Junior Hardware Test Engineer
Basingstoke, Hampshire
R&D – Hardware /
Permanent, Full-time /
On-site
Vision RT is a rapidly expanding MedTech company at the forefront of transforming radiation therapy. We are the inventors of Surface Guided Radiation Therapy (SGRT), which harnesses advanced 3D camera systems and sophisticated AI, Computer Vision, and Machine Learning software. Our mission is to enhance the safety, precision, and comfort of radiation therapy for patients. Notably, our innovative solutions are deployed across all 15 of the prestigious "Best Hospitals for Cancer," as recognized by US News & World Report
With around 300 employees globally, and offices in the UK, Poland & US, we operate autonomously as part of the Danish company Demant A/S, one of the largest healthcare companies in the world.
About the role
We are thrilled to present an excellent opportunity for a Junior Hardware Test Engineer to join our global services and R&D team. In this role, you will play a key part in developing state-of-the-art medical cameras. While your primary focus will be on electronics and hardware testing, you will also have the chance to work with and learn about PC hardware building and upgrading, Windows troubleshooting, and even software engineering for testing.
You will work closely with Field Service Engineers as well as development and QA teams to support medical devices worldwide, contributing to advancements that significantly enhance patients' lives.
This position is open to both junior and experienced candidates.
Key Responsibilities will include:
- Provide second-line support to field service engineers and colleagues to review system and log information to identify technical root cause analysis (RCA) of problems.
- Write detailed RCA reports for use by the development team in the identification and repair of software issues,
- Help specify, plan, maintain, optimise and diagnose deployments of our software applications on windows clients and servers within the customer's environment.
- Produce and verify change-order documentation to deploy updates to live systems.
- Working with Azure DevOps, manage and prioritise backlog and life cycle of issues.
- Support the entire software development lifecycle including debugging, quality assurance and installation/deployment,
- Support customer system integrations during development, roll-out and into the future.
Essential Skills & Experience
- Experience in hardware/electronics testing and troubleshooting/system engineering testing and troubleshooting or related testing experience (but willing to consider a graduate with relevant education)
- PCB diagnostics & fault finding
- Knowledge of DVM and Oscilloscopes
- Knowledge of PCIe
- Competence in communicating in the English language both orally and in writing
- Sufficient experience of working in a team environment
Desirable skills & experience
- Building workstations from scratch, either for work or home. This includes; installing Windows, upgrading hardware i.e. RAM, CPU, GPU, etc
- Interest or experience in programming ideally C# or any OOP language
- Azure DevOps
- Good understanding of computer Networking and Operating systems
Vision RT is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and development without regard to race, colour, religion, sexual orientation, gender, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.
