Sr Principal Electrical Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

This is a hybrid role based in Maple Grove, MN, with an expectation of being onsite three days per week.

Job Summary:

We are seeking
a Senior Principal Electrical Engineer with 12+ years of experience, with a strong preference for expertise in the design and development of Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), along with microcontroller-based embedded systems, ideally within battery-powered medical devices. In this role, you should be able to claim significant responsibility for successful design, debug, and launch of embedded electrical systems/products. Familiarity with Class II or Class III medical products would be very desirable, with knowledge of regulated design and development process. Candidate should have an aptitude for identifying root cause of performance/quality issues based on field data, returned product and test analysis.

Duties and Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Participate in all phases of development across multiple projects; investigate interchangeability, replacement, cost factors, and ease of manufacture.
• Coordinate with project team to create and release Product Requirements, Design Specifications and Design Descriptions for assigned designs following applicable standards and procedures.
• Work with all project team members throughout the development to ensure that products are produced in a safe, efficacious and quality manner while keeping within established time frames.
• Identifies and resolves issues and communicates status to peers and manager.
• Ensures completeness, accuracy, and testability of product requirements.
• Develops test approach and methods, writes and performs test protocols and writes reports.
• Prepares technical reports, Failure Modes Effects Analysis (FMEA), and statistical analysis
• Establishes engineering test capabilities and maintains engineering test equipment.
• Responsible for development and release of engineering design documentation.
• Contributes to intellectual property portfolio, submitting records of invention and patent disclosures.
• Building system architecture for sensor interface and connectivity to wearable and mobile devices using technologies such as near field communication (NFC) and Bluetooth.
• Design, development, and deployments of sensor test systems for both characterizing all levels of sensor functionality and for in-line manufacturing test/calibration of sensors.
• Ability to provide technical leadership to other engineers.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Requirements:

• BS with 12+ years, MS with 10+ years or Ph.D. with 8+ years in Electrical Engineering, or equivalent
• Extensive experience in mixed signal schematic capture, PCB design and fabrication
• Extensive experience in design and test of battery powered ASICs and microcontroller systems.
• Proficient using industry grade schematic, simulation, layout and CAD software tools.
• Proficient in antenna design for implantable and external medical devices.
• Working knowledge of RFID/NFC, Bluetooth, and battery embedded technologies.
• Data analysis with software tools such as Excell, MATLAB, or Minitab.
• Ability to write test scripts or software in languages such as C/C++, MATLAB, or Python
• Ability to design, build, and test manufacturing test fixtures.