Principal Electrical Engineer

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Job Title

Principal Electrical Engineer

Summary

This organization designs and manufactures medical devices that separate blood components (e.g., apheresis devices) for therapeutic treatments, the pharmaceutical industry, blood transfusions, and other diagnostic equipment to support the healthcare blood management industry. This is a key and critical role in the research and development team. The candidate should have extensive experience in technical engineering leadership for the overall concept, design, integration, reliability, and testing of existing and next‑generation product enhancements. The candidate should have a diverse set of skills beyond Electrical Design Architect Engineering discipline, and be a Technical Leader who has demonstrated success in building technical foundational tools, infrastructure, and processes in these engineering disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain medical device platforms that separate blood components (e.g., apheresis devices) for therapeutic treatments, blood transfusions, the pharmaceutical industry, and diagnostic equipment to support the healthcare blood management industry.
• Lead cross‑functional technical team discussions following design control processes from product requirements, designs, verification, and product release while meeting demanding requirements of size, weight, power, cost, environmental, and other use model conditions.
• Lead technical discussions with key component suppliers in areas such as analog / digital converters, power supplies, optical sensors, electromechanical devices, microprocessors, motor controllers, redundant safety circuits, touchscreen user interfaces, fluid controls, and other technologies.
• Demonstrated technical success in translating customer / user requirements into reliable low‑cost product designs.
• Build design tools and engineering capacities for modeling analog / digital circuits using various simulation tools and development environments.
• Design and build electric prototypes to prove design feasibility, functionality, and performance.
• Document all phases of the design including requirements, specifications, plans, reviews, test procedures, test reports, and design for manufacturing (e.g., drawings, schematics, experiments, changes, test results, data, PCB layout, etc.).
• Lead existing product failure investigations : determine root cause of product issues found in manufacturing and the field. Troubleshoot systems, PCBs, cables, and firmware. Develop tools and test equipment to analyze and resolve issues.
• Demonstrate success in technical mentorship with peers and colleagues in reliability and electrical design.

Technical Mentor – Reliability Engineering

Qualifications

Proficient in standard office computer tools : Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, Project, and PowerPoint.

Pay And Benefits

The pay range for this position is $130,000.00 – $180,000.00 per year.

Company Benefits

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Boston, MA.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Oct 28, 2025.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Actalent is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

Accommodation

If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing due to a disability, please email actalentaccommodation@actalentservices.com for other accommodation options.

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