Electrical Development Principal Engineer I

Zimmer Surgical, Inc.•Broadview Heights, OH

10d•Onsite

About The Position

Zimmer Biomet is seeking an Electrical Development Principal Engineer I to develop electrical and hardware products for medical technology. The role includes developing medical electrical devices, particularly orthopedic implants and/or instruments, and advancing product designs from user needs and concept ideation through commercialization. The engineer works with multidisciplinary teams to build and inspect prototypes, evaluate designs, and support design transfer to production. The position also involves creating hardware specifications, developing test methods and predictive models, validating test methods, and authoring and managing design control and risk management documentation. The engineer provides technical support for launched products, keeps current on product performance and relevant standards, and identifies and incorporates new technologies into product designs. The role includes leading teams with subject-matter expertise and training and mentoring less experienced colleagues. The role requires five days per week on-site and 5% domestic travel.

Requirements

At least 5 years of experience in the job offered or a related position.
At least 5 years of experience executing electrical/hardware product design and development with a multidisciplinary project team, from user need identification and concept ideation through commercialization.
At least 5 years of experience developing medical electrical devices, particularly orthopedic implants and/or instruments.
At least 5 years of experience with medical device regulatory requirements and technical product standards recognized by industry or regulatory bodies.
At least 5 years of experience utilizing hardware and software testing.
At least 5 years of experience executing board bring-ups using advanced debugging and troubleshooting techniques.
At least 3 years of experience with electrical/hardware manufacturing processes, including component selection, printed circuit board manufacturing, printed circuit board assembly, and end-of-line strategy, and with material science for new product development.
At least 3 years of experience designing and testing printed circuit board assemblies for embedded and electrical systems using an enterprise-level EDA package such as Siemens EDA (Mentor Graphics) or Altium.
At least 3 years of experience designing hardware interfaces.
At least 2 years of experience with board-level EMC design, supporting product-level EMC testing, and resolving EMC issues through certification.
At least 2 years of experience with FPGA/CPLD design using VHDL or Verilog.

Responsibilities

Understand relevant medical electrical standards and regulations.
Prepare and review information for invention disclosures and patents.
Work with cross-functional team members to produce and inspect prototypes for preliminary evaluations, design verification and validation, and process validation.
Create hardware specifications that define design intent and how the design achieves it, considering manufacturability, in-circuit testability, and inspectability.
Identify critical product features for quality control inspection plans.
Evaluate, verify, and validate product designs against design requirements.
Support Quality, Sourcing, and Manufacturing teams during design transfer to production.
Develop new test methods and/or predictive modeling as required, and complete test method validations.
Author, review, present, and manage approval of design control and risk management documentation.
Identify and communicate project risks, determine appropriate contingency plans, and obtain supervisor approval to implement them.
Stay current on product performance by reviewing registry data and journal articles.
Train and mentor less experienced colleagues on product design and development.
Provide technical support for launched products.
Identify and develop new technologies and incorporate them into product designs, leading teams with subject-matter expertise.