E3 Engineer - The Panther Group

E3 ENGINEER  
The Panther Group has an immediate need for an Electromagnetic Environmental Effects (E3) Engineer with Electromagnetic Compatibility and Interference (EMC/EMI) hands on test & execution experience in the Grand Prairie, TX area. 

Responsibilities:

• Support test planning coordination between lab and program staffing.
• Support test fixture designs for EMC test events.
• Lead the setup and execution of EMC test events in accordance with the MIL-STD-461/464 test standards.
• Document, compile, and analysis test event data to ensure design meets requirements.
• Provide tight feedback to design team based on test events.
• Develop and shape program requirements based on E3 design guidelines and best practices.
• Work in a multi-disciplined team of electrical, electro-mechanical, and mechanical engineers.

Experience and Skills Required:

• Minimum 5 years of E3/EMI/EMC testing experience.
• Experience with conducting test events for MIL-STD-461 and/or MIL-STD-464.
• Knowledge of electrical safety and military EMC compliance standards, requirements, and test methods.
• Experience performing testing according to RTCA-DO-160 Sections 18-22.
• Experience with vulnerability characterization.
• Work experience in an ISO/IEC 17025 accredited laboratory.
• Able to assist with basic troubleshooting, basic interpretation, and analysis of test results.
• Proficiency in TILE!TM (ETS Lindgren EMC automation software) equipment scripts.
• Preparation of test plans/procedures and reports.
• Experience with typical lab test equipment, such as spectrum analyzers, EMI receivers, network analyzers, signal generators, power meters, RF directional couplers, Oscilloscopes, AC/DC power supplies, and RF amplifiers.
• Knowledge of E3 effects on military vehicles, fire control systems, missile systems, and munitions, including grounding, bonding, and shielding methods, designs to minimize radiated emissions and susceptibility, HIRF, HERO, and lightning effects, electromagnetic field coupling.
• Active Secret Clearance is preferred. Ability to Obtain Secret Clearance. Not needed to start.

Experience and Skills Preferred:

• BSEE with a minimum of 5 years of E3 development experience.
• Familiar with ESD handling and prevention protocols.
• Experience developing EMI/EMC requirements, requirement flow down to subsystems, E3 control plans, design for E3 requirements, and hardware allocation planning.
• E3 design experience with backgrounds in electromagnetic theory, modeling, and practical design support.
• Perform quantitative E3 analysis.