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System Integration and Test Engineer - 37317400 - £28.54/hr (Umbrella Rate - Inside IR35)

Step into a brilliant opportunity as a System Integration and Test Engineer, where your work directly shapes reliable vehicle systems and delivers confidence in every build. This System Integration and Test Engineer role sits within a fast-moving automotive engineering environment, giving you hands-on time on real rigs and vehicles, plus the chance to build robust manual and automated test coverage for interior experience features.

What You Will Do:

• Create high-quality manual and automated feature and system-level test cases for Interior Experience features, using clear feature and system documentation.
• Apply strong test techniques to ensure test cases are thorough, maintainable, and meet agreed quality standards.
• Execute feature-level tests on vehicles and system-level tests on Hardware-in-the-Loop and Vehicle-in-the-Loop rigs.
• Produce professional test execution reports, keeping stakeholders informed with clear outcomes.
• Support defect management and root cause analysis, helping teams move quickly from issue to resolution.
• Work closely with system engineers and system leads to maintain traceability from requirements through to test cases.

What You Will Bring:

• Automotive system integration and integration testing experience, ideally within systems engineering programmes.
• Familiarity with Systems Engineering V-Model approaches, especially requirements-based testing and design verification and validation.
• Understanding of systems engineering tools, processes, and practices used to plan, execute, and evidence testing.
• Experience building or working within simulation environments, such as dSPACE and Simulink.
• Clear communication skills, with the ability to explain complex engineering topics to a variety of audiences.

This System Integration and Test Engineer position plays a key role in ensuring engineering requirements can be validated effectively, supporting delivery of dependable systems and quality assurance across the Body and Exteriors team. With testing firmly in focus, the work helps the engineering organisation maintain momentum, improve outcomes, and strengthen confidence in every stage of development.

Location:

The System Integration and Test Engineer role is based in Gaydon.

Interested?:

If you are excited by System Integration and Test Engineer work that blends requirements-based rig testing, automation, and practical problem-solving, apply now and take the next step in your automotive engineering career.

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