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Job description
Work Flexibility: Onsite
On Site Location: 1941 Stryker Way, Portage, MI
Shift: Monday – Friday, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM (flexible)
Summary:
As an EMC technician, you are responsible for performing EMC testing on new and existing medical devices. The provides technical support to engineers and scientists on a variety of technical tasks. Additionally, the Technician develops and recommends procedures and methods and prepares technical reports and documentation and performs technical evaluations of events to determine root cause; recommends corrective action.
What You Will Do:
- Perform EMC and RF testing on medical devices by reviewing and executing standard procedures and system test plans.
- Review product specifications, datasheets, test set-up instructions, test plans, and pre-evaluation documents to understand the objectives of assignments prior to starting to test.
- Setup test equipment and perform tests such as radiated emissions, conducted emissions, and susceptibility testing such as radiated immunity, ESD, and mains-based tests (e.g., electrically fast transients, surge, etc.).
- Set up and operate computer-controlled or manually operated lab test equipment such as antennas, spectrum analyzers, signal generators, RF amplifiers, oscilloscopes, etc.
- Perform sample handling and tracking for test purposes, record test results, numerical and graphical data and document in compliance with quality system and operating procedures.
- Collaborate with Product Development teams; coordinate with Product Safety engineers on sample receiving, logging, pre-conditioning, traceability, preparation, testing, etc.
- Support communicating test and time expectations with Product Safety staff and product teams (i.e., turn-around time, test progress, project status, etc.).
- Support routine operation, maintenance, calibration, qualification, and troubleshooting of laboratory equipment and instruments.
- Assist in development, writing, review, and validation of test methods, laboratory SOPs, and other department-level operating and quality documents.
What You Need:
Required:
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Working knowledge of typical EMC and electrical measurement equipment
Preferred:
- Associate’s degree in electrical engineering
- 2+ years of hands-on experience with EMC and/or RF testing
- Knowledge of basic electrical circuits and basic EMC testing concepts
- Medical devices testing experience; working knowledge of IEC 60601 family of standards is desired
- Familiarity with accepted industry standards for product safety testing