Principal Electrical Engineer

MicroTransponder • Minneapolis, MN

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About The Position

The Principal Electrical Engineer’s primary responsibility is to support the electrical development and maintenance of MicroTransponder’s products and systems including the Vivistim Paired VNS Therapy system. This role includes development for new products, continuation activities to maintain existing products, and support for manufacturing processes. The successful candidate will work closely with in-house teams (Quality, Operations, Regulatory, Marketing, Clinical, and Sales), external contract design partners, and clinicians to ensure products are developed, supported, and meet customer needs while adhering to design controls, applicable standards, and regulations.

Requirements

• BS in Electrical engineering from an accredited university.
• 8+ years of experience in medical device development; or equivalent combination of relevant experience and education. Active implantable medical device experience preferred.
• Proficient with development of electrical components and systems
• Experience with electrical test equipment including digital multimeter, power supply, oscilloscope, and spectrum analyzer
• Excellent English language skills (verbal and written)

Responsibilities

• Support product development projects through the full lifecycle, concept to production transfer, as dictated by design controls. This may include deliverables such as: concept generation, schedule generation, identifying resource requirements, developing design requirements, verifying and validating design requirements, and transfer to production.
• Manage and execute continuation activities for internal and contract manufacturer changes and projects. This may include managing a project and/or being an individual contributor as required by the task.
• Support maintenance of existing devices and systems through technical evaluation of field returns, feedback, and complaints.
• Executes as technical lead on projects and/or deliverables not requiring a larger project team. This may include identifying requirements, tasks, schedule, budget and completing these deliverables and documentation with minimal external support.
• Ensure compliance to electrical safety standards IEC60601-1 and IEC 60601-1-2, and to other product specific international standards including ISO 14708-3.
• Develop and perform, or guide development and performance of bench-top testing and verification / validation activities per applicable standards and product requirements. This includes documentation of test protocols and results to meet design control and quality system requirements.
• Participate in Design Assurance activities including risk assessment and FMEA.
• Provide technical support for product manufacturing including development and validation of manufacturing and test processes.
• Support analysis of product and clinical data through direct analysis and development of automated systems to process data.
• Apply engineering knowledge and knowledge of medical device industry to proactively assist company in developing strategic plans for development of new products and enhancements to existing products.
• Generate and leverage existing and new intellectual property for new therapy and/or clinical use.
• Provide technical supervision and mentorship to lower-level electrical engineers and direction to other technical personnel including external contractors as required.

Benefits

• MicroTransponder provides a comprehensive benefits program to employees. It includes medical, dental and vision plans along with an FSA.
• Employees may participate in the company 401(k) plan with company matching.
• The company offers an unlimited Paid Time Off (PTO) program and approximately 15 paid company holidays per year.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal
• Number of Employees: 51-100 employees