Electrical Hardware Engineer

Professional Employment Group of Colorado; Lyndhurst (NJ); On-site; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Professional Employment Group of Colorado is seeking an Electrical Hardware Engineer Level II to design, analyze, and develop complex hardware for medical devices. You will specify components, draft documentation, and lead design reviews while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

The role requires 3–5 years in hardware design, strong knowledge of analog/digital circuits, and experience with Altium and testing tools. EMC/safety regulatory familiarity is a plus.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering; Master's preferred.
• 3-5 years as a direct design contributor.
• 3-5 years in technical writing for requirements and tests.
• EMC and safety regulatory experience.
• Electrical design documentation and reports experience.
• Strong analog/digital circuitry and PCB assembly knowledge.
• Experience with Altium; familiarity with testing tools.
• Knowledge of tolerance, worst-case analysis, reliability, and FMEA is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, document, create, or modify electrical hardware systems for medical devices.
• Select and source hardware components including processors and peripherals.
• Promote industry best-practices and hardware standards among team members.
• Translate requirements into architectural designs and hardware solutions.
• Participate with risk management team in risk documentation.
• Solve complex system challenges across software and hardware subsystems.
• Ensure hardware is high quality, maintainable, reliable, and fault-tolerant.
• Collaborate with test engineers to resolve hardware issues.
• Lead design reviews and estimate effort for hardware tasks.
• Develop schematics – digital, analog, mixed signals.
• Manage schematic entry, board/layout, and parts libraries.
• Develop test plans and bring-up prototypes.
• Analog signal manipulation (scaling, filtering, amplifying, converting).
• Coordinate with PCB manufacturers and assembly houses.
• Evaluate customer prototypes for performance and viability.

Skills

Hardware design

Schematic capture

Team collaboration

Project estimation

Problem solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Altium

Oscilloscope

Digital multimeter

Waveform generator

Programmable power supply

PCB layout

Job description

The Electrical Hardware Engineer Level II is responsible for creating, analyzing, designing, developing, testing, and modifying complex computer systems, including hardware design, architecture, network design, and prototypes, and consulting with clients on system design and functional specifications. The Hardware Engineer conducts system analysis employing techniques and procedures to determine hardware and system functional specifications. This self-driven individual must be able to operate efficiently and cohesively within a multi-person team of engineers, providing technical expertise and guidance to fellow team members and requiring minimal technical oversight.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, test, document, create, or modify electrical hardware systems and/or programs for use in medical devices, based on system design specifications from clients.
• Perform selection and sourcing of hardware components including processors, peripherals, and discrete components.
• Promote the use of industry best-practices regarding emerging technologies, risk mitigations, and general hardware development standards amongst fellow team members.
• Understand technical requirements and stakeholder feedback and translate those inputs into effective architectural designs and hardware solutions.
• Participate with the risk management team in the development of risk documentation.
• Solve complex system challenges involving multiple software and/or hardware subsystems.
• Use sound hardware engineering principles to ensure that developed hardware is of high quality, maintainable, efficient, reliable, understandable, and fault-tolerant.
• Work with test engineers and other developers to resolve hardware problem reports.
• Work with team members to understand, profile, estimate complexity for project work items, and lead design reviews of team members' work.
• Estimate effort and resources required for development (hardware) tasks and actively work towards improving accuracy of personal estimates in comparison to actual work effort performed.
• Develop schematics – digital, analog, and mixed signal designs.
• Manage schematic entry, board and component layout, creating and maintaining parts libraries.
• Develop test plans and board bring up (hands on) for initial prototypes.
• Analog signal manipulation (scaling, filtering, amplifying, converting).
• Work with printed circuit board manufacturers and assembly houses to create PCBs.
• Evaluate customer-provided prototype, benchmarking performance, and manufacturing viability.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree, Master's Degree preferred, in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 3-5 years of experience in a direct design contributor role.
• 3-5 years of technical writing experience for system requirements, design documents, and test reports.
• Experience with identifying and addressing EMC & Safety regulatory issues.
• Experience in generating electrical design documentation and technical reports.
• Strong knowledge of analog/digital circuitry and printed circuit board assembly process.
• Exceptional ability to use hardware schematic/PCB capture software (Altium preferred).
• Exceptional ability to use testing tools such as oscilloscopes, programmable power supply, digital multimeter, and waveform generator to test hardware functionality.
• Strong ability to thrive in an environment with multiple simultaneous design projects, which requires adjustment in setting priorities and meeting deadlines.
• Strong communication skills (written and verbal) and organizational skills.
• Good interpersonal skills necessary to work effectively with customers and multi-cultural teams.
• Knowledge of ISO 13485/14971, 93/42/EEC, 90/385/EEC, EN45502, EN60601-1, EN61000, CISPR 11 is a plus!
• Knowledge of tolerance, worst-case analysis, reliability, and FMEA methodologies is also a plus!