Job Description
Job Summary:
Driven by our purpose to enable healthier lives everywhere, every day, we are seeking a talented and experienced Electrical Engineer to join a growing R&D department in our Surgical Division to contribute to new product development of both Capital and Disposable products. Our team is customer focused, working to enhance the user's experience through improving our system's performance, compliance and reliability through state of art hardware design and selection, robust testing, and analysis. In this role you will have the opportunity of working cross functionally with groups such as Quality, Regulatory, and Manufacturing as part of the development cycle.
The Lead Electrical Engineer, NPD, delivers value by driving the design and selection of HW that meets the needs of both the customer and the business. This role will be responsible for prototyping, analyzing, and documenting design concepts throughout the NPD cycle. As such, this role requires robust familiarity with design and troubleshooting tools. This role will also support senior level EEs in the design and development of PCBs for control of various subsystems within our capital portfolio. As such, this role will be a champion for state-of-art design practices, including robust design reviews.
The Lead Electrical Engineer has wide-ranging experience, uses professional concepts and company objectives to resolve complex issues in creative and effective ways. Determines methods and procedures on new assignments and coordinate activities of other personnel as a Team Lead.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Functions as a technical lead for the electrical engineering discipline and can effectively coordinate and contribute to simultaneous programs or projects of varying sizes.
Participates in product and cross functional product and project teams.
Represents Electrical Engineering and department culture through example, leadership and excellent communication skills.
Owns architectural specifications of electrical and electronic systems and subsystems for medical device development.
Performs and guides lower-level engineers in electrical design, design reviews, and design for manufacturability.
Specifies, evaluates, and selects electronic and electro-mechanical components to meet product specifications.
Leads design responsibilities such as design, analysis or trouble shooting of printed circuit assemblies, cable and harnessing design, power conversion circuits, analog conversion, filtering circuits, power distribution, and developing CAD schematics for electrical assembly or PCB design.
Develops, builds, and maintains electrical test fixtures, test control apparatus and equipment to support the development process.
Develops methods of verification of electrical components, PCBs, and subsystems.
Drives a culture of continuous learning and improvement. Champions opportunities to introduce new technologies, systems, methods, and controls and deliver design, quality, cost or time-to-market improvements.
Works with contract manufacturers and vendors/suppliers to ensure device design and parts meet functionality and medical device quality and regulatory standards.
Establishes collaborative relationships with all stakeholders within the division and create links with experts within the Hologic network and outside.
Stays current with emerging technologies and processes to support ongoing innovation.
Trains and mentors lower-level engineers to further develop and impact the organization.
Compensation: $150,000 to $170,000. Exact compensation may vary based on several factors, including skills, experience, and education.
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Skills and Requirements
Qualifications and Experience:
Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical Engineering
8+ Years of work experience in new product development and/or the medical device industry with Bachelor's Degree
6+ Years of work experience in new product development and/or the medical device industry with Master's Degree
Skills:
Advanced schematic-level design experience, preferably experience using the Altium toolset.
Expert experience in use of common electrical test and development equipment such as oscilloscopes, LCR meters, logic analyzers, and power supplies.
In-depth knowledge of electronic design, medical device design, analog/digital circuit design, PCB design, PCB and PCBA manufacturing processes.
Experience with FPGAs and/or CPLDs.
Sensor integration?
Knowledge of radiofrequency energy generation and control preferred.
Experience with analog and digital circuits, including microcontrollers.
Foundational understanding of design for IEC 60601-1, 60601-1-2, and 60601-2-2.
Ability to trouble shoot and root cause failure modes associated with PCBs.
Experience in the medical device industry.
Preferred clinical and technical knowledge within the field of gynecological surgery, or an applicable surgical space or technology.
Demonstrated ability to think strategically about products and effectively guide decisions related to product risks and opportunities.
Knowledge and experience across engineering disciplines. Familiarity of embedded systems with ability to collaborate between hardware and software working groups.
Ability to analyze a situation or data; evaluate relevant identifiable factors and translate information into a meaningful proposal or action plan.
Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal skills. Adapts communication style to suit different audiences. Creates precise, accurate technical documentation. Able to facilitate brainstorming, Root Cause, Root Cause Failure Analysis Methodologies, and other group discussions.
Travel:
Ability to travel as necessary up to 10%.
