I know some of the folks who do the ligthweight version of that (FCC EMI compliance testing, among other things), and it really does seem like an amazing gig:

I know some of the folks who do the ligthweight version of that (FCC EMI compliance testing, among other things), and it really does seem like an amazing gig: - They tell the most amazing stories of things they've seen come through the lab - Their "projects" are basically maintaining and honing their (astonishing) test systems and building out their test capabilities - Clients (we, at least) pay them by the day and often do a lot of the setup (for debug sessions, at least), leaving them to just facilitate - They get to enjoy someone else's tension and release when a pesky prototype just barely passes a scan (with no stakes to them)