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Test Engineer – Defence
Salary: £30,000.00 to £40,000.00 Position: Full Time Location: Wokingham
Job Type: Permanent
Job Description:
Holt Executive is working with an established and rapidly expanding defence/security technology pioneer, supplying cutting edge products to some of the biggest names in critical industries. They are recruiting a Test Engineer – Defence to join their growing team in Horsham. You will play a critical role in assisting with image processing solutions to Electro-Optic systems. Key responsibilities for the Test Engineer – Defence: Undertaking test of electronic hardware in low volume and prototyping manufacturing environment Undertake software and system integration testing. Create test procedures with design engineers. Installation of operating systems (Linux and Windows). Fault finding, debugging and resolution of issues. Ensuring all work meets quality and technical standards.Key requirements for this Test Engineer – Defence role: HNC or equivalent in electronics (studying towards is acceptable) Manual testing and electronic equipment experience. Ability to write comprehensive test plans and procedures. Defence industry experience would be beneficial. Experience with Windows and Linux operating systems would be desirable
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04 Nov 22. NSWC IHD starts renovation of CBRD’s dual-purpose maritime facility. The facility will support detection and identification of US Navy vessels’ protective posturing. Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division (NSWC ihD) has started works to renovate and transform Chemical, Biological and Radiological Defense’s (CBRD) conference centre. Beginning of the efforts were marked by a ground-breaking ceremony held on 28 October. The renovation effort will transform the conference centre into CBRD division’s maritime chemical detection laboratory and modelling and simulation (M&S) centre. The new dual purpose facility’s chemical detection lab will feature the latest technologies required for simulating maritime use of chemical agents. Meanwhile, the M&S centre will allow the CBRD employees to model several CBR contaminants as well as evaluate and simulate different adversarial weaponry systems effects. At the new facility, employees will perform a wide range of work to deliver assistance for global crisis, such as a recent effort to destroy Syrian chemical weapons and supporting the detection of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. In addition, they can use the facility to assess recently fielded capabilities and develop next generation technologies. Other scope of work at the new maritime laboratory will include detection, identification and understanding of US Navy vessels’ protective posturing. Naval Sea Systems Command CBRD technical warrant holder John Larzelere said: “This facility will not just to validate, verify and understand current threats, but will build on things coming down the road.
“The facility that you are opening today is going to be significant contribution to the efforts to ensure these types of materials are going to simply be a problem, not a threat to the Navy.”
Furthermore, the M&S team working at the new facility will allow M&S teams to continue their work to enhance and develop capabilities for Navy’s Operational Risk Model and Improved Performance Research Integration Tool. NSWC IHD hosts a ground-breaking ceremony for CBRD’s maritime chemical detection laboratory and M&S centre. Credit: Matthew Poynor/Naval Sea Systems Command. (Source: naval-technology.com)
07 Nov 22. BAE Australia to Expand F-35 Precinct. BAE Systems Australia today welcomed an announcement by the Federal Government for the approval of a Facility Services Deed that underpins the expansion of the Company’s F-35 sustainment operations at Williamtown in the Hunter Valley. The Deed, valued at more than $100 m, will enable BAE Systems to meet projected service and maintenance demand for the Royal Australian Air Force’s F-35 Lightning II fleet. The construction of the additional bays in BAE Systems’ existing South Hangar facility at Williamtown will provide opportunities for local jobs, local suppliers and subcontractors. All 72 F-35 jets will be sustained and upgraded at Williamtown over the next three decades, supporting 750 jobs directly and indirectly across Australia by 2025. Fifty six F-35A Lightning II jets have been accepted by Australia to date with the full fleet on track to be delivered by the end of 2023. BAE Systems Australia Managing Director Defence Delivery, Andrew Gresham, said: “We welcome the Commonwealth’s announcement and look forward to working alongside the Royal Australian Air Force and our industry partners to deliver this vital capability. Our established team has deep knowledge of the F-35 and will deliver a proven and collaborative approach that focuses on dependable delivery today and innovative ways of sustaining the F-35 fleet into the future. This is another example of how BAE Systems is helping to deliver the next generation of air capability and building local industry to help keep Australia secure.” (Source: ASD Network)
MARITIME
