Senior Electrical Engineer

Responsibilities

• Formulate and deliver electrical / electronic architecture and hands on development of electrical circuit schematics for complex electromechanical systems and analyze / simulate design to understand key parameters and sensitivities.
• Establish design feasibility by testing circuits and demonstrating statistical capability for critical functions.
• Design and de-bug electrical systems which comply to 60601 EMC and Safety requirements.
• Test and characterize complex PCB functional blocks in support of firmware development.
• Run firmware to enable de-bugging code and circuit.
• Implement firmware changes in test environment to confirm solutions.
• Drive medical device Design Control compliance by ensuring that all applicable safety, quality and regulatory guidelines and policies are followed to develop safe and effective electrical systems.
• Create formal Verification test protocols, run tests, and write Verification test reports.
• Aid and drive an effective cross-functional collaboration ensuring timely and efficient delivery of target business outcomes.
• Accountable to timely project plan deliverables in cross functional teams utilizing CooperSurgical New Product Introduction (NPI) process.
• Coach team members and collaborators in design control processes and best practices.
• Lead and mentor interns and junior engineers.
• Manage and mentor interns.
• Communicate key technical content to parties within and outside of own function (R&D).
• May have responsibility for communicating with parties external to the organization and managing external development partners to meet project deliverables on time.
• Drive improvement, refinement and consistent global implementation of electrical engineering best practices.

Qualifications

• Track record and extensive R&D experience relating to electronics in medical device development and fabrication of complex electro-mechanical systems, mechatronic, robotic and/or IT/connected systems.
• Track record and deep understanding of development approaches and strategies for effective execution and delivery of complex medical device programs.
• Experience with electronics, PCB, and related manufacturing techniques common to medical devices.
• An outcome focused mindset including process discipline and drive for timely project completion.
• Excellent interpersonal and effective communication skills with internal and external stakeholders ranging from project engineers and consultants to key opinion leaders and executives.
• Requires deep knowledge of technical electrical and electronics area typically obtained through advanced technical education combined with experience.
• Ability to perform first principles circuit calculations and circuit simulations (e.g. SPICE simulation) to confirm concept feasibility.
• Expertise in analog and digital circuit design and layout using tools like Altium Schematic Capture.
• Strong background in hardware/software integration and hardware debugging using appropriate tools and lab instruments.
• Thorough understanding of Design Control guidelines as defined by FDA, MDR, ISO, CSI, and other standards.
• Ability to translate User Needs to Design Inputs to creating Verification Test protocols, and perform verification testing, and publish Verification Test report.
• Hands-on craft skills and experience with building circuits, soldering, fixing, servicing and/or fabricating concepts, fixtures, and prototypes.
• Working knowledge of ARM Cortex-M microcontrollers and their common peripherals.
• Experience with the implementation of real-time operating systems (FreeRTOS, Zephyr, others).
• Experience in SPI, I2C, CAN buses.
• Understanding of statistical methods including Design of Experiments Programming and software development experience a plus.
• Experience in project management and related tools.
• Proficiency with analysis and problem solving.

Education

• Minimum of Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Robotics, Mechatronics, Computer Engineering or combination of related fields.
• Advanced degrees strongly preferred.

Company Information

CooperSurgical is a leading fertility and women’s healthcare company dedicated to putting time on the side of women, babies, and families at the healthcare moments that matter most in life. As a division of CooperCompanies, we're driven by a unified purpose to enable patients to experience life's beautiful moments. Guided by our shared values – dedicated, innovative, friendly, partners, and do the right thing – our offerings support patients throughout their lifetimes, from contraception to fertility and birth solutions, to women’s and family care, and beyond. We currently offer over 600 clinically relevant medical devices to healthcare providers, including testing and treatment options, as well as an innovative suite of assisted reproductive technology and genomic testing solutions. Learn more at www.coopersurgical.com.