Graduate Environmental Test Engineer

Graduate Environmental Test Engineer - Aerospace - Chelmsford



Our client has an enviable reputation as a world-leading technology business, developing cutting-edge products for health care, scientific, and satellite/space industries.

The Environmental Engineering team performs mechanical tests, including vibration, mechanical shock, structural analysis, packaging assessment, and climatic tests, including thermal, humidity, altitude, and salt spray, on a multitude of products.



An exciting opportunity has arisen for someone with an understanding of product testing in a laboratory or industrial environment to join this friendly team as an environmental engineer. Applications are welcome from recent graduates of mechanical engineering or electrical engineering degrees who are keen to learn and grow within the role. 



Duties will include:



Ensure compliance with health and safety requirements.

Ensure compliance of processes and best practices to deliver successful engineering governance and gate reviews.

Oversee & be responsible for environmental engineering, ensuring the correct execution to relevant standards (e.g MIL-STD, DEF-STD, BS-EN)

Support of the design and manufacture of jigs for mechanical and thermal testing.

Capture, analysis, reporting, and presentation of test data.

Review test plans to ensure requirements align to standards.

Ensuring equipment calibration

Liaison with internal & external customers.

Attend meetings to represent the work carried out by the Environmental Engineering group.

Providing support and feedback to the design team after performing surveys of the mechanical interface jigs.Salary and Benefits:



Salary depending on previous experience

Training and access to the “Internal University”

Pensions and Life Assurance

Variable Pay options including: Employee bonuses, Sales Incentive Plans and Recognition Schemes

Discount arrangements on a wide range of goods, hospitality providers, personal electronics and services

Excellent career mobility with and international opportunities

Occupational health provisions and medical benefits

Employee assistance and well-being support

Flexible working options—this role is predominantly onsite but offer flexibility of start and finish times around core hours of 9am to 3pm 

Key Words – Test Engineer, QA Engineer, Compliance Engineer, Laboratory, Quality Assurance, Verification, Validation