What are the responsibilities and job description for the EMC Test Technician position at DEKA Research & Development?
Behind DEKA’s brick walls sits a team of professionals who strive to make a difference every day through thoughtful engineering, design, and manufacturing. New ideas are always welcome and explored to make the Manchester Millyard a place to create some of the most innovative and life-changing products of our time. Our employees enjoy the benefits of living and working an hour from the beach, Boston, and the mountains, the historic Amoskeag Millyard once housed the largest textile mills in the world. It is now home to DEKA Research and Development, where we are taking same innovation and cutting-edge technology into the modern age.
We have an immediate opening for an EMC Test Technician to work closely with senior EMC and design engineers in a dynamic Medical Device Research and Development environment. This role will have a direct impact ensuring that IEC 61000-4-xx EMC requirements are met. DEKA’s EMC lab services several active projects beginning with early prototype testing through Formal Verification Testing. Testing is either done in-house or at local test facilities.
How you will make an impact:
- Become familiar with the operation and intended use of the medical devices being tested
- Run in-house EMC testing including immunity (per the IEC 61000-4-xx series) ESD, EFT, Surge, Magnetics, Dips and Radiated/Conducted Emissions
- Complete test records following DEKA’s SOPs for good documentation practices
- Use troubleshooting tools to locate problematic electrical and mechanical areas causing excessive emissions or weak immunity
- Contribute to design failure investigations, root-cause analysis and failure mitigation
- Participate in test planning which will be affected by the stage of the device’s development as well as past test results
- Involvement in EMC test expansion within the EMC Lab
- Help create and perform periodic verification of test procedures for test equipment
- Support testing with contract test laboratories
- Review and analysis of internal and external EMC Test Reports
To be successful in this role, you will need the following skills and experience:
- Minimum 2 years EMC test experience
- Familiarity with the IEC 61000-4-xx series of EMC test standards and their test methods
- Knowledge of IEC 60601-1-2 a plus
- Hands on experience with EMC test equipment such as spectrum analyzers, transient noise generators and ESD simulators
- Broad measurement instrument knowledge
- Basic rework skills including soldering and general mechanical
- Ability to read electrical schematics
- Ability to work as part of an interdisciplinary team
- Self-motivated and able to self-prioritize
- Ability to clearly explain objectives
