Electrical Designer

Job title:
Be an integral part of the Emergency Care and Resuscitation (ECR) R&D leadership team, actively participating in cardiac defibrillator product development.
Your role:

• Responsible for providing post-launch support of printed circuit board assemblies (PCBA) and electrical components. The successful candidate will also assume a leadership role in the planning of complex technical projects, as well as providing guidance and mentoring to junior-level engineers and technicians.
• Collaboratively co-create, define, execute, and maintain the EMC System strategy EC Systems.
• Take ownership of the System-level EMC Risk Management file, crafting and maintaining system-level EMC & monitoring compliance evidence.
• Focus on Value Analysis and Value Engineering (VAVE), sustaining engineering, and supplier transfer projects for Philips Healthcare products.
• Responsible for Electrical engineering support for lifecycle/sustaining projects involving electromechanical systems in both production and after-market phases. Activities include but are not limited to Root Cause Analysis, proposal, and development of creative design solutions, as well as the support of verification and validation (V&V) activities required for their implementation.
• Responsibilities will also include the reverse engineering and detailed design of legacy PCBA and electrical components and subsystems.
• Support the production of existing systems by investigating the root cause of issues found in manufacturing and early-life field failures experienced by customers/end users.
• Conceive, develop, and implement creative design solutions to improve manufacturability and prevent the recurrence of defects.
• Create and modify PCBA design packages and electrical component specifications, including but not limited to electrical circuit schematics, PCBA manufacturing specification packages, and wire harness / cable assembly specifications for products currently in production phase.
• Review and approve PCBA design packages for release to contract manufacturers.
• Reverse engineer and create PCBA design specification packages for legacy products in the post-production phase.
• Complete engineering modeling and analysis of electrical systems.
• Employ empirical test methods to verify design performance and then document the results.
• Collaborate across technical disciplines to achieve project and program deliverables. These include, but are not limited to:
  • Electrical, Software, Systems, Experience Design, Design Transfer, Quality, Regulatory personnel.
  • Contract design firms, contract manufacturing firms.
• Drive/execute continuous improvement projects related to design implementation, manufacturing, product quality, and field reliability.
• Drive/execute strategic projects aligned with business goals that meet internal stakeholder objectives as well as electrical engineering design requirements.
• Contributes to technology roadmaps and other strategic-related activities.
• Provides technical leadership to ensure overall product development

You're the right fit if: (4 x bullets max)

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Electronics/Mechanical Engineering or related field. Master’s degree is preferred.
• Total 8+ years’ experience with a Minimum of 3 years of experience in medical devices or other similar industries.
• Demonstrated knowledge of global quality and regulatory environment for medical devices including FDA CFR 21 part 820.30 and IEC 60601-1-1 (CE mark), ISO 13485, and risk management requirements and development dependencies.
• Your knowledge extends to EMC standards, regulatory compliance, and adept handling of challenges with external bodies. You demonstrate proficiency in EMC Risk Management and have hands-on experience in new product introduction and life-cycle development within the industry. Moreover, you have experience working in a global setting.
• Demonstrated proficiency in analog schematics and PCBA layout design.
• Demonstrated proficiency with state-of-the-art electrical CAD software packages; Siemens EDA (formerly Mentor Graphics) is preferred.
• Expertise in digital circuit design is a plus.
• Proficiency in the use of laboratory equipment for testing and debugging. PCBA’s (oscilloscope, function generator, data acquisition tools, digital multimeter, I2C/SPI analyzer, CAN analyzer).
• Experience with design and debugging for compliance with industry EMI/EMC and ESD standards.
• Experience with the design and debugging of ADC, DAC, and signal conditioning circuitry.
• Demonstrated proficiency in PCBA design for quality & reliability methodologies, including derating analysis, DFMEA, Monte Carlo analysis, and HALT/HASS is required.
• Understanding and application of Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and Design for Assembly (DFA) principles as they relate to PCBA design.
• Detailed knowledge of PCBA defect investigation methods and tools.
• Knowledge and application of statistical methods for testing and data analysis.
• Experience with international medical Quality and Regulatory standards (e.g. IEC, FDA, UL, CE, etc.) is preferred.
• Proven ability to communicate in both verbal and written formats with technical and non-technical customers, stakeholders, and various levels of management.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint is required; Microsoft Project experience is a plus.
• Experience in designing and assessing compliance to national/international standards.
• Experience with designing fault-tolerant systems.
• Proven ability to communicate in both verbal and written form to technical and non-technical customers, stakeholders, and various levels of management.
• Possess strategic agility/vision:  Sees ahead clearly; can anticipate future concerns.
• Develops and maintains effective relationships and is capable of quickly earning trust and respect.

How we work together
We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week.
Onsite roles require a full-time presence in the company’s facilities.
Field roles are most effectively done outside of the company’s main facilities, generally at the customers’ or suppliers’ locations.
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