Staff Design Engineer – Electrical
The successful candidate will join CAIRE’s Research & Development team at the global headquarters in Ball Ground, Georgia. This individual will work on CAIRE’s oxygen therapy medical devices, with a focus on electronic embedded system design, as part of larger cross-disciplinary electro-mechanical design teams. This senior level electrical engineer will integrate into the full product life cycle, from design and development to transfer to manufacturing and sustaining activities.
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. This is not a hybrid or remote opportunity.
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.
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Requirements:
- BS Degree in Engineering – Electrical or Computer.
- Minimum 8 years engineering experience in the design and manufacturing of electro-mechanical products.
- Expertise in the design, commercialization and manufacturing of medical devices.
- High proficiency in schematic design software. Altium experience is preferred.
- Working knowledge of computers, including MS Word, Excel, and Office Suite programs.
- Strong organizational and communication skills.
- Ability to identify and analyze complex challenges and influence team members, management, and suppliers on recommended solutions.
- Ability to work both independently and in team settings.
- Project management skills.
- Some competency evaluating and generating intellectual property.
- Robust understanding of and demonstrated success applying fundamentals within electrical design; analog and digital circuit design, digital communication, controls, energy consumption, PCBA manufacturing and layout, prototyping and troubleshooting, tolerance analysis, statistical methods, DoEs and test development.
- Experience testing and troubleshooting utilizing multimeter and oscilloscope.
- Experience prototyping electrical assemblies and soldering PCB surface-mount components.
- Basic software programming knowledge, such as using languages such as C/C++.
- Experience with electrical design for embedded systems using microcontrollers.
- Experience with serial communication protocols, such as UART, I2C, SPI, USB.
Preferred Requirements:
- MS Degree in Engineering
- Experience with control systems, such as brushless DC motor control and electro-pneumatic systems.
- Experience with power management (AC and battery power) for low voltage devices.
- Experience implementing wireless solutions for Bluetooth, WIFI, and/or Cellular.
- Medical Device background a plus
- Understanding of production metrics and Six Sigma.
- 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.
- Demonstrated success leading engineering projects and subsystem designs.
Essential Functions:
- Perform development and sustaining tasks for electro-mechanical medical devices with the cross functional design team.
- Define engineering requirements from user needs and marketing inputs as an individual contributor and mentor to more junior team members, design and develop innovative solutions to meet requirements.
- Troubleshoot and determine corrective measures for prototype designs and quality defects.
- Develop and perform test protocols to evaluate design changes, product improvements and cost reduction opportunities.
- Design and fabricate prototypes, tooling fixtures, and test benches as required.
- Develop and perform test protocols to evaluate design changes, product improvements and cost reduction opportunities.
- Work with Supply Chain to optimize material supply chain for cost and design for manufacturability.
- Determine product costing and BOM management through centralized document management system.
- Identify and resolve product assembly issues to improve product consistency and eliminate variance in conjunction with production and manufacturing engineering.
- Working within a greater team, ensure that all aspects of new product introduction, and changes to existing products, are properly communicated to production personnel. Prepare and communicate ECO and/or TDD changes to production.
- Interface with various departments in coordinating technical information relating to specific projects or regarding quality issues.
- Sustain existing products, which may include identifying alternates for EOL components, design improvements, cost down efforts.
- Develop control and power management solutions to optimize power consumption, system reliability and performance.
- Develop test and diagnostics test hardware to support bench testing, production testing and field service.
- Perform electrical component selection and create PCB schematics. Perform and/or oversee PCBA layout.
- Observe and practice safety procedures and policies.
- Other duties and responsibilities as assigned by management.
Travel:
Yes, Travel up to 10% per year.
Your Physical Work Environment Will Require:
- Ability to work in an office and lab environment.
- This position will require the ability to move around the engineering lab and production floor to address production issues relating to products and equipment.
- Ability to sit, stand, and/or walk for 8 hrs/day.
- May need to lift up to 40 lbs.
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.
