Senior EMI/EMC Test Engineer

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.