Our OEM Client based in Gaydon, is searching for a Test Engineer Vehicle Safety to join their team, Inside IR35. This is a 12-month contract position initially until 31st March 2026, with the potential for further extensions.Umbrella Pay Rate: £27.03 per hour.Roles and Responsibilities: The candidate would join the Vehicle Safety Test Laboratories test team at Gaydon to conduct physical destructive testing on components, systems and vehicles to meet Passive Safety targets.Working closely with customers, the data is used to progress engineering development, or to be used for compliance evidence by witness authorities and others.With the ability to translate regulation and requirement test protocols, and using a variety of modern test equipment, instrumentation and data acquisition systems, the candidate will manage the test through to completion and produce a test report on time.Initially on "days", the role may require being on shifts later in the year (earlies and lates). Skills: Experience of physical testing in a laboratory.Working knowledge of passive safety regulations and requirements, incl FMVSS and ECE.Working knowledge of instrumentation and data acquisition systems. E.g. force, displacement, acceleration. Education: Degree educated desired but not essential.