Design Engineer I – Firmware
It is a new day at CAIRE. Under new leadership, we are pioneering the future of respiratory care with our culture of innovation, collaboration, and dedication.
We are seeking a firmware design engineer to join our new product development team designing, qualifying, and launching oxygen therapy medical devices. The ideal candidate is analytical, detail oriented and a team player.
**THIS IS AN ONSITE ROLL LOCATED IN BALL GROUND, GA - 30 miles north of Atlanta. This is NOT A REMOTE OR HYBRID POSITION**
About the Company:
CAIRE is a global medical device company providing leading oxygen related products to healthcare markets. We support customers in over 100 countries and have operating facilities in the US, Germany, Italy, Japan, and China.
In 2018 CAIRE joined Niterra (formerly NGK/NTK), a global industrial spark plug company with a growing healthcare and environmental portfolio of products. CAIRE is a wholly owned subsidiary of Niterra but operates predominately as an independent company with headquarters just north of Atlanta in Ball Ground, GA. Read more CAIRE news at www.caireinc.com.
Customer focused
Accountable
Integrity
Relentless
Entrepreneurial
About the position:
You will be a part of an NPD (New Product Development) team working together to define, design, develop, qualify, and launch new oxygen therapy products. In this position you will be responsible for individual project tasks, embedded systems, or subsystems of oxygen therapy medical device products.
This position is a hands-on engineering position with time spent in the office, laboratory, and manufacturing floor for product launch support. Some travel may be required to visit/support key suppliers or certified external laboratories. This position will be based out of the Canton/Ball Ground location of CAIRE, which is approximately 30 minutes north of the greater Atlanta, GA area.
Essential Functions:
- Perform development and sustaining tasks for electro-mechanical medical devices with the cross functional design team.
- Design and develop innovative solutions to meet engineering and marketing requirements.
- Troubleshoot and determine corrective measures for prototype designs and quality defects.
- Write firmware/software design documentation and test protocols. Perform verification testing and write test reports.
- Utilize programmable hardware and microcontrollers interfacing analog and digital sensors, user interface display and controls, motor control, and electro-pneumatic systems control with pressure feedback.
- Firmware development activities including design, prototyping, testing, and troubleshooting to meet system design specs.
- Develop control and power management firmware to optimize power consumption, system reliability and performance.
- Develop test and diagnostics software to support bench testing, production testing, and field service
- Review and evaluation of product design through informal and formal design reviews and design verification test plans and reports.
- Sustain existing firmware and software solutions, implement bug fixes and feature enhancements.
- Evaluation and documentation of product non-conformances, root-cause analysis, and implement design improvements.
- Observe and practice safety procedures and policies.
- Other duties and responsibilities as assigned by management.
Travel:
Yes, Travel up to 10% per year.
Requirements:
- BS Degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent.
- Firmware or software programming experience, languages may include C/C++.
- Ability to debug firmware running on PCBA hardware, using oscilloscope and other lab equipment.
- Working knowledge of computers, including MS Word, Excel, and Office Suite programs.
- Good communication and organizational skills.
- Ability to work both independently and in team settings.
- Sound understanding of fundamentals within software design, electrical design, circuits, embedded systems, digital communication, controls, energy consumption.
Preferred Requirements:
- Previous work or internship experience
- Experience with programmable devices such as ARM, PIC, SoC microcontrollers.
- Experience with serial communication protocols, such as RS-232, I2C, SPI, USB.
- Experience with integrated Mixed Signal (analog & digital) systems and sensor integration.
- Experience with control systems, such as brushless DC motor control and electro-pneumatic systems.
- Experience implementing wireless solutions for Bluetooth, WIFI, and/or Cellular.
- Power management optimization and smart battery experience.
- Medical Device background a plus
- Understanding of Medical Device design control processes and associated ISO standards compliance (60601, 13485, etc.) preferred.
- Awareness and understanding of Company quality standards, capital equipment, procurement, FMEA, APQP, ISO 9001 knowledge and experience preferred.
Your Physical Work Environment Will Require:
- Frequent standing, sitting, walking, bending, stooping, twisting and occasional crawling.
- Occasional lifting (up to 50 lbs.), occasional heavier lifting.
- Occasional pushing, pulling, and handling of materials.
CAIRE is committed to providing equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or membership in any other class protected by federal, state, or local law.
