Staff/Principal Electrical Engineer

The job overview for this position is to join the Engineering team at Detect, a rapidly growing health-tech company, to design and develop the physical components and hardware for their innovative diagnostic products. As part of a small and experienced team, you will have the opportunity to work at the intersection of medical diagnostics and home products, with the goal of making self-testing simple and accessible. Your core responsibilities will include owning hardware electrical systems architecture, creating original designs for medical devices, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to rapidly prototype and test electrical systems. This role offers the chance to have a significant impact on expanding access to high-accuracy diagnostic testing hardware.

• Own hardware electrical systems architecture
• Create original designs to support novel In-Vitro Diagnostics medical device
• Work within multidisciplinary engineering teams to rapidly design, prototype, and test electrical systems
• Develop, execute, and document tests to ensure optimal system performance
• Create supporting technical documentation, including hardware design plans, design requirements, functional specifications, qualification test plans and reports, and documentation needed to support third-party certification
• Continually capture and communicate progress with the team
• Lead DFM and DVT analyses for electrical/electronic hardware designs
• Design for higher-volume, lower-cost manufacturing

• Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD degree in Electrical Engineering or related field, with 5+ years of professional experience
• Relevant electrical engineering experience designing highly robust, electronic systems that interface with biological, mechanical, and optical systems from the ground up
• Expert in electrical systems architecture, schematic capture and PCB layout
• Hands-on lab experience with electronic circuits and test equipment to support test, integration, and troubleshooting
• Experience with component and circuit simulations to support development and analysis
• Experience leading or contributing to DFM and DVT analyses
• Understanding of electronic component quality requirements, reliability prediction, failure analysis, and validation
• Experience with rapid prototyping tools and methods
• Working experience with Altium, or other Schematic and PCB layout tools
• Working experience with BOM management, collaboration, and product lifecycle management tools, such as Altium or Propel
• Working experience with version control systems (Git)
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal. Ability to work with individuals and/or teams at all levels and disciplines
• Experience with rapid prototype fabrication techniques for high-fidelity prototypes, either hands-on or through outside vendors
• Experience maintaining product BOMs
• Exposure to NPI builds at a contract manufacturer (EVT through MP)
• Comfortable managing vendor relationships to drive rapid timelines & high-quality deliverables
• Familiarity with any of the following fields: Microfluidic design, Molecular biology, Optics & Optoelectronics, Ultrasonics, Electromagnetics, Microcontrollers

• Fully covered medical insurance plan, and dental & vision coverage
• Competitive salaried compensation
• Equity
• Pre-tax commuter benefits
• Free onsite meals + kitchen stocked with snacks
• 401k plan
• Beautiful office near the ocean-front in historic Guilford, Connecticut
• Visa assistance for qualified candidates
• Opportunity to build a revolutionary healthcare product and save millions of lives