Senior EMI/EMC Test Engineer

Fresh has partnered with an AI Defense company.

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Title: Senior EMI/EMC Test Engineer
Duration: Long Term
Location: Costa Mesa, CA
Benefits: Employee benefits at 100% including Medical, PTO, Holiday Pay, 401K Plan and much more!
Hours: Minimum 40 Hours/Week
Candidate must be a U.S person due to ITAR regulations

Fresh has partnered with a defense and space manufacturing company, we are seeking a candidate that will be responsible for testing, and validating electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) and electromagnetic interference (EMI) solutions for electronic products. This role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements.

What You'll Do

• Create and maintain electrical system test strategy, and test plans for various products.
• Conduct electrical compliance and robustness testing such as MIL-STD-461, MIL-STD-704, and MIL-STD-1275.
• Design and deploy electrical system integration test benches. (Iron Bird/Copper Bird/Lab Car).
• Support on vehicle level to component level test requirement decomposition.
• Drive coverage and analysis of failures observed in unit-level, integration, and system-level testing.
• Devise mitigations for test failures and path to compliance and reliability.
• Perform integration testing of electrical subsystems and their functionality.
• Leverage data analysis and existing tools to reproduce and characterize failures.
• Support environmental reliability testing (HALT/HASS) efforts on PCBA and LRU level.
• Develop customized harnesses and fixtures for EMI/EMC and power quality tests.
• Support validation of automated test systems.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Electronics, Computer, Mechanical Engineering, or related fields
• 5+ years of relevant industry experience with emphasis on EMI/EMC, hardware validation, and integration testing
• Familiarity with hardware development life cycle, reliability, and compliance testing
• General understanding of engineering concepts, principles, and theory with technical experience demonstrating the application of those concepts while ensuring safety and regulatory compliance
• Familiarity with Python and/or MATLAB for data parsing and data visualization
• Familiarity with electronics test equipment such as power supplies, electronic loads, oscilloscope, function generators, signal generators, spectrum analyzers, network analyzers, data acquisition and measurement sensors
• Familiarity with environmental testing such as MIL-STD-461, MIL-STD-464, MIL-STD-704, MIL-STD-810, and MIL-STD-1275
• Strong root cause analysis skills
• Excellent written, verbal, interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to travel to and work at remote sites supporting test integration, commissioning, and training as required
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret SCI security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant industry experience
• Pursuing a Master’s of Science or PHD in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science or related field
• Experience with firmware integration, vehicle level validation and debugging
• Demonstrated knowledge of regulatory compliance standards
• Familiarity with LabVIEW, TILE, or similar software for test execution and automation
• Familiarity with analytical and modeling tools like SPICE, HFSS, CST, etc

Compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Range is $75/hr to $90/hr.

We’re a handpicked team of Engineers, digital strategist, designers, and developers united together in creating a fresh experience. Whether we are strategizing, designing, developing, or analyzing, our integrated team works as an extension of yours to improve your impact, your usability, and your customer conversion. In the process, we collaborate with you to get to know your business, understand your industry, and incorporate your big ideas into memorable experiences that keep your customers coming back for more.

Equal employment opportunity: All qualified persons will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, familial status, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability for which a reasonable accommodation can be made or any other status protected by law. Assistance will be gladly provided upon request for any applicant with sensory or non-sensory disabilities.

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