Test Development Engineer
| Posting date: | 29 September 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 29 October 2025 |
| Location: | Leicester, Leicestershire |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | Allied Universal Electronic Monitoring Ltd |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | TDE1 |
Summary
Allied Universal Electronic Monitoring is the industry leading technology and service company offering law enforcement and government agencies the widest variety of cutting-edge monitoring solutions. Operating in over 35 countries, we leverage an international network of expertise and resources in order to deliver a unique solution.
With nearly 30 years of industry experience in providing innovative technology solutions and first-class service, our latest electronic monitoring technologies provide solutions that aim to ensure the safety of our communities, provide an alternative to incarceration, reduce prison, overcrowding, lower recidivism and improve reintegration.
We enable our customers to effectively monitor approximately 140,00 participants every day. This includes many of the world's largest electronic monitoring programs.
We have an exciting opportunity for someone to join our team here at Allied Universal, if you enjoy a varied workload in a fast-paced environment this Test Development Engineer role could be for you. Role outline detailed below:
Responsible for designing and commissioning test fixtures for new and existing Allied Universal Electronic Monitoring products.
Contributing to all aspects of test fixture development, installation, commissioning and fault finding of test fixtures used for production testing and field returned products.
Key Responsibilities/Accountabilities
• Design and commission testing fixtures for printed circuit board assemblies and final products.
• Ability to understand electronic schematics and translate into test requirements.
• Ability to understand embedded firmware and develop test requirements.
• Hands-on approach to building manual and automated test fixtures.
• Work closely with developers, QA engineers, and project managers to ensure alignment on testing strategies and priorities.
• Programming in C# for PC based test sequences
• Interfacing with SQL databases to record test results
Key Competencies
• Mechatronics
• Experience in building complex test automation fixtures.
• Sharing and cooperating.
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
• Mechatronics BEng or MEng or equivalent
• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Highly accurate and detail-oriented.
• Ability to travel internationally.
Desirable
• Understanding embedded firmware written in C
• Electronic Design using Altium
• Mechanical design using SolidWorks
• Source control using Bitbucket
If you feel you have the level of experience and skills we are looking for and are excited about our role then please send across your CV. Based on the nature of our business successful candidates are required to undertake a screening and vetting process. You will be required to have the right to work in the UK and have been resident in the UK for 5 years
With nearly 30 years of industry experience in providing innovative technology solutions and first-class service, our latest electronic monitoring technologies provide solutions that aim to ensure the safety of our communities, provide an alternative to incarceration, reduce prison, overcrowding, lower recidivism and improve reintegration.
We enable our customers to effectively monitor approximately 140,00 participants every day. This includes many of the world's largest electronic monitoring programs.
We have an exciting opportunity for someone to join our team here at Allied Universal, if you enjoy a varied workload in a fast-paced environment this Test Development Engineer role could be for you. Role outline detailed below:
Responsible for designing and commissioning test fixtures for new and existing Allied Universal Electronic Monitoring products.
Contributing to all aspects of test fixture development, installation, commissioning and fault finding of test fixtures used for production testing and field returned products.
Key Responsibilities/Accountabilities
• Design and commission testing fixtures for printed circuit board assemblies and final products.
• Ability to understand electronic schematics and translate into test requirements.
• Ability to understand embedded firmware and develop test requirements.
• Hands-on approach to building manual and automated test fixtures.
• Work closely with developers, QA engineers, and project managers to ensure alignment on testing strategies and priorities.
• Programming in C# for PC based test sequences
• Interfacing with SQL databases to record test results
Key Competencies
• Mechatronics
• Experience in building complex test automation fixtures.
• Sharing and cooperating.
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
• Mechatronics BEng or MEng or equivalent
• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Highly accurate and detail-oriented.
• Ability to travel internationally.
Desirable
• Understanding embedded firmware written in C
• Electronic Design using Altium
• Mechanical design using SolidWorks
• Source control using Bitbucket
If you feel you have the level of experience and skills we are looking for and are excited about our role then please send across your CV. Based on the nature of our business successful candidates are required to undertake a screening and vetting process. You will be required to have the right to work in the UK and have been resident in the UK for 5 years