Senior Staff Electrical Engineer

Job Title: Senior/Staff Electrical Engineer – Medical Devices

Location: San Diego, CA

About the Role

We are seeking a Senior/Staff Electrical Engineer to join a collaborative multidisciplinary engineering team focused on the development of advanced medical device technologies. In this role, you will work closely with electrical engineers, systems engineers, software engineers, manufacturing teams, and quality/regulatory professionals to design and develop next-generation medical electronic systems.

This is an opportunity to contribute throughout the complete product development lifecycle, from concept and architecture through verification, validation, regulatory support, and manufacturing transfer.

Key Responsibilities

• Conceptualize, design, and develop analog and digital electronic systems, PCBAs, and FPGA-based solutions.
• Design and develop high-performance hardware architectures for medical electronic products.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including hardware, software, systems, manufacturing, quality, and regulatory engineering.
• Define design requirements, evaluate tradeoffs, and support product architecture decisions.
• Select, qualify, and integrate components, subsystems, equipment, and development tools.
• Perform schematic design, board-level development, testing, debugging, and troubleshooting activities.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Lead and support formal verification and validation testing activities.
• Participate in design reviews, risk assessments, and technical reviews.
• Support design transfer to manufacturing and production scale-up activities.
• Ensure products comply with quality, safety, and regulatory requirements.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or a related engineering field.
• 5+ years of experience designing and developing analog and digital electronics.
• Strong experience with FPGA design and FPGA development methodologies.
• Strong background in HDL development, including VHDL and/or Verilog.
• Experience with schematic capture, board-level design, and PCB development.
• Experience debugging electronic systems using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, emulators, and related lab equipment.
• Experience performing verification and validation testing.
• Knowledge of EMC, ESD, signal integrity, and electrical performance testing.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience developing electronics for regulated medical devices.
• Understanding of IEC 60601 and related medical device electronics standards.
• Familiarity with embedded software or embedded firmware development.
• Experience supporting design transfer and manufacturing scale-up activities.
• Knowledge of product lifecycle management and design control processes.
• Experience working with quality systems and regulatory requirements.

Preferred Skills

• Product Development Lifecycle Management
• FPGA Design and Development
• Verification Testing
• Validation Testing
• Requirements Analysis
• Technical Documentation
• Hardware Engineering
• Product Design
• Regulatory Compliance
• Continuous Improvement
• Root Cause Analysis
• Stakeholder Management
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Research & Analysis
• Signal Integrity
• EMC/ESD Testing