Senior EMC Engineer — Regulatory Testing & Certification

TÜV SÜD; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Global leader

Tech exposure

Career development

Competitive pay

Job summary

TÜV SÜD America Inc. is seeking a Sr. RF/EMC Engineer to lead EMC testing, regulatory compliance, and certification projects for medical, wireless, and consumer products.

You will collaborate with customers, lab teams, project management, and quality to ensure accurate, timely certification outcomes. The role is on-site in San Diego and requires a degree in Electrical Engineering with 5+ years of EMC testing experience, plus proficiency with FCC, CISPR, IEC 61000 series.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or closely related field with 5+ years EMC testing experience, or a Master's with 3+ years experience.
• Demonstrated experience with FCC, ISED Canada, CISPR, IEC 61000 Series, EN, ANSI C63, and related EMC standards.
• Strong knowledge of EMC principles including emissions, immunity, shielding, grounding, bonding, filtering, RF measurement techniques.
• Hands-on experience troubleshooting product compliance issues and operating EMC test instrumentation in a lab.
• Strong technical writing, data analysis, problem-solving, and customer communication skills.
• Experience in ISO/IEC 17025-accredited labs is preferred.
• Experience with test automation tools such as Python, LabVIEW, MATLAB or equivalents.

Responsibilities

• Perform EMC testing in accordance with 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, Voltage Dips, Interruptions).
• Develop and review test plans, procedures, configurations, technical reports, and compliance documentation.
• Analyze test results, troubleshoot failures, identify root causes, and provide technical recommendations to customers.
• Configure and operate EMC laboratory equipment (receivers, spectrum analyzers, oscilloscopes, signal generators, RF amplifiers, antennas, LISNs, CDNs, ESD simulators, immunity systems).
• Support ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation requirements (quality procedures, method validation, measurement uncertainty, audits, corrective actions).
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring to engineers and technicians; support process improvements and development of new EMC capabilities.

Skills

Technical writing

Customer communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Master's degree in related field (optional)

Tools

EMC test equipment

Python

LabVIEW

MATLAB

Job description

TÜV SÜD America Inc. is seeking a Sr. RF/EMC Engineer to lead EMC testing, regulatory compliance, and certification projects for medical, wireless, and consumer products.

You will collaborate with customers, lab teams, project management, and quality to ensure accurate, timely certification outcomes. The role is on-site in San Diego and requires a degree in Electrical Engineering with 5+ years of EMC testing experience, plus proficiency with FCC, CISPR, IEC 61000 series.