Senior Electrical Engineer
Actalent · Irvine, CA · 3 days ago
On-siteEngineering$50–$60/hrContract
About the role
Join a global leader in critical-care and emergency medical technology that is transforming patient care through innovation, reliability, and cutting-edge product development. Their life-saving devices are trusted by healthcare professionals worldwide in hospitals, emergency response environments, and clinical settings. They are looking for a Senior Electrical Engineer who is excited to lead technical initiatives, drive innovation, and help deliver products that directly impact patient outcomes.
What You'll Do
- Design, analyze, and optimize electrical circuits for advanced medical devices and critical-care technologies.
- Evaluate and identify qualified replacements for obsolete or end-of-life electronic components to ensure long-term product sustainability.
- Create, modify, and validate PCB designs supporting both new product development and sustaining engineering initiatives.
- Lead Engineering Change Orders (ECOs) and collaborate closely with Mechanical, Software, Regulatory, Manufacturing, and Quality teams to implement design improvements.
- Participate in prototype development, laboratory testing, pilot builds, product verification and validation, and risk assessments.
- Partner with internal teams, suppliers, and manufacturing partners to support design transfer, fixture development, testing, and production readiness.
- Develop and maintain clear, comprehensive electrical and system-level requirements documentation.
- Proactively identify technical, compliance, and product performance risks and drive effective mitigation strategies.
- Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives that enhance product quality, reliability, and engineering processes.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related technical field.
- 5+ years of electrical engineering experience, including a minimum of 3 years supporting regulated medical device development.
- Strong system-level troubleshooting and diagnostic capabilities.
- Experience working with embedded systems and electronic product development.
- Proven success managing electrical design documentation and ECO processes.
- Solid understanding of design controls, root-cause analysis, change management, and regulated product development environments.
- Hands-on experience with analog and mixed-signal circuit design, including:
- Motor control systems
- Switching regulators
- Operational amplifiers (Op-Amps)
- EMC considerations
- Wireless technologies
Preferred Experience
- Advanced analog circuit design experience involving ADCs, DACs, motor drivers, solenoids, op-amps, and power conversion systems.
- Experience developing products that comply with medical safety, EMC, and wireless certification requirements.
- Ability to troubleshoot complex PCB assemblies down to the component level.
- Familiarity with ISO standards and medical device regulatory frameworks.
- Experience supporting long-term product lifecycle management and sustaining engineering efforts.
- Exceptional communication and collaboration skills in cross-functional environments.
- Self-driven problem solver capable of independently identifying root causes and implementing effective corrective actions.
Why You'll Love This Opportunity
- Work on technology that directly improves and saves lives.
- Collaborate with a talented, close-knit team of engineers and innovators.
- Influence the development of next-generation ventilation and critical-care products.
- Join a growing organization investing heavily in R&D and future technologies.
- Gain visibility across engineering, manufacturing, quality, regulatory, and executive leadership teams.
- Play a key role in shaping processes, technical direction, and engineering best practices during a period of exciting growth.