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Test & Validation Technician

Marshall Land Systems
Merthyr Tydfil, GBR
Full-time
Mid
Onsite
Discovered 3 weeks ago

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Why join Marshall Land Systems in this role

Join Marshall Land Systems as a Test & Validation Technician and play a key role in ensuring complex engineering systems meet the highest standards of quality, safety and performance. Working across Production, Engineering and Quality, you’ll have the opportunity to tackle challenging technical problems, develop your skills and make a real impact on the products we deliver to our customers. With access to technical training, professional development and clear progression opportunities, this is a great role for someone looking to build a long-term career in engineering and test.

Your responsibilities will include

  • Support test planning and readiness in line with production schedules and project milestones
  • Review and contribute to test plans, procedures, and work instructions
  • Execute in-process, system-level, and final acceptance testing (FAT) on assembled units
  • Conduct mechanical, electrical, and integrated system testing
  • Perform product inspections, fault finding, and diagnostics, ensuring clear reporting of issues
  • Identify, raise, and support resolution of non-conformances (NCRs)
  • Ensure all products meet defined quality gates before progression or delivery
  • Maintain accurate test records and reports, certification packs, and traceability documentation
  • Communicate test progress, issues, and results to key stakeholders
  • Support continuous improvement initiatives across test and production processes
  • Assist with internal and external audits, ensuring compliance with standards and procedures
  • Maintain and calibrate test equipment and instrumentation as required
  • Ensure adherence to 5S and housekeeping standards within the test environment
  • Support shift-based working where required (including day/night rotation)
  • Promote and comply with Health, Safety, and Environmental (HSE) requirements
  • Ensure compliance with all legal, statutory, and contractual obligations

Apply if you have most of the following

Experience within a manufacturing or production environment

Background in testing assembled systems, machinery, or containerised units

Experience working to production schedules and delivery targets

Knowledge of industry standards and quality frameworks (e.g. ISO 9001)

Experience assembling, connecting, and operating test equipment and instrumentation

Ability to work both independently and as part of a team

Ability to interpret engineering drawings, schematics, and technical specifications

Experience with system-level testing (mechanical, electrical, or integrated systems)

Strong understanding of production testing and quality control processes

Ability to analyse and interpret test data and results

Experience with Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) and inspection processes

Knowledge of non-conformance reporting (NCR) and root cause analysis

Familiarity with a wide range of test equipment and instrumentation

Good mechanical and/or electrical aptitude

Additional local needs

Onsite role

Successful candidates will be required to complete a BPSS check and be eligible to hold UK Security Clearence clearance

The benefits of this role include

  • Access to technical training, certifications, and continuous professional development
  • Career progression to Senior Test Technician or Test Lead, with increasing responsibility and leadership opportunities
  • Cross-functional exposure to Production, Quality, and Engineering teams, enabling potential moves into Production, Quality, or Systems Engineering roles
  • Marshall Land Systems is a Canadian-owned global company with an unrivalled pedigree of British engineering excellence. From its origins in Cambridge, UK, through more than a century of innovation, pioneering advances from the nose of Concorde to the early Hydrogen fuel cell technology that ultimately powered the moon landings, Marshall engineers now continue to innovate specialist vehicles and infrastructure for NATO forces across the world. From bomb disposal vehicles to deployed shelters, from command and control to CT scanners on the battlefield, Marshall Land Systems protects people in critical situations with the very best in engineering. It employs 600 people with major facilities the UK, Canada, and the Netherlands.

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