Test and Testability

The Opportunity

Copello are supporting a leading Defence client in their search for a Test & Testability Expert to play a key role in shaping how systems are tested across their full lifecycle — from early concept through to production and in-service support.

You’ll report into the Head of Test & Testability, with strong project links to the Project Chief Design Engineer, and act as a Subject Matter Expert across multiple programmes.

As part of the Test & Testability Architecture team, you’ll help define smarter test strategies, improve Built-In Test architectures, and raise the quality and consistency of test specifications across projects — removing waste and focusing effort where it adds real value.

This is a senior, influential role where your technical expertise will directly shape product quality, efficiency, and ways of working.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Own and define project test strategies and BIT architectures, including coverage requirements
  
  
• Improve how test equipment requirements and specifications are written across programmes
  
  
• Lead analysis of production test data to identify trends and diagnose failures
  
  
• Model and analyse system test coverage and generate diagnostic instructions
  
  
• Drive continuous improvement in ways of working across Test & Testability
  
  
• Support Red Team reviews and critical issue resolution during development and manufacture
  
  
• Support new product bids and early feasibility studies
  
  
• Identify, document, and deploy best practice across the department
  
  
• Mentor and support engineers within the Test & Testability team
  
  
• Contribute to and lead technology and capability roadmaps
  
  What We’re Looking For
  
  
• Degree-level education (or equivalent experience)
  
  
• Significant experience in electronic test across the full project lifecycle
  
  
• Strong background in:
  
  
  • Electronic circuit design, test, and failure analysis
    
    
  • Test equipment design
    
    
  • Requirements capture and specification
    
    
  • Design for Test (DfT) and testability
    
    
• Proven ability to provide technical leadership across complex design projects
  
  
• Experience influencing senior technical and business stakeholders
  
  
• Willingness to travel within the UK and EU when required