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Graduate Product Testing Technician

Location: Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
Job Type: Full-time, permanent

The Role

This is a hands on testing role within our Product Development team. You will work closely with our Product Development, Engineering and Claims & Evidence teams to test prototypes, production samples, competitor products and returned products.

Much of the work involves carefully repeating tests, accurately recording results and making sure we genuinely understand how our products perform. You may be measuring a the output of a product in 20 different positions, comparing different lenses, running repeated battery tests, measuring temperatures at fixed intervals or trying to reproduce a fault found in a returned product.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys practical technical work, is naturally patient and takes satisfaction from producing accurate, repeatable results. You will not be expected to arrive knowing everything. We will train you in our products, specialist equipment and testing methods.

What You Will Do

Your work will include:

• Carrying out practical testing on existing products, prototypes and development samples.
• Following documented test procedures carefully and consistently.
• Repeating tests across multiple samples to establish reliable results.
• Measuring product performance including wavelength, irradiance, energy output, temperature, cooling performance, battery performance and runtime.
• Testing LED masks and other beauty technology products at different positions and under different conditions.
• Comparing alternative product designs, components and materials.
• Testing competitor products using the same methods as our own products.
• Carrying out durability, reliability and repeated-use testing.
• Helping reproduce faults reported by customers or identified during development.
• Accurately recording measurements, photographs, observations and test conditions.
• Maintaining organised test records and raw data.
• Setting up, looking after and using testing equipment.
• Preparing products and data for external laboratories and specialist testing.
• Supporting our Engineering and Claims teams with repeat testing needed to validate product performance and claims.
• Flagging unusual or inconsistent results to senior members of the Product team.

What We Are Looking For

More important than having years of experience is how you approach work. You should be:

• Patient and methodical.
• Extremely attentive to detail.
• Comfortable carrying out repetitive testing without losing accuracy.
• Practical and happy working hands-on with physical products.
• Comfortable following a defined process.
• Good with numbers and basic data.
• Organised and able to keep clear records.
• Naturally curious when something does not look right.
• Comfortable asking questions rather than making assumptions.
• Someone who takes pride in doing a job properly.

Background

This role could suit someone with a degree, HNC/HND or similar technical background in areas such as:

• Engineering
• Electronics
• Physics
• Applied science
• Product design or product development
• Biomedical engineering
• Laboratory science
• Materials science
• Mechanical engineering

Previous experience in beauty technology is not required. Experience with practical laboratory work, electronics, optical measurement or product testing would be useful but is not essential.

What Success Looks Like

You will help build a much stronger internal understanding of how our products actually perform. Your testing will help us:

• identify problems earlier;
• improve new products;
• challenge supplier specifications;
• compare our products properly against competitors;
• produce stronger evidence for product claims;
• and make better product-development decisions.

This is a practical role with considerable exposure to real products, engineering, scientific testing and an ambitious new product programme.

Pay: £26,000.00-£28,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Employee discount
• Free parking

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Gadebridge HP1 2SG: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

• Can you drive and do you have access to a car?
• What similar roles have you had before?
• The role will require you to be on site 5 days per week. Is this ok? How far in miles will your commute be?

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person