Principal Electrical Engineer,

About the role

Baxter seeks a Principal Electrical Engineer to join our Infusion Technologies business in Round Lake, IL. This role supports hardware design activities within our research and development team, focusing on electrical engineering for product development, including engineering analysis, design, and verification to requirements.

Responsibilities

• Work in a collaborative design team to develop new embedded devices for complex infusion systems.
• Apply electrical engineering principles to circuit design, component selection, product enhancements, and technical specification development.
• Conceive, design, and build prototypes.
• Conduct electrical design and testing activities on components such as PCBA’s, power supplies, wireless modules, and batteries.
• Use standard problem-solving methodologies to determine root cause and effective solutions.
• Document designs and analyses per regulatory processes, including hardware requirements, detailed design, DFMEA, risk analysis, and verification requirements.
• Write test procedures/protocols, conduct design reviews, and develop verification & validation plans and test reports.
• Support the manufacturing team to resolve production yield issues and parts obsolescence.
• Guide other engineers on designs and receive guidance from senior engineers.
• Perform root cause analysis on field returns as needed.

Requirements

• BS Degree in Electrical Engineering or a similar technical degree.
• 5+ years of experience in hardware design, preferably in the medical industry or a similar regulated industry.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate in a team environment.
• Proficiency with analog and digital electrical circuit design, including schematic development and PCB layouts.
• Experience with lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, current probes, spectrum analyzers, and DMMs.
• Experience with analog and digital circuit designs and troubleshooting.

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. Baxter is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.

Pay

This position offers a salary range of $112,000 to $154,000, along with an annual incentive bonus. The actual salary may vary based on relevant skills, experience, role tenure, business line, and geographic location.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health and well-being benefits, including medical and dental coverage starting on day one.
• Insurance coverage for basic life, accident, short-term and long-term disability, and business travel accident.
• Financial and retirement benefits, including an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) with a company stock discount and a 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with company matching.
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs).
• Educational assistance programs.
• Paid time off, including 20 to 35 days based on length of service, paid holidays, family and medical leaves, and paid parental leave.
• Additional benefits such as commuting benefits, an Employee Discount Program, an Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and childcare benefits.

Baxter offers a flexible workplace policy, including a required minimum number of days onsite per week, subject to local laws and business needs.