EMC Engineer: Hybrid Defence Tech (Edinburgh)

Leonardo; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Hybrid working

Pension scheme

Mental health support

Coursera/LinkedIn Learning access

Referral bonus

Private healthcare

Gym memberships

Job summary

Leonardo in Edinburgh seeks an EMC Engineer to join the Radar and Advanced Targeting line. You will contribute to EMC modelling, analysis, and testing across development and qualification programmes, working with experienced engineers in a UKAS-accredited EMC facility.

The role covers EMC design, test planning, and report generation for military/aerospace projects, with opportunities to advance in a multi-disciplinary environment and participate in product certification activities.

Qualifications

• Generation or support of EMC test plans, test procedures and test reports.
• Training or experience in circuit simulation in packages such as LTSPICE, Simetrix etc.
• Ideally experience in electromagnetic modelling software; transferrable skills from Altium/SolidWorks.
• Electronic circuit analysis using Kirchoff’s laws and Laplace domain concepts.
• Knowledge of electricity and magnetism physics.
• Understanding of EMC requirements for complex electronic systems.
• EMC design principles and good engineering practice.
• Experience in EMC testing per military/aerospace standards.
• Knowledge of working within an accredited test environment.
• Supporting product certification activities and formal design reviews.

Responsibilities

• Develop EMC modelling and analysis capability as part of a team.
• Provide EMC support and input to project teams with modelling and test.
• Support EMC activities to standards like MIL-STD-461, DO-160, DEF-STAN 59-411 and EFA.
• Contribute to EMC testing including radiated and conducted tests.
• Assist with early lifecycle pre-compliance through to formal qualification testing.
• Prepare, execute and report EMC tests in a UKAS facility.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of EMC test methods and processes.

Skills

EMC test planning

Test reports

Circuit simulation

EM modelling

Circuit analysis

EMC knowledge

EMC design principles

Military/aerospace standards

Accredited test environment

Product certification support

Tools

LTSPICE

Simetrix

Altium

SolidWorks

Job description

Leonardo in Edinburgh seeks an EMC Engineer to join the Radar and Advanced Targeting line. You will contribute to EMC modelling, analysis, and testing across development and qualification programmes, working with experienced engineers in a UKAS-accredited EMC facility.

The role covers EMC design, test planning, and report generation for military/aerospace projects, with opportunities to advance in a multi-disciplinary environment and participate in product certification activities.