Electrical Engineer

GForce Life Sciences; Portage (MI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

GForce Life Sciences seeks a Staff Electrical Engineer to lead the development of electrical subsystems for a next-generation surgical robotic platform. This hands-on role covers PCBA design, system integration, testing, and troubleshooting.

You will collaborate with Software, Systems, Mechanical Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, and Regulatory teams to deliver reliable electrical solutions from concept through commercialization.

Qualifications

• Lead the electrical design and development of a major robotic subsystem and translate needs into electrical requirements.
• Develop complex PCBA designs, including schematic and component selection with rigid, flex, and rigid-flex boards.
• Design and review PCBA layouts, perform board bring-up, characterization, testing, and debugging.
• Integrate electrical hardware with embedded software, mechanical components, and system-level requirements.
• Apply EMC/EMI design principles and design for manufacturability to ensure robust products.
• Guide products from concept through verification, transfer, and commercialization with strong problem-solving.
• Collaborate across Software, Systems, Mechanical, Quality, Manufacturing, and Regulatory teams.
• Communicate effectively to drive tradeoff decisions on performance, safety, reliability, and cost.

Responsibilities

• Lead the electrical design and development of a major robotic subsystem.
• Translate product and system needs into electrical requirements, interfaces, and designs.
• Develop PCBA designs, including schematic design, component selection, and board designs.
• Perform PCB layout reviews, board bring-up, characterization, testing, and debugging using Altium.
• Integrate electrical hardware with embedded software, mechanical components, and the robotic system.
• Lead technical tradeoff decisions involving performance, safety, reliability, manufacturability, cost, and risk.
• Develop verification and EMC test strategies and support testing at external labs.
• Troubleshoot complex electrical and multidisciplinary system issues.
• Support design documentation, risk management, design transfer, and product commercialization.

Skills

Electrical design

PCB design

Altium Designer

System integration

EMC/EMI design

Robotics

Cross-functional collaboration

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium Designer

Job description

We are seeking a Staff Electrical Engineer to lead the development of electrical subsystems for a next-generation surgical robotic platform. This hands-on role includes PCBA design, system integration, testing, and troubleshooting.

You will collaborate with Software, Systems, Mechanical Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, and Regulatory teams to develop reliable electrical solutions from concept through commercialization.

Requirements

• Lead the electrical design and development of a major robotic subsystem.
• Translate product and system needs into electrical requirements, interfaces, and designs.
• Develop complex PCBAs, including schematic design, component selection, and rigid, flex, and rigid-flex board designs.
• Perform PCB layout reviews, board bring-up, characterization, testing, and debugging using Altium.
• Integrate electrical hardware with embedded software, mechanical components, and the broader robotic system.
• Lead technical tradeoff decisions involving performance, safety, reliability, manufacturability, cost, and risk.
• Develop verification and EMC test strategies and support testing at external laboratories or other facilities.
• Troubleshoot complex electrical and multidisciplinary system issues.
• Support design documentation, risk management, design transfer, and product commercialization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related engineering discipline is required.
• Five or more years of professional electrical engineering experience is required.
• Advanced PCBA design experience, including schematic design, component selection, layout review, board bring-up, and debugging.
• Proficiency with Altium and experience with rigid, flex, or rigid-flex board designs.
• Experience integrating electrical hardware with software, mechanical systems, and system-level requirements.
• Knowledge of EMC/EMI design, testing, troubleshooting, and design for manufacturability.
• Experience developing complex electromechanical, robotic, medical, or other technically sophisticated products.
• Experience guiding products from requirements and concept development through verification, transfer, and commercialization.
• Strong communication and complex problem-solving skills.