08 Nov 22. Naval Group launches French Navy’s first FDI vessel Amiral Ronarc’h. The vessel will undergo a series of sea trials starting from next year, with final delivery expected in 2024. Naval Group has officially launched the first defence and intervention frigate (FDI), named Amiral Ronarc’h, for the French Navy. A ceremony to mark the vessel’s launch was held at the company’s facility in Lorient, France on 7 November. It was attended by various officials, including French Armed Forces Minister Sébastien Lecornu and Hellenic Defence Minister Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos. (Source: naval-technology.com)
INDUSTRY
INDUSTRY TEAMINGS
09 Nov 22. Nicomatic, a global manufacturer of creative harsh-environment interconnect solutions, announces a global distribution agreement with PEI-Genesis, headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The partnership will bring a key interconnect supplier to Nicomatic’s growing distribution channel, enhancing Nicomatic’s already robust supply chain and worldwide technical support. PEI-Genesis will offer Nicomatic’s full product offering, including its flagship harsh environment connector product line with over 20 m power, data, and signal configurations, the CMM series. Nicomatic’s harsh-environment connectors are used by leading defense contractors around the world to achieve improved product performance through a smaller, more powerful connector footprint. For over 75 years, PEI-Genesis has been a leading interconnect distributor in the harsh environment space, known for its expertise and team of Trusted Advisors bringing custom connector solutions to the military/aerospace, aviation, Industrial, medical, and energy markets. (Source: PR Newswire)
PERSONNEL
EUROPE APPOINTMENTS
07 Nov 22. Björn Karlsson leaves his role as CEO at the next AGM. Björn Karlsson has today informed the Board that he wishes to step down as CEO of MilDef Group AB for personal reasons. In consultation with Björn, the board has decided that he will remain as CEO until the Annual General Meeting in May 2023 and that the company’s deputy CEO and CFO Daniel Ljunggren will then provisionally take over as interim CEO. A group of major shareholders, in consultation with chair of the board Jan Andersson, has decided to propose Björn Karlsson to the nomination committee as the new chair of the board.
U.S. APPOINTMENTS
04 Nov 22. Advent Technologies Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADN) (“Advent” or the “Company”), an innovation-driven leader in the fuel cell and hydrogen technology space, proudly announces that Von McConnell has agreed to join its board of directors. Mr. McConnell has nearly forty years of executive experience in the telecommunications sector, including approximately twenty years working for Sprint Corporation (now T-Mobile), where his positions included serving as the Chief Operating Officer and Executive Director of Operations for Sprint’s 4G business unit. (Source: BUSINESS WIRE)
04 Nov 22. AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE: AME) today announced the appointment of Lori Kieklak as Vice President and General Manager, Power Systems and Instruments division. Ms. Kieklak previously served as Divisional Vice President and Business Unit Manager for the Dynamic Fluid Solutions business within AMETEK’s Advanced Motion Solutions division. Before joining AMETEK in 2019, Lori served as Vice President and General Manager, Keithley Instruments. Prior to this, she served as President, Hydraulics Group Americas for Eaton and held leadership positions of increasing responsibility at General Electric. (Source: PR Newswire)
04 Nov 22. AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE: AME) today announced the appointment of Gene Hahnenberg as Vice President, Strategic Procurement. Mr. Hahnenberg joins AMETEK after a successful 10-year career with Trane Technologies (formerly Ingersoll Rand) where he was most recently Vice President of Direct Materials Procurement. Previously, Mr. Hahnenberg also held a number of roles of increasing responsibility at Trane Technologies, including Vice President of Procurement for Trane’s North America and EMEA Transport Businesses. Prior to Trane, Gene spent nine years with Whirlpool Corporation, culminating in the role of Director, Global Sourcing for electro-mechanical devices and wire harnesses. (Source: PR Newswire)
08 Nov 22. Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc. (SPA), a leading provider of innovative solutions in support of critical national security objectives and complex defense priorities for over 50 years, today announced that Dr. William (Bill) Vantine will retire as President and CEO while remaining on the Board of Directors. Rich Sawchak, a current member of the Company’s Board of Directors, will succeed Dr. Vantine as CEO. (Source: PR Newswire)
10 Nov 22. Voyager Space (Voyager), a global leader in space exploration, and its operating company Nanoracks, today announced the appointment of Tim Kopra as Chief Executive Officer of Nanoracks. Kopra, a retired NASA astronaut and former president of OneWeb Technologies, will oversee Nanoracks’ continued growth as a global leader in providing commercial space services, including the development of Starlab, the companies’ proposed commercial space station. (Source: PR Newswire)
10 Nov 22. Quantic™ Electronics (“Quantic”), a portfolio company of Arcline Investment Management (“Arcline”), today announced that Lisa Wilhelm has been promoted to General Manager of the company’s resistor portfolio, composed of its Quantic Ohmega and Quantic Ticer businesses. Lisa will replace Bruce Mahler, who will retire after 39 years in the industry. (Source: PR Newswire)
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