EMC Technician

Vision

The ES team will be responsible for assisting the EMC Design Engineering team with product testing and debug, new lab bring up and maintenance, and test equipment verification and calibration testing at the Austin EMC lab. Additionally, they will support teardown, rework, and soldering for consumer electronics products.

Key Benefits

• Expanding EMC test coverage in Austin EMC labs
• Enabling consistent lab maintenance and verification processes at Apple internal labs in Austin

In Scope

• Work closely with Apple engineers to execute test plans per EMC standards
• Prepare test reports and communicate data to Apple engineers
• Review EMC test data, prepare test reports, and debug anomalous results in collaboration with Apple engineers
• Work with Apple facilities teams to plan deployment of new EMC test equipment and chambers
• Perform periodic calibration and verification measurements for EMC test equipment
• Monitor new test equipment delivery and assist in installation
• Perform rework on consumer electronics, including soldering and mechanical teardown and re-assembly
• Track equipment calibration schedules and coordinate with third party partners

Success Criteria/Definition of Done

• Completion of EMC validation for all development builds for supported projects
• Completion of lab bring up and implementation of verification and calibration processes at Apple Austin EMC Labs in RV04 and PL01

Preferred Technical Requirements

• Experience testing and debugging prototype consumer electronics, including software/firmware and EMC issues
• Familiarity with EMC test standards including EN55022, EN55032, IEC61000-3-3, IEC61000-4-2, IEC61000-4-3, IEC61000-4-4, IEC61000-4-5, IEC61000-4-6, IEC61000-4-11, and ETSI 301 489-7
• Experience supervising and performing EMC testing, with a focus on quality assurance and process optimization
• Familiarity with lab equipment and maintenance procedures, including calibration and verification of ESD guns, surge testers, receivers, oscilloscopes, SAs, VNAs, cables, amplifiers, LISNs, and CDNs
• Experience in product testing and validation at contract manufacturers and at ISO 17025 accredited labs is a plus
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English with experience generating technical reports
• Experience reworking electrical components as small as 01005

Expectations by Phase

• Discovery/Assignment Prep
• Test Development and Lab Bring up
• Test Execution and Equipment Verification
• Data Analysis and Equipment Calibration Process Development
• Report Generation and Data Review