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Test Engineer / Lab & Systems Support Engineer
Job Posted: 16 days ago
Salary: £ 50,000 - 50,000 / Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Oxfordshire
Expire in: 11 days
Job Description
Test Engineer / Lab & Systems Support Engineer
Test & Infrastructure Team
📍 Location / Working Pattern - Abingdon
Ideally 3 days on-site
Team on-site days: Monday, Tuesday & Thursday
Preference for local candidates due to lab needs
🧠 About the Role
This role exists due to a retirement at the end of May, and the team would ideally like someone to start before then to allow for a proper handover.
You'll support a critical test and lab environment, maintaining both hardware and firmware testing infrastructure. You'll also take ownership of a test lab where responsibility currently sits with someone who is leaving.
While primarily a hands‑on technical support and test role, up to 40% of the role can include development work - which would significantly free up senior team members.
✅ Key Responsibilities
Maintain and develop test lab infrastructure
Build and configure PCs
Support firmware and equipment testing
Maintain existing systems and documentation
Light development work (where skills allow)
Act as a go‑to person for lab reliability and day‑to‑day technical support
🧩 Skills & Experience They're Open To
This role is intentionally flexible and open to different backgrounds, including:
Technical Skills (not all required):
Linux (essential interest)
Basic networking knowledge
PC building and hardware troubleshooting
Python and/or Bash scripting
Exposure to test environments or IT infrastructureBackgrounds of Interest:
Graduate (Engineering or IT)
Someone already working in IT who wants a hands‑on technical change
Candidates with A‑Levels or BTEC in IT
Practical mindset > formal job title
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