Test Technician - Shift

at  Thales

Location: Templecombe, United Kingdom
Thales people provide armed forces customers with operational advantage at every decisive moment throughout the mission. Defence and armed forces customers rely on us to deliver the full range of defence mission systems solutions at land, sea, and air. Our platforms extend across the battlespace including Above and Sonar, Electronic Combat, and Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance systems.
Together we offer fantastic opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their career with us. At Thales UK, we research, develop, and supply technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better, and keep us safer. We innovate across the major industries of Aerospace, Defence, Security and Space. Your health and well-being matters to us and that’s why we offer you the flexibility to do what’s important to you; whether that’s part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.

OUR OPPORTUNITY

We have a new exciting opportunity at Thales Underwater Systems for a Test Technician to work within our Towed Array manufacturing cell based in Templecombe.
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone looking for the next step up in their career or someone interested in working in a manufacturing environment that has the key fundamental skills to carry out the role.
The key focus is to ensure we provide a consistently high quality of product on time to support the production line.
The primary purpose of this particular role is the in depth testing and fault diagnosis of electronic & electrical assemblies.

WHAT THE ROLE HAS TO OFFER:

• The opportunity to work and deliver on a world-class Sonar system that plays a vital role in supporting the Royal Navy’s operational excellence.
• Develop and build your career with Thales, a team and company that is genuinely committed to your growth.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS:

• Carry out in depth testing and fault diagnosis of analogue and digital PEC’s
• In depth testing and fault diagnosis of electronic and electrical assemblies and their sub-assemblies
• Test and fault diagnosis of electronic circuits to component level using a range of proprietary and specialist test equipment including scopes, network and spectrum analysers and function generators
• Test and fault diagnosis using ATE
• Programming of electronic devices using varied methods
• Compile test result sheets and record operation transactions within Oracle B1.