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Sr. Electrical Engineer
Lawrence, Massachusetts
PURPOSE AND SCOPE
We are seeking professionals who want to bring their talents to a Medical Device Organization that works directly with the patient, at NxStage you Make A Difference You Can See!
The Sr. Electrical Engineer is a technical member in the FMCNA-NxStage Research and Development group. This position is involved in every aspect of electrical design, testing, and performance for new platforms and improvements and extensions to existing products throughout the product life cycle. The Sr Electrical Engineer is a key technical member to the related projects and may lead system or major sub-system development. Our products are complex electro-mechanical systems requiring excellent collaboration across project teams and with counterparts in other departments.
PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Participate actively in requirement definition, system architecture development, detailed design and analysis, circuit board bring up and verification, system integration and validation.
Responsible for electrical design of systems/sub-systems of major projects and resolve advanced and complex technical problems including feasibility investigation, circuit design/analysis/simulation, and DFM/DFT/Design for reliability.
Lead hardware design reviews and other related technical reviews.
Lead new design debugging and developing reliability improvements to existing & new design.
Responsible for design documentation such as Design Description, Theory of Operations, Test plan.
Collaborate with the project team to resolve advanced and complex technical problems.
Support Risk Management activities including performing Risk Analysis such as FTA and FMEA to ensure design and process shortcomings are identified and appropriately addressed.
Support complex automated and semi-automated assembly and test equipment.
Provide technical support to emerging issues in production, quality, engineering, or supply chain.
Support manufacturing plant Lean and cost reduction projects.
Keeps abreast of state-of-the-art of electronics and related technologies to ensure safety and quality of Fresenius products.
Support process improvement such as the adoption of best practices and design methodologies.
Provide mentoring and assistance to Electrical Engineer III, II and I level staff.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORKING CONDITIONS
The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
SUPERVISION
None
EDUCATION
Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline required; Advanced degree desirable
EXPERIENCE AND REQUIRED SKILLS
Minimum 7+ years’ experience in electrical product development, medical device or highly regulated product development preferred.
Experience in medium-to-complex electronics board design including concept, requirements, schematic design entry, circuit simulation/analysis, PCB layout, board bring-up, troubleshooting and release to manufacturing.
Strong knowledge and experience in one or more areas of analog, power, digital, or embedded circuit design; working knowledge of a variety of sensors and actuators a plus.
Experience and mastery of schematic and PCB design tools such as OrCAD, Allegro.
Experience with printed circuit board manufacturing process in effectively applying DFM and DFT.
Experience using tools to test and troubleshoot electrical circuit boards such as oscilloscope and logic analyzer.
Excellent problem solver skill demonstrated over a wide range of difficult electrical engineering problems.
Demonstrates good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions.
Solid understanding of entire development process, including specification, documentation, and quality assurance
Experience in medical device safety and EMC compliance (IEC 60601, CE, etc.) strongly preferred.
Excellent organizational and verbal/written communication skills.
Highly motivated and energetic. Passion for creating high quality medical device hardware.
Experience in investigational analysis methods such as DFMEA, Design of Experiments a plus.
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