EMC Engineer

TN United Kingdom; Bristol; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks an experienced EMC Engineer to support critical defence programmes. In this role, you'll manage EMC Engineering activities, ensuring compliance with military standards while working in a state-of-the-art facility. Your expertise will help deliver robust designs and testing strategies that meet the high standards required by the UK military. This position offers a unique opportunity to work across functional teams, tackle sophisticated technical challenges, and contribute to the safety and effectiveness of defence capabilities. Join a company dedicated to excellence in defence engineering and make a significant impact in this vital field.

Qualifications

• Experience in electronics, electrical engineering, or related fields.
• Ability to apply military EMC standards.

Responsibilities

• Manage milestones and deliverables related to EMC Engineering activities.
• Write Environmental Requirement Specifications and related documents.

Skills

EMC Design Principles

Analytical Skills

Problem-Solving Skills

Communication Skills

Electronics Engineering

Electrical Engineering

Physics

Military EMC Standards

Education

Higher Education Degree in Electronics

Higher Education Degree in Electrical Engineering

Higher Education Degree in Physics

Job description

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The UK's trusted Ministry of Defence partner, our client, are looking for an experienced EMC Engineer (Electromagnetic Compatibility) to support their programmes throughout their product lifecycles from concept through to disposal. Most of the work is establishing, progressing, and delivering the risk reduction and qualification strategies that will bring a product into service.

The EMC Engineer writes documentation, reviews hardware, and conducts hands-on reviews and informal testing. The EMC Project Team supports Bristol and Stevenage projects for correct requirements, robust designs, and testing at the EMC Laboratories in Bristol.

What we're looking for:

• Individuals with a higher education degree or significant experience in electronics, electrical engineering, physics, EMC, or related areas are preferred.
• Good Understanding of EMC and design principles.
• Excellent communication skills at all levels, both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to work to defined deadlines and within budget limits.
• Excellent Analytical and Problem-Solving skills.
• Professional manner and adaptability when the companies' needs are evolving.
• Capable of working autonomously to meet the delivery needs of the company
• Knowing how to apply military EMC standards to different levels of systems or equipment is desirable. Such standards include Defence Standard 59-41 / 59-411, AECTP500, Mil-Std-461, RTCA DO160 / EUROCAE ED-14.
• Engineers with previous experience in delivering support around the subject of electromagnetic compatibility.

What you'll get to do as a EMC Engineer (Electromagnetic Compatibility):

EMC engineers are responsible for managing the milestones and deliverables related to EMC Engineering activities. They act as focal points and specialists for EMC requirements for our client's project teams. The role involves writing Environmental Requirement Specifications (ERS) and other related documents such as EMC Control Plans, Proving Plans, Proving Requirements, and Proving Instructions to support product development and qualification.

Our client's EMC engineers oversee EMC qualification testing to ensure that the evidence is suitable for our customers. They work across functional and international boundaries to resolve sophisticated technical problems using analytical tools. The Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) department is unique within our client's organization. It has a test team working hands-on in the state-of-the-art EMC facility to simulate environments, and a highly skilled project consultancy team embedded across all projects to ensure good EMC practice and design.

"Please Note: This project is a UK eyes only requires all employees to achieve the appropriate clearance relevant to the role".

More about the role:

For more than 70 years, our client has been in a strong partnership with the UK military. They have accomplished numerous milestones in defence engineering and have provided essential defence capabilities to meet the requirements of the armed forces across land, sea, and air.

This role is based at their state of the art site in Bristol, which plays a key part in missiles operations. The location offers excellent transportation links, outstanding learning and development opportunities, and social, charitable, and sporting activities.