Senior Electrical Engineer

Title: Electrical Engineer III

Location: Irvine, CA

Duration: 12+ Months (Possible extension)

NOTE: Must be able to travel up to 10% during length of assignment (mostly local travel)

Hiring Manager Note:

• Deep hands-on design and debugging experience.

Top Skills:

Demonstrated hands-on experience in:

• Electrical design (multi-layer PCB, system-level design).
• Failure analysis and deep debugging.
• Design remediation and product refinement.
• Strong documentation experience.
• Specifications, FMEA, hazard analysis, validation reports
• Medical device experience (Implantable medical device experience AND testing)
• Familiarity with design controls, regulatory standards, and testing (verification/validation.
• Clear technical communication: Ability to explain past work, decisions, and trade-offs with specificity
• Evidence of ownership: Candidates should describe what they personally designed, analyzed, and delivered, not supporting roles.

Key Responsibilities:

• Identifying gaps in the acquired company’s compliance with Client Work Instructions and SOPs and defining strategy to close these gaps.
• Providing input to project goals and progress and recommending appropriate revisions.
• Communicating progress, risks, and trade-offs of technical deliverables to project leadership, and recommends revisions as needed.
• Completing complex or Client assignments requiring the development of new or improved techniques and procedures.
• Work is expected to result in efficient and effective integration of medical device technologies to the Client portfolio.
• Successfully completing engineering work in electrical design remediation, product design refinement, preparation of specifications, test method validation, and report preparation.
• Assessing the feasibility and soundness of alternative engineering processes, products, or equipment.
• Contributing to design hazard analysis, FMEA, and ensuring compliance with Client’s design control and risk management of standard operating procedures.
• Completing clear and concise engineering documentation to facilitate knowledge transfer during product integration.
• Collaborating with external partners and suppliers to align component specifications, qualification and acceptance activities, testing protocols, and quality standards.

Qualifications:

• BS or above in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 4+ yrs of engineering experience with bachelor's degree, or 2+ yrs with Master’s.
• Strong electrical and/or systems engineering design documentation experience, problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to draw conclusions and make recommendations based on technical inputs from multiple and varied sources.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with IEC 14708 and 45502 Active Implantable standards
• Familiarity with IEC 60601 Electrical Medical Equipment standards
• Experience in Test Fixture Design and Implementation
• Experience in Analog and Digital Design
• Experience using LTspice or equivalent Electrical Simulator Tools
• Experience in Altium for Schematic Capture and PCB Design
• Experience in RF Design and Test
• Experience in Hands-on Electronics Troubleshooting
• Experience in medical device Design Acceptance and Design Verification testing
• Ability to build strong relationships across the organization and with external stakeholders