Electrical Engineer

Description

Senior Electrical Engineer
Redwood City, CA
Report to the Sr. Director of Electrical & Software Engineering

Role Summary

This position will lead the electrical engineering activities including product development, launch, and post launch support.

Responsibilities include:

• Optimize or create new features, products, and work processes.
• Develop design and verification methodologies to improve development process efficiencies.
• Generate high quality development documentation.
• Perform hands on tests for root cause analysis, design characterization, validation and verification of hardware and software features.
• Utilize analytical and test skills to investigate issues and identify patterns and sources of defects.
• Utilize electrical design tools such as OrCAD, PADS, and Circuit Simulations.
• Utilize lab equipment such as oscilloscope, logic analyzer, waveform generators, for example.

Deliverables

• Contribute to and identify the Company's strategy, communicate effectively and build internal and external trust.
• Acquire and apply knowledge of customer needs to ensure that products meet requirements in cost effective ways.
• Generate and support protection of intellectual property with understanding of competitive environment.
• Communicate proposals and implications in a manner that is accessible to broad groups of reviewers and enables others to understand and contribute to solutions.
• Align activities of multi-disciplinary and cross-company teams.
• Develop high quality design strategies and implementation plans that span multiple product lifecycles from concept through launch.
• Pursue fundamental scientific, medical, market, economic, financial analyses.
• Develop effective team resource plans, structures and processes (incl. quality mgt.)
• Execute plans consistent with program schedules.
• Create and/or review product design specifications.
• Evaluate and document product prototype test results.
• Design and execute experiments, analyze results, and propose product improvements.
• Develop strategic partnerships (with external development partners and internal manufacturing team) to facilitate design transfer.
• Complete work area activities and deliver results to partners consistent with project timelines.
• Regular and timely communication of plans, issues and critical decisions to the project team and functional area managers.
• Create technical reports and communicate results in a manner that is accessible to key partners.

Role Requirements

• Must have experience with electronic design, prototyping, and/or SW development.
• Proficiency with electrical design tools such as OrCAD, PADS and Circuit Simulations.
• Knowledge of embedded firmware implementation, development, and test.
• Experience with lab equipment such as oscilloscope, logic analyzer, waveform generators, etc.
• Experience in building and testing of software controlled electro-mechanical assemblies.
• Must thrive on working on multiple projects at a time, coordinating with several people.
• Experience with design and document control for FDA regulated products preferred.
• At least ten years of product development experience.
• At least five years of experience developing high production volume electronic products.
• BS or MS in Electrical Engineering or related field.

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