Date Posted: 2026-11-06 Country: United Kingdom Location: Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire Position Role Type: Onsite
At Collins Aerospace, we're redefining the future of aircraft interiors. Our Interiors business designs and delivers innovative cabin solutions that make air travel safer, more comfortable, and more connected for millions of passengers worldwide. Working with leading airlines and aircraft manufacturers, our teams combine engineering excellence with a relentless focus on safety, quality, and customer experience.
We're now seeking a Test Engineer to join our team in Leighton Buzzard. This opportunity offers a hybrid working model, providing flexibility while enabling collaboration with our global engineering and certification teams. With manufacturing and engineering sites across the globe, you'll join a collaborative international organisation where your expertise can influence products flying on aircraft around the world.
What You Will Do
- Preparation, execution and wash up of qualification and engineering tests including structural, environmental, reliability, mechanical, acoustic and lighting.
- Reporting of test results and analysis of data using appropriate software and methodology.
- Leading or supporting failure root cause investigations for failed tests or equipment.
- Conducting test set up conformity inspections, supporting Quality and Test Witness in ensuring tested articles are set up according to test plan and test methodology.
- Equipment calibration and maintenance activities, and the coordination of EHS activities to ensure the Test House remains in good working order.
- Responsible for personal safety and following local health and safety policy within the Test area, including conducting H&S audits of the laboratories.
- Promote Engineering collaboration and integrated ways of working with project management, supply chain, and manufacturing.
- Liaising with internal customers and suppliers to support effective project delivery.
- Creation and maintenance of test procedures, checklists, work instructions and standard work.
Qualifications
- We Prefer Engineering degree or equivalent.
- Previous experience working in a test laboratory.
- Knowledge of AS9100 and its applicability to testing environment.
- Experience in any of the following would also be beneficial:
- Previous experience working in the aerospace industry.
- Creation of documentation and procedures, including work instructions, checklists and similar standard work.
- PLM Software or coding experience.
- Proficiency in MS Office.
- Familiarity with ISO 17025 and NADCAP specifications.
- Experience with creation of technical documentation.
- Good communication skills.
- Strong accountability and collaborative mindset.
- Solutions oriented problem solver.
What We Offer
- Competitive salary and benefits package.
- Flexible and hybrid working options.
- Excellent 2:1 matched pension contribution, up to 10%.
- Private health insurance and life assurance.
- 25 days annual leave plus the ability to buy or sell up to 5 additional days.
- Early finish on Fridays.
- Career development, mentoring and training opportunities.
- Opportunities to work with engineering teams across an international organisation.
- And much more!
At Collins Aerospace, our Interiors team is focused on innovation, safety and cost efficiency. But we don't just get people from point A to point B. We're committed to making air travel more comfortable, connected and secure. As a leader in aviation interior products and services, we're helping airlines and original equipment manufacturers create a positive experience for their customers. With offices and manufacturing facilities in more than 12 states across the U.S. and more than 10 countries around the globe, we're changing the game of aircraft interiors.
Are you ready to join our team?
Onsite: Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products.
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RTX is an aerospace and defense company that provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military and government customers worldwide. It comprises three industry-leading businesses - Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon. Its 195,000 employees enable the company to operate at the edge of known science as they imagine and deliver solutions that push the boundaries in quantum physics, electric propulsion, directed energy, hypersonics, avionics and cybersecurity. The company, formed in 2020 through the combination of Raytheon Company and the United Technologies Corporation aerospace businesses, is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.
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