Engineer: Senior Electrical Design Engineer

Nanobiosym; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Nanobiosym is seeking a Senior Electrical Design Engineer in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The role involves leading the full hardware development lifecycle, driving PCB design and ensuring production quality in regulated environments. Candidates should have a Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, 5-10+ years of relevant experience, and hands-on skills in Altium and embedded systems. The position offers the opportunity to innovate and create impactful products in the biomedicine sector.

Qualifications

• 5-10+ years of hands-on electrical engineering experience in product development environments.
• Strong understanding of compliance standards in regulated industries (e.g., FDA, ISO 13485).
• Proven track record of delivering production-quality PCBs.

Responsibilities

• Own the full hardware development lifecycle including design and prototyping.
• Lead PCB design projects to ensure manufacturability.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams for hardware requirements.

Skills

Electrical engineering experience

Hardware design

Embedded systems

C programming

Altium

DFM expertise

FPGA design

LabVIEW

Education

Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium

Autodesk Eagle

LabVIEW

Job description

Nanobiosym is an innovative, high‑tech company developing novel technologies at the nexus of physics, nanotechnology, and biomedicine. Founded by MIT/Harvard alumni and located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Nanobiosym was awarded the first X‑Prize for healthcare.

Position Overview

We are expanding our development team and seeking an exceptional Senior Electrical Design Engineer with a strong background in hardware design, design for manufacturing (DFM), and full product realization. This hands‑on technical leadership role requires passion for innovation, quality, and building real‑world products that make an impact. The Senior Engineer will design advanced PCB systems, drive embedded hardware development, and deliver high‑quality products to market.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the full hardware development lifecycle: specification, architecture, circuit design, simulation, schematic capture, prototyping, validation, and release to manufacturing.
• Lead PCB design and enhancement projects, ensuring scalability, manufacturability, and performance.
• Translate early‑stage concept layouts into robust, production‑ready circuit designs.
• Review layout and routing concepts to finalize the electrical scope of products.
• Design systems with MPUs, memory, and FPGAs (preferred but not required), ensuring low‑level integration with embedded software.
• Implement control systems in compact, single‑board designs with tight constraints.
• Create and maintain thorough documentation including design requirements, component selection rationale, calculations, and power/thermal budgets.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to define, evaluate, and refine hardware and driver requirements.
• Design and build test fixtures for hardware validation and functional testing.
• Support regulatory and quality processes with a focus on FDA and ISO 13485 compliance.

Minimum Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering.
• 5‑10+ years of hands‑on electrical engineering experience in product development environments.
• Strong understanding of compliance standards in regulated industries (e.g., FDA, ISO 13485).
• Proven track record of delivering production‑quality PCBs from prototype through DFM and volume manufacturing.
• Deep experience with Altium, Autodesk Eagle, or comparable CAD tools (5+ years).
• Strong embedded hardware skills including C and Assembly programming for low‑level systems.
• Experience with Verilog, FPGA, or ASIC design (preferred but not required).
• Familiarity with LabVIEW for test automation and instrumentation (3–5 years; preferred but not required).
• Java programming skills (preferred but not required).

Preferred Qualifications

• PhD or MS/ME in EECS or related fields or experiences.
• LabVIEW development experience in automated testing environments.
• National Instruments Certification (CLD or CLA).
• End‑to‑end experience developing and launching medical devices or similarly regulated products.