EMC Testing Leader — Senior RF/EMC Engineer (On-Site SD)

TUV SUD America; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

TUV SUD America is seeking a Sr. RF/EMC Engineer to lead EMC testing, regulatory compliance, and certification programs across various product sectors.

You will collaborate with customers, laboratory teams, project management, quality, and commercial teams to deliver accurate certification outcomes. The role requires deep EMC expertise, hands-on lab experience, and strong technical writing and customer communication skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or closely related field with 5+ years EMC testing experience
• Experience with FCC, ISED Canada, CISPR, IEC 61000 series and related EMC standards
• Strong knowledge of EMC principles including emissions, immunity, shielding, grounding, RF measurement
• Hands-on troubleshooting of product compliance issues in a laboratory
• Technical writing, data analysis, and customer communication skills
• Experience in ISO/IEC 17025-accredited labs is preferred
• Experience with test automation tools such as Python, LabVIEW, MATLAB preferred

Responsibilities

• Perform EMC testing per FCC, ISED Canada, IEC, EN, CISPR, ANSI C63 and other international requirements
• Conduct radiated and conducted emissions testing and immunity testing (ESD, EFT/Burst, Surge, Radiated Immunity, Conducted Immunity)
• Develop and review test plans, procedures, configurations, technical reports, and regulatory docs
• Analyze test results, troubleshoot EMC failures, provide technical recommendations
• Configure and operate EMC lab equipment (receivers, spectrum analyzers, oscilloscopes, RF amplifiers, antennas, LISNs, ESD simulators)
• Support ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation requirements (quality procedures, method validation, measurement uncertainty, audits, corrective actions)
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring, support process improvements and new EMC testing capabilities

Skills

EMC testing

Regulatory compliance

Technical mentoring

Data analysis

Customer communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Master's degree in related field

Tools

Python

LabVIEW

MATLAB

Job description

TUV SUD America is seeking a Sr. RF/EMC Engineer to lead EMC testing, regulatory compliance, and certification programs across various product sectors.

You will collaborate with customers, laboratory teams, project management, quality, and commercial teams to deliver accurate certification outcomes. The role requires deep EMC expertise, hands-on lab experience, and strong technical writing and customer communication skills.