Power Electronics Engineer - RF

CareerWise Recruitment; Cork; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

CareerWise Recruitment is seeking a Senior/Principal RF Power Electronics Engineer for a Cork-based medical device client. You will work in a multidisciplinary R&D team on new product and process development for electrosurgery devices and high-energy subsystems, in a permanent role.

You will design high-energy electrical subsystems, translate requirements into designs, guide testing and validation, and mentor junior engineers while ensuring compliance and documentation for DHF and regulatory

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline with 6+ years of experience.
• Experience designing high-energy subsystems for medical devices is required.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, refine and evaluate electrical components, assemblies and subsystems for electrosurgery medical devices.
• Lead design and implementation of high-energy subsystems for patient-connected devices.
• Translate user and system needs into electrical requirements and designs.
• Apply rapid prototyping and testing to accelerate development while meeting cost, quality and compliance.
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring on product commercialization and engineering challenges.
• Contribute to voice-of-customer activities and collaboration with stakeholders.
• Lead engineering documentation and DHF content and standards-based development.

Skills

Advanced electrical design

High-frequency power electronics

RF engineering & EMC

Testing and debugging

PCB and cable design

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline

Job description

A Senior / Principal level RF Power Electronics Engineer is required by CareerWise Recruitment to join our based Cork based MN medical device client. Working within a multi-disciplinary R&D team you have responsibility for new product and process development. Permanent role.

About the Role

Working within a multi-disciplinary R&D team you have responsibility for new product and process development for electro surgery medical devices and high-energy electrical subsystems for patient-connected medical devices.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, refine and evaluate electrical components, assemblies and subsystems for electrosurgery medical devices.
• Lead the design and implementation of high-energy electrical subsystems for patient-connected medical devices.
• Translate user, clinical and system-level needs into electrical requirements, specifications and system designs.
• Apply concurrent engineering, rapid prototyping and advanced testing methods to accelerate product development while meeting cost, quality and compliance requirements.
• Provide technical guidance, mentoring and training to team members on product commercialisation, design trade-offs, technology development and complex engineering challenges.
• Contribute to customer-focused design, voice-of-customer activities, competitive strategy and market understanding in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.
• Lead and contribute to engineering documentation, Design History File (DHF) content, R&D procedures and standards-based development activities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline, with at least 6 years of relevant experience.

Required Skills

• Advanced electrical design expertise across complex components and electronic subsystems for medical devices.
• Strong experience in high-frequency power electronics operating from hundreds of kHz to low MHz frequencies, including resonant and quasi-resonant topologies, custom magnetics, high-voltage DC/DC converters and power amplifiers.
• Strong understanding of RF engineering, electromagnetics, electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), measurement systems, sensing and control interfaces, particularly in high dv/dt and high common-mode noise environments.
• Proven ability to guide testing, troubleshooting, PCB and cable design, electrical stack-ups, statistical analysis, and manufacturing and test methods.