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Safety & Radio Compliance Test Engineer

The Fluke Product Compliance team is seeking a Safety/Radio Test Engineer to protect business growth by accessing, testing and obtaining relevant certificates for new and existing products. Fluke is the world leader in professional electronic test tools and software; your work will help keep the world up and running by developing and sustaining rugged, reliable, and safe test and measurement tools used by professionals in critical and fast-growing industries such as solar power and electric vehicle service equipment. 

Reporting to the manager of the Product Compliance Team your responsibilities will be as follows.

Responsibilities:   

• Review and evaluate new product designs, support engineering changes to existing designs, and evaluate legacy equipment against constantly evolving standards.  
• Determine functional, environmental, and/or compliance test requirements and applicability of tests, equipment, and facilities. Define and complete test plans and document results in compliance with ISO 17025.  
• Evaluate progress of tests for validity of test conditions, means of measurement and performance of components or equipment in relation to specifications or requirements of harmonized standards.  
• Review and document test results; take corrective action as needed. Analyze component failures; recommend alternate components or design changes.  
• Author and defend test reports submitted international certification bodies such as CSA and ETL.  
• Specify, select and/or design laboratory test equipment vital to complete equipment assessment; assist in preparation of documents to enable fabrication of new test equipment; write operating/verification procedures for new laboratory equipment and build preventative maintenance procedures and schedules.  
• Review and evaluate new product designs, support engineering changes to existing designs, and evaluate legacy equipment against FCC/IC/EU(RED) set of standards. 
• Work with 3rd party test laboratories to obtain accredited certifications for Radio and EMC. 
• Consult with new product introduction team to determine radio certification plan, timeline and cost. 
• Advise on suitability of selected radio module and ROI for global market access of new products in development. 
• Sustain regional radio certifications as required due to certificate expiration or changing regulations or requirements. 
• Working knowledge of RF and wireless technologies including Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and Zigbee.
• Basic understanding of metrology and how to interpret laboratory equipment specifications and suitability for measurement needs. 
• Basic electronics skills including RLC, op amp, diode, and transistor circuit analysis. 
• Comfortable with understanding, interpreting, and applying generalized test procedures and standards to wide variety of specific product applications. 
• Strong background in MS Office and other software tools including Teams, Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access, SharePoint, Miro etc.) experience in formatting and document manipulation a must. Document automation, template creation, VBA/Python/macro writing experience a benefit. 
• Strong language and communication skills including technical writing, user documentation review and editing along with clear and concise communication through email, MS Teams, phone conversations, and instant messaging. 
• Comfortable training other associates on use of laboratory equipment. 'See one, do one, teach one' mentality. 
• Solid understanding of basic physics and physical concepts a necessity including ac/dc voltage, electrical current, resistance, inductance, capacitance, power, energy, force, acceleration, temperature, pressure, heat transfer, etc. Working knowledge of high frequency RF a plus.  
• Strong background using a wide variety of test equipment including multimeters, calibrators, oscilloscopes, signal generators, power supplies, spectrum analyzers, current clamps, and thermometers with an understanding of their capabilities and limitations. Able to select the proper equipment for each task/measurement with limited assistance.  
• Should be able to disassemble and reassemble sophisticated test and measurement and laboratory equipment without instructions or damaging the equipment to facilitate design review, prep for laboratory testing and failure analysis.  
• Comfortable with work around high voltage, high temperature, high pressure, flammable materials, and other potentially hazardous test environments where appropriate safety precautions must be rigorously followed.  
• Comfortable analyzing schematics and wiring diagrams to understand basic concepts of circuit function, potential sources of failure, and components and subsystems relied upon for protection against hazards.  
• Normal office and laboratory environments. Extra hours may be required for meeting commitments but should be considered atypical. Opportunity to work from home 2 days per week depending on laboratory workload requirements. Travel less than 5%. 

Qualifications:  

• Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering or higher recommended. Other engineering/physical science degrees may be acceptable with suitable laboratory or other relevant electrical/electronics experience per below.  
• Minimum 3 years of experience in product safety, RF compliance or EMC evaluation, electronics design, or relevant laboratory work towards product compliance safety evaluation. Experience with third party certification laboratories such as UL, CSA, TUV, Intertek etc a plus.  
•  Program management skills in driving certification labs, effectively prioritizing certification requirements and achieving deadlines. 

Fortive Corporation Overview

Fortive's essential technology makes the world stronger, safer, and smarter. We accelerate transformation across a broad range of applications including environmental, health and safety compliance, industrial condition monitoring, next-generation product design, and healthcare safety solutions.

We are a global industrial technology innovator with a startup spirit. Our forward-looking companies lead the way in software-powered workflow solutions, data-driven intelligence, AI-powered automation, and other disruptive technologies. We're a force for progress, working alongside our customers and partners to solve challenges on a global scale, from workplace safety in the most demanding conditions to groundbreaking sustainability solutions.

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