Santa Clara, CA

Position Overview

The Principal R&D Electrical Engineer will lead technical development of innovative electronic systems to treat peripheral and heart valve diseases, will participate on multiple cross-functional development teams that manage projects from concept through commercialization, and will perform and support a variety of development and engineering activities with primary focus on analog high-voltage circuit design and development.

Essential Job Functions

•  Architect and design electronic pulse discharge systems for medical devices.
• Develop proof of concept designs and bench models to test these
  concepts in a simulated environment.
• Develop new and novel products based on user defined needs.
• Translate user needs into design inputs/product specifications.
• Create technical specifications from specific user requirements.
• Develop, validate, and maintain system test methods and plans.
• Lead other engineers to develop system and circuit board test fixtures.
• Direct and perform schematic capture, PCB layout, and manage prototype builds.
• Perform functional verification of systems to medical device standards.
• Work with marketing and New Product Development teams to develop new design concepts.
• Participate in system-level technical design reviews to ensure all design
  inputs and user needs are addressed.
• Initiate and conduct system design reviews with cross-functional teams.
• Troubleshoot complex electronic systems to the component level.
• Provide support in the company medical device auditing process.
• Enhance the intellectual property position of the company via invention
  disclosures and patent applications.
• Take a leading role in the management of assigned projects.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering with 10+ years’ design and development
  experience, or a Master’s Degree with 8+ years.
• Experience in architecting and bringing new products to market.
• Extensive experience with schematic capture, and PCB layout of high-voltage analog circuits.
• Experience with analog circuit modeling tools.
• Experience in the development of medical devices.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills with all levels of management and
  organizations.
• Experience in all product design phases from concept to commercialization.
• Familiarity with C language programming and embedded systems design.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment while managing multiple priorities.