
Test and Validation Manager
- Suffolk
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Define and own the test strategy and capability development roadmap to support product development and business goals
- Lead the development of test hardware, methodology, and automation for advanced photonics technologies
- Collaborate closely with design, process, and project teams to ensure test functions align with R&D needs
- Build and manage a multidisciplinary team across test methods, hardware, and reliability engineering
- Act as the technical authority for the test and validation function
- Oversee product engineering, ensuring timely delivery and resolution of technical issues
- Degree in Engineering, Photonics, Electronics, or related discipline
- 10+ years of experience in photonic device characterisation
- Strong knowledge of telecommunication photonic test methods, process control, and device physics (especially III-V optoelectronic devices)
- Experience with III-V device research, failure analysis, and reliability standards
- Demonstrated experience managing multidisciplinary teams in an R&D setting
- Experience with III-V device research, failure analysis, and reliability standards