Principal Electrical Engineer

The Opportunity

Our Diagnostics business currently has an opportunity for a Principal Electrical Engineer for our Santa Clara, CA or Irving, TX location.

The Principal Electrical Engineer will be responsible for the development of analog and digital electronic sub-systems in new products and for on market product improvements and issue resolution.

Leads technical teams comprised of internal and external resources. Reports to the R&D Director of Hardware Engineering.

What You’ll Work On

• Develops, designs, and evaluates electronics schematics, layout, assemblies and processes.
• Develops new concepts and associated electrical designs from initial design to product launch.
• Design and troubleshoot electronics interfaces to other sub-systems, including mechanical, fluidic, and optics.
• Design / review circuits and systems for robustness against EMI and ESD.
• Develops high quality documentation for Hardware Design Descriptions, requirements, test plans, and test reports.
• Conducts feasibility studies to verify capability and functionality.
• Executes Verification and Validation tests.
• Stays up to date and understands relevant regulatory standards, such as EN / IEC 60601.
• Responsible for compliance with applicable Corporate and Divisional Policies and procedures.
• Directs support staff and coordinates project activities.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE YOU’LL BRING

Minimum Qualifications

• BS in Electrical Engineering or closely related field with 6-years (10+ desired) of relevant, progressive work experience, advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum of 6 years of hardware design and development experience, including at least 3-years direct experience in developing regulated medical devices under design control.
• Expertise in cost-effective high-reliability electronics design
• Expertise in bringing analog circuit designs from concept to production.
• Expertise in designing signal processing boards with associated embedded controller solutions (ARM processor experience desired).
• Expertise in designing signal processing with FPGA / ARM programming.
• Ability to innovate with a history of successful product releases.
• Experience with simulation tools (e.g. circuit simulation, layout simulation, or mathematical modeling).
• Knowledge of electrical and optoelectronics principles, practices, and procedures.
• Engineering experience in medical device products with optoelectronics and / or IVD.
• Proven track record of bringing designs from concept to volume production, including drawing generation, rapid prototyping, laboratory set-ups of prototypes, and / or verification testing on optoelectronics subsystems.
• Familiarity with systems engineering principles.
• Experience as a technical subject matter expert in resolving on market product issues.
• Experience working with external manufacturers to design, launch and improve vendor subsystems used in production.

Preferred Qualifications

• Listens and understands others’ points of view and articulates tactfully and respectfully one’s own perspective orally, in writing, and in presentations.
• Works well with other engineers in a collaborative, goal-driven environment.
• Mentors less experienced team members
• Expert in analog electronics circuit design, such as low-noise, high-speed detector readout electronics and laser control electronics.

Deep knowledge of photo detector technology.

• Expert in high-speed low noise Analog to Digital Converter designs
• Expert in low noise stable DC-DC converter designs (low and high voltage applications)
• Proficient with embedded systems (e.g. Xilinx, ARM) and the associated hardware and firmware development. Proven experience with hardware programming languages like VHDL or Verilog, in the Xilinx Vivado design suite.
• Proficient with Engineering design, control, and analysis tools, such as Cadence Allegro, OrCAD, PADS, Spice, Team Center, SBM, SAP, ANSYS, MATLAB, COSMOS etc.
• Proficient in technical management of suppliers. Excellent collaboration with internal and external suppliers and customers.
• Proficiency in technical project management developing, documenting, and executing work streams in support of multiple concurrent projects.
• Proficient in communicating complex technical situations in an understandable way across functions and disciplines.
• Strong knowledge of statistical methods, FMEA / FMECA and Design Verification.
• Design and troubleshoot noise sensitive analog amplifier boards and associated digital conversion.
• Understands error budgets at both the electronics and system level.
• Focuses on what’s best for the customer.
• Places a high emphasis on quality and compliance.
• Willing to take on challenges and has a can-do attitude towards overcoming those challenges.
• Self-motivated

The base pay for this position is $95,000.00 $190,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.