The Role
Lead and execute EMC testing (emissions, immunity, ESD, EFT, surge) per IEC/CISPR/FCC standards, perform pre/full compliance tests, analyze failures, manage calibration and ISO/IEC 17025 and NABL accreditation activities, maintain quality documentation, support audits, chamber validation, proficiency testing, and drive corrective actions and continuous improvement.
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Position Summary:
The Sr. Engineer – EMC is responsible for planning, executing, and leading electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) testing activities across Emerson’s product portfolio. This role ensures compliance with international standards while delivering accurate, traceable, and high-quality test results. The individual will contribute to maintaining accredited lab operations and driving continuous improvement in testing methodologies, quality systems, and regulatory alignment.
The Sr. Engineer – EMC is responsible for planning, executing, and leading electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) testing activities across Emerson’s product portfolio. This role ensures compliance with international standards while delivering accurate, traceable, and high-quality test results. The individual will contribute to maintaining accredited lab operations and driving continuous improvement in testing methodologies, quality systems, and regulatory alignment.
In This Role, Your Responsibilities Will Be:
- Execute EMC testing including radiated and conducted emissions, radiated immunity, ESD, EFT/burst, surge, and conducted RF as per applicable standards
- Perform testing in accordance with IEC 61000-4 series and relevant CISPR/IEC standards
- Conduct both pre-compliance and full compliance testing for products
- Analyze EMC test results, troubleshoot failures, and recommend corrective actions
- Work with industrial standards such as IEC 61326 series and IEC 61000-6-x series
- Ensure compliance with product and regulatory standards such as CISPR, FCC, NAMUR, and marine requirements
- Manage calibration activities including planning, scheduling, execution, and documentation
- Maintain traceability to national and international standards and coordinate with accredited calibration agencies
- Monitor measurement uncertainty, evaluation results, and ensure equipment accuracy
- Set up and operate EMC test equipment including EMI receivers, spectrum analyzers, signal generators, antennas, LISN, CDN, and immunity generators
- Support chamber validation activities such as NSA and SVSWR
- Drive compliance with ISO/IEC 17025 and NABL accreditation requirements
- Maintain and improve quality documentation including SOPs, manuals, and procedures
- Support internal and external audits, handle non-conformities, and drive root cause analysis and CAPA
- Contribute to proficiency testing, inter-laboratory comparisons, and method validation activities
Who You Are:
You consistently apply critical thinking to analyze complex technical challenges and develop practical, effective solutions. You build partnerships and collaborate effectively with cross-functional stakeholders to achieve shared objectives. You ensure accountability by delivering quality results on time and maintaining a strong focus on accuracy and compliance. You communicate clearly and effectively, adapting your approach to convey technical concepts to diverse audiences.
You consistently apply critical thinking to analyze complex technical challenges and develop practical, effective solutions. You build partnerships and collaborate effectively with cross-functional stakeholders to achieve shared objectives. You ensure accountability by delivering quality results on time and maintaining a strong focus on accuracy and compliance. You communicate clearly and effectively, adapting your approach to convey technical concepts to diverse audiences.
For This Role, You Will Need:
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Electronics, or Instrumentation Engineering
- Hands-on experience in EMC testing, including emissions and immunity testing
- Strong understanding of IEC, CISPR, and related EMC standards
- Experience working in laboratory environments with EMC test equipment and setups
- Working knowledge of ISO/IEC 17025 quality requirements and audit processes
- Strong analytical, documentation, and problem-solving skills
Preferred Qualifications That Set You Apart:
- 5–10 years of relevant EMC testing experience
- Experience working in NABL-accredited laboratories
- Exposure to industrial, regulatory, and marine standards
- Certification or training in ISO/IEC 17025
- Experience handling lab audits, calibration systems, and measurement uncertainty analysis
- Familiarity with validation methods such as NSA and SVSWR
Our Culture and Commitment To You:
At Emerson, we foster a culture where every employee is valued, respected, and empowered to grow. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that encourages collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning. Our global teams work together to solve complex challenges while supporting each other’s development and well-being. We believe in providing equal opportunities and building a workplace where diverse perspectives drive better outcomes for our customers and communities.
At Emerson, we foster a culture where every employee is valued, respected, and empowered to grow. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that encourages collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning. Our global teams work together to solve complex challenges while supporting each other’s development and well-being. We believe in providing equal opportunities and building a workplace where diverse perspectives drive better outcomes for our customers and communities.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Electronics, or Instrumentation Engineering
- Hands-on experience in EMC testing including emissions and immunity testing
- Strong understanding of IEC, CISPR, and related EMC standards
- Experience working in laboratory environments with EMC test equipment and setups
- Working knowledge of ISO/IEC 17025 quality requirements and audit processes
- Strong analytical, documentation, and problem-solving skills
- Experience with EMC test equipment (EMI receivers, spectrum analyzers, signal generators, antennas, LISN, CDN, immunity generators)
- Experience planning and managing calibration activities and maintaining traceability to standards
- Familiarity with measurement uncertainty analysis
- Ability to support chamber validation activities (NSA, SVSWR)
- Ability to support audits, handle non-conformities, and drive root cause analysis and CAPA
- Experience conducting pre-compliance and full compliance testing
- Knowledge of product/regulatory standards such as FCC, NAMUR, and marine requirements
- Experience maintaining and improving SOPs, manuals, and lab procedures
- Experience coordinating with accredited calibration agencies
- Experience with proficiency testing and inter-laboratory comparisons
- Experience in NABL-accredited laboratory environments
- 5-10 years of relevant EMC testing experience
- Certification or training in ISO/IEC 17025
- Exposure to industrial, regulatory, and marine standards
- Experience handling lab audits, calibration systems, and measurement uncertainty analysis
- Familiarity with validation methods such as NSA and SVSWR
Emerson Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Emerson and has not been reviewed or approved by Emerson.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs have been strengthened with a 401(k) plus company-supported contributions such as profit sharing and a recent cash-balance transition for certain participants. These features are positioned as differentiators among large industrial peers.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — An employee stock purchase plan introduced in 2026 enables discounted share purchases via payroll deductions. This adds an accessible ownership element to the total rewards mix.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — The package includes PTO, holidays, sick leave, and parental leave within a broad benefits suite. Coverage breadth aligns with large-employer norms across locations, though specifics vary.
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