EMC Engineer

Responsibilities

• Perform EMC activities within the Electronics team, optimising designs through trade‑offs, studies, and analysis to ensure best‑in‑class product performance.
• Develop and maintain EMC requirements, and review internal and external specifications for compliance and completeness.
• Produce EMC test plans aligned with project, regulatory, and customer requirements.
• Liaise with external EMC test houses, including obtaining quotations, defining test scope, and coordinating test campaigns.
• Support CE marking activities, including conducting EMC Directive risk assessments and ensuring documentation readiness.
• Perform EMC pre‑compliance testing to de‑risk formal qualification campaigns.
• Conduct read‑across assessments and gap analyses to determine applicability of existing evidence to new designs or variants.
• Carry out HERO, HERP, and HERF assessments and support associated trials.
• Support and participate in EMC and HERO test campaigns, including on‑site technical assistance.
• Produce high‑quality test reports, verification records, and supporting documentation.
• Contribute to wider electronics engineering tasks as required, supporting cross‑functional design and development activities.
• Complete all mandatory Thales training and adhere to internal engineering governance processes.

• Degree level qualification in Electronics, Electrical Engineering (or a related discipline).
• A lower qualification would be acceptable for example HNC/HND should the candidate be able to demonstrate significant demonstrable relevant experience in lieu.
• Strong understanding of EMC principles, including emissions, immunity, coupling mechanisms, and mitigation techniques.
• Ability to interpret and apply EMC standards, regulations, and customer specifications (e.g., CE marking, EMC Directive).
• Competence in writing technical documentation such as requirements, test plans, and verification reports.
• Hands‑on experience performing EMC pre‑compliance testing using relevant test equipment (spectrum analysers, LISNs, GTEMs, transient generators, etc.).
• Ability to conduct structured analyses, including read‑across assessments, gap analyses, and risk assessments.
• Experience supporting external EMC test campaigns and liaising with accredited test houses.
• Familiarity with HERO, HERP, and HERF principles and the ability to support associated assessments and trials.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills with the ability to propose practical, evidence‑based design improvements.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• High level of attention to detail and disciplined approach to documentation, configuration control, and verification traceability.
• Ability to work independently, manage workload, and deliver high‑quality outputs within project timescales.
• Knowledge of military or aerospace EMC standards such as DEF STAN, MIL‑STD‑461 or RTCA DO‑160.
• Understanding of electronic design principles including grounding, shielding and PCB layout impacts on EMC performance.
• Familiarity with systems engineering practices including requirements management and verification traceability.
• Ability to provide EMC‑focused input during design reviews and technical discussions.
• Awareness of wider compliance domains such as Low Voltage Directive, RoHS and safety‑related directives.
• Competence using modelling or simulation tools to support EMC analysis and design optimisation.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with external suppliers, partners and accredited test houses during design and certification activities.
• Understanding of HERO, HERP and HERF considerations within complex defence systems.
• Experience working in an EMC‑focused engineering role within electronics, defence, aerospace or a similarly regulated environment.
• Experience producing EMC documentation including requirements, test plans and verification evidence.
• Experience performing EMC pre‑compliance testing using industry‑standard test equipment.
• Experience supporting external EMC test campaigns and interacting with accredited test houses.
• Experience conducting structured technical assessments such as EMC risk assessments, read‑across studies and gap analyses.
• Experience contributing to CE marking activities or compliance with the EMC Directive.
• Experience working within multidisciplinary engineering teams on complex electronic systems.
• Experience preparing technical reports and maintaining accurate configuration‑controlled documentation.