EMC Consultant and Test Engineer

Crawley, Sussex
Thales
Location: Crawley, United Kingdom

In fast changing markets, customers worldwide rely on Thales. Thales is a business where brilliant people from all over the world come together to share ideas and inspire each other. In aerospace, transportation, defence, security and space, our architects design innovative solutions that make our tomorrow’s possible.

Together we offer fantastic opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their career with us. At Thales UK, we research, develop, and supply technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better, and keep us safer. We innovate across five major industries; Aerospace, Defence, Ground Transportation, Security and Space. Your health and well-being matters to us and that’s why we offer you the flexibility to do what’s important to you; whether that’s part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.

EMC Consultant and Test Engineer
Crawley – Hybrid
Thales is a global technology leader, investing in digital and deep-tech innovations, such as Big Data, artificial intelligence, connectivity, cybersecurity and quantum technology – to build a future we can all trust. In the markets of defence and security, aerospace and space, digital identity and security, and transport, Thales provides solutions, services and products to help its customers – companies, organisations and governments – to carry out their critical missions.

Our Test Engineering teams operate as internal subject matter experts across a wide array of Thales programmes, providing key strategic guidance and expertise to support delivery across existing programmes and new product development. This includes business domains within Aerospace/Avionics, Intelligence, Underwater Systems and Optronics.

In this role, you will operate and consult across an array of complex products to ensure EMC requirements are captured, understood and design/developed in consideration of these factors. The responsibilities of the role will include:

• Providing key strategic guidance to product development activities such as:
• EMC design, troubleshooting, defining the Electromagnetic Environment for the product and How to apply the relevant EMC standards to a product
• Generate EMC Control & Test plans including Technical justifications and analysis of EMC results.
• Lead / Assist in the Lab with measurements when necessary
• Lead and coordinate EMC test readiness activities for projects to ensure successful transition into test.
• Work with System and Hardware Engineers to implement EMC design practices
• Support Project Reviews including explaining EMC with projects team members , for whom EMC is not their prime subject and managing internal Customer expectations concerning product design
• Review of sub-contractors EMC test reports

Skills and experience required

• Applied experience in designing for EMC, including improving EMC failures under formal test and understanding the necessary components of a project EMC control plan.
• Understanding and implementing of best EMC design practices relating to subjects such as earthing and bonding, shielding techniques and theory, cable screening and installation practices, filtering etc.
• An understanding of the electromagnetic properties of lightning and other EMP phenomena.
• An awareness and experience in latest EMC product technology
• Able to assess applicability of EMC requirements and conduct analysis into suitability of requirements.
• Extensive knowledge of EMC testing standards and matching hands-on measurement experience.

Desirable experience

• Awareness of typical natural and man-made EMC environments for land, sea and air military systems.
• Awareness of how to apply the EMC directive to military equipment and take the technical file route to compliance.
• Understanding of RF Engineering.
• Awareness of measurement techniques for DEF STAN 59-411, MIL STD 461, AECTP 250 & 500 and commercial testing

Security Clearance statement:

Due to the sensitive nature of much of the work, all applicants must be eligible for Security Clearance and due to the nature of projects we require candidates who can are eligible for Security Clearance (SC level minimum). This typically requires a minimum of 3-years based in the UK as the minimum criteria.

What we can offer

• Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology and processes
• Dynamic environment that fosters creativity and innovation
• Collaboration with a team that is setting new standards in the industry

We’re committed to giving you opportunities to be your best. We believe in embracing the passion and potential of our people, and to achieve this we offer market leading training, development and experiences, along with the opportunity to be mentored and coached by some of the smartest minds in the industry. We hire from within as our first priority, so you’ll have a myriad of opportunities within our diverse, global organisation.

Our packages will include significant bonus, a strong pension contribute, private healthcare, development focused targets and relocation support can be provided if required along with a variety of learning, development and career enhancement opportunities. Further support can be provide towards academic and membership attainments.

In line with Thales’ Baseline Security requirements, candidates will be asked to provide evidence of identity, eligibility to work in the UK and employment and/or education history for up to three years. Some vacancies may require full Security Clearance which can require further evidence to be provided. For further details of the evidence required to apply for Baseline and Security Clearance please refer to the Defence Business Services National Security Vetting (DBS NSV) Agency.

At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working.

Thales UK is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process. We will provide reasonable adjustments and support to ensure neuro-diverse applicants or those with a disability or long-term condition can be their best during the recruitment process. To request an adjustment, if you need this job advert in an alternative format or if you have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact Resourcing Ops for mid to senior roles, or the Early Careers Team for graduate and apprentice roles.

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