Senior Electrical Engineer

Responsibilities

• Formulate and deliver electrical / electronic architecture and hands on development of electrical circuit schematics for complex electromechanical systems and analyze / simulate design to understand key parameters and sensitivities.
• Establish design feasibility by testing circuits and demonstrating statistical capability for critical functions.
• Design and de-bug electrical systems which comply to 60601 EMC and Safety requirements.
• Test and characterize complex PCB functional blocks in support of firmware development.
• Run firmware to enable de-bugging code and circuit. Implement firmware changes in test environment to confirm solutions.
• Drive medical device Design Control compliance by ensuring that all applicable safety, quality and regulatory guidelines and policies are followed to develop safe and effective electrical systems.
• Drive, coach and/or oversee definition of design input (i.e., product requirements) and technical strategies for an adequate verification and validation approach.
• Create formal Verification test protocols, run tests, and write Verification test reports.
• Aid and drive an effective cross-functional collaboration ensuring timely and efficient delivery of target business outcomes.
• Accountable to timely project plan deliverables in cross functional teams utilizing CooperSurgical New Product Introduction (NPI) process.
• Coach team members and collaborators in design control processes and best practices.
• Lead and mentor interns and junior engineers.
• Communicate key technical content to parties within and outside of own function (R&D).
• Drive improvement, refinement and consistent global implementation of electrical engineering best practices.

Qualifications

• Track record and extensive R&D experience relating to electronics in medical device development and fabrication of complex electro-mechanical systems, mechatronic, robotic and/or IT/connected systems.
• Experience with electronics, PCB, and related manufacturing techniques common to medical devices.
• Ability to perform first principles circuit calculations and circuit simulations (e.g. SPICE simulation) to confirm concept feasibility.
• Expertise in analog and digital circuit design and layout using tools like Altium Schematic Capture.
• Strong background in hardware/software integration and hardware debugging using appropriate tools and lab instruments.
• Medical device development experience with thorough understanding of Design Control guidelines as defined by FDA, MDR, ISO, CSI, and other standards.
• Ability to translate User Needs to Design Inputs to creating Verification Test protocols, and perform verification testing, and publish Verification Test report.
• Hands-on craft skills and experience with building circuits, soldering, fixing, servicing and/or fabricating concepts, fixtures, and prototypes.
• Working knowledge of ARM Cortex-M microcontrollers and their common peripherals.
• Experience with the implementation of real-time operating systems (FreeRTOS, Zephyr, others).
• Experience in SPI, I2C, CAN buses.
• Understanding of statistical methods including Design of Experiments.
• Programming and software development experience a plus.
• Experience in project management and related tools.

Experience & Education

Minimum of 4 years of closely related experience in development of complex electrical systems (preferably in the medical device industry). Minimum of Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Robotics, Mechatronics, Computer Engineering or combination of related fields. Advanced degrees strongly preferred.