Laboratory Engineer

Cadwell; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in neuro-diagnostics is seeking a Laboratory Engineer to support product development and reliability. The role involves analyzing design opportunities, conducting testing, and collaborating with engineers to enhance product quality. Ideal candidates will have a Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering and troubleshooting skills.

Qualifications

• Typically has at least one year of relevant professional or technical engineering experience.
• Preferred experience in a regulated environment, ideally in medical or reliability-focused industry.

Responsibilities

• Analyzes field returns and conducts root-cause analysis for design improvements.
• Participates in design reviews and provides feedback for manufacturable product design.
• Performs verification testing of new and existing product designs.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Problem-solving

Engineering design best practices

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium Designer

Solidworks

AutoCAD

Autodesk Inventor

Job