Lead Electro-Magnetic Compatibility (EMC) Engineer

Lead Electro-Magnetic Compatibility (EMC) Engineer The Opportunity We're recruiting a technical leader for one of the UK's most significant infrastructure programmes. As Lead EMC Engineer, you'll own the electromagnetic compatibility strategy across a multi-billion pound scheme, ensuring that power systems, signalling, communications, and infrastructure coexist safely without mutual interference across hundreds of kilometres of complex systems.
This is far more than standards compliance. You'll be solving some of the hardest systems integration challenges on the project—managing interference between multiple systems where your technical decisions directly impact schedule, cost, and safety. Y
What You'll Be Doing You'll be the recognised technical authority for EMC, driving how the entire programme approaches electromagnetic compatibility and systems safety.
Technical Leadership

• Develop EMC strategies and standards aligned with EN 61000, EN 50121 (railway), and international best practice
• Define EMC requirements, specifications, and design standards that guide contractors across all phases
• Lead technical assessment of designs for EMC compliance and interface risks
• Conduct peer reviews and drive technical governance to maintain engineering standards
• Resolve complex EMC challenges across multiple disciplines where power, signalling, communications, and structural systems interact

Strategic Impact

• Shape whole-life cost through innovative EMC solutions, shielding strategies, cable routing optimisation, and value engineering
• Manage professional services budget and oversee consultant performance on EMC deliverables
• Work across integrated engineering teams to align EMC strategy with power systems, earthing/bonding, signalling, and other disciplines
• Interface with Network Rail, utilities operators, and neighbouring networks on electromagnetic compatibility
• Champion emerging techniques and best practice in EMC design, mitigation, and systems integration (including EMI measurement, suppression devices, filtering strategies)

Systems Integration & Collaboration

• Partner closely with the Lead Earthing & Bonding Engineer to ensure complementary strategies—EMC and earthing/bonding are fundamentally interconnected. EMC requirements drive bonding strategies; poor earthing creates EMC problems.
• Lead interface management between EMC and related disciplines (power, signalling, communications, structures)
• Present technical risk assessments and compliance evidence to senior project leadership and external regulators
• Mentor and develop engineering capability in EMC across the programme
• Influence decisions at senior levels in a matrix environment

Who We're Looking For You're a Chartered Engineer with specialist knowledge of electromagnetic compatibility and extensive experience leading technical disciplines on complex projects. You've spent 15+ years building deep expertise in EMC principles, standards, and systems integration.
Your Technical Background

• Chartered Engineer with specialist knowledge of EMC standards and principles (EN 61000, EN 50121, electromagnetic theory, EMI mitigation, RFI suppression)
• Practical experience with EMC assessment, EMI measurement, emissions testing, immunity testing, and mitigation design
• Knowledge of shielding, screening, cable routing, cable segregation, bonding strategies, filtering, and suppression devices in complex systems
• Understanding of power systems, signal integrity, crosstalk analysis, and how EMC interacts with electrical disciplines
• Familiarity with CDM regulations, Common Safety Method (CSM) frameworks, and EMC modelling (FDTD, electromagnetic simulation)
• Track record of developing EMC specifications, technical standards, and interface management strategies
• 15 or more years' experience building technical mastery

Your Project Experience

• Led discipline teams on major, multi-billion pound infrastructure or transport projects with complex power, signalling, and communications systems
• Worked as Technical Authority or Discipline Lead on complex integrated programmes involving systems integration, EMC assessment, and technical governance
• Successfully managed competing engineering, cost, and schedule demands with focus on whole-life cost and value engineering
• Ideally: Railway experience (Network Rail, HS1, London Underground), aerospace, or defence background where systems integration and EMC complexity is significant

Your Leadership Profile

• Proven ability to inspire and influence teams at senior levels across cross-functional, multi-disciplinary environments
• Comfortable in matrix organisations, setting technical direction without direct authority
• Strategic thinker who balances technical rigour with practical delivery and commercial awareness
• Excellent communicator who translates complex electromagnetic engineering, systems integration, and technical governance to non specialists
• Resilient and agile in rapidly changing, high stakes programme environments with competing priorities
• Growth mindset: mentor talent, drive innovation, and champion technical standards and governance

The role can be worked from Birmingham or London