Senior Electrical Engineer

Overview

Element has an opportunity for a Senior Electrical Engineer at our Tempe, AZ location. This role is ideal for an experienced EMI/EMC professional with a deep understanding of MIL-STD-461, RTCA/DO-160, and advanced test techniques such as HIRF and reverberation chamber testing. The Senior EMI Engineer will lead complex test programs, mentor junior engineers, and serve as a technical authority for EMI/EMC testing within the lab.

Salary: $100,000- $140,000 yr DOE

• Lead the planning, setup, and execution of EMI/EMC tests for aerospace and defense programs in accordance with MIL-STD-461 and DO-160
• Develop detailed test procedures and ensure test integrity through expert troubleshooting and analysis
• Mentor and guide junior engineers and technicians, providing hands-on training and technical oversight
• Interface directly with customers to define test approaches, resolve technical challenges, and communicate results
• Operate and configure a wide range of RF test equipment including antennas, amplifiers, LISNs, spectrum analyzers, and signal generators
• Analyze complex test data, determine compliance, and write clear, accurate technical reports suitable for regulatory or contractual submission
• Support HIRF and reverberation chamber testing, including mode-stirred and mode-tuned environments
• Ensure adherence to safety, quality, and procedural requirements while contributing to continuous improvement of lab capabilities

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a related technical field
• Minimum of 7 years of direct EMI/EMC testing experience in a lab environment
• Expert-level knowledge of MIL-STD-461 and RTCA/DO-160 EMI/EMC requirements and test methods
  
  Hands-on experience with HIRF, reverberation chambers, and advanced RF susceptibility testing
• Proficiency with RF test instrumentation and software, including calibration and troubleshooting
• Strong leadership, mentoring, and communication skills; able to train and develop less experienced team members

Element is one of the fastest growing testing, inspection and certification businesses in the world. Globally we have more than 9,000 brilliant minds operating from 270 sites across 30 countries. Together we share an ambitious purpose to ‘Make tomorrow safer than today’.

When failure in use is not an option, we help customers make certain that their products, materials, processes and services are safe, compliant and fit for purpose. From early R&D, through complex regulatory approvals and into production, our global laboratory network of scientists, engineers, and technologists support customers to achieve assurance over product quality, sustainable outcomes, and market access.

While we are proud of our global reach, working at Element feels like being part of a smaller company. We empower you to take charge of your career, and reward excellence and integrity with growth and development.

Industries across the world depend on our care, attention to detail and the absolute accuracy of our work. The role we have to play in creating a safer world is much bigger than our organization.

At Element, we always take pride in putting our people first. We are an equal opportunity employer that recognizes diversity and inclusion as fundamental to our Vision of becoming “the world’s most trusted testing partner”.

All suitably qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective work related criteria and without regard for the following: age, disability, ethnic origin, gender, marital status, race, religion, responsibility of dependents, sexual orientation, or gender identity or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws.