enable you to grow within the company and industry.

You will be involved in:

Providing test engineering support to operators on the shopfloor
Testing and diagnosing complex electrical/electronic systems, sub-assemblies, and circuit cards down to component level
Generating test specifications, operator instructions, and technical reports - based on higher-level requirements and information
Identify remedial and corrective actions
Supporting meetings with Quality and Operations to provide status updates on Test Engineering actions and investigations

Your skillset may include:

Minimum HNC level of Engineering qualifications or equivalent
A good understanding of digital and analogue electronic measurement and test principles, and associated equipment down to component level
Awareness of electrical/electronic sub-system and system design, integration, and test principles.
An understanding of RF and microwave technology at subsystem level
An understanding of Environmental testing (including ESS)
Operating manual and automated test equipment in an electronics manufacturing environment

If this all sounds like something you will be interested in then simply apply and we can discuss the opportunity further!

Production Test Engineer

12-month contract

Based in Bolton

Offering £37ph Inside IR35

Disclaimer:

This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission. Where the role is marked as Outside IR35 in the advertisement this is subject to receipt of a final Status Determination Statement from the end Client and may be subject to change

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