Engineer: Sr. Electrical Design Engineer

Nanobiosym; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Nanobiosym in Cambridge, Massachusetts, seeks a Senior Electrical Design Engineer to expand its development team. In this hands-on role, you will drive advanced PCB systems design, implementing control systems and maintaining documentation through the hardware development lifecycle.

Ideal candidates will have a Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering and 5-10+ years of experience, including compliance standards knowledge. A passion for innovation and quality in product realization is essential.

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 from prototype through DFM and volume manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Own full hardware development lifecycle from specification to release to manufacturing.
• Lead PCB design and enhancement projects ensuring manufacturability and performance.
• Design systems including MPUs and memory ensuring integration with embedded software.

Skills

Hardware design

Design for manufacturing (DFM)

Embedded hardware development

Altium

C programming

Assembly programming

Education

Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium

Autodesk Eagle

LabVIEW

Job description

Nanobiosym is an innovative, high-tech company that is developing novel technologies at the nexus of physics, nanotechnology, and biomedicine. Founded by MIT/Harvard alum and located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Nanobiosym was awarded the first X-Prize to be given 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. You will be a key player in designing advanced PCB systems, driving embedded hardware development, and delivering high-quality products to market.

This is a hands‑on, technical leadership role for someone passionate about innovation, quality, and building real-world products that make an impact.

Key Responsibilities

• Own 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 including 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 experience preferred but not required).
• Java programming skills (preferred but not required).

Preferred Qualifications

• PhD or MS/ME in EECS or related fields/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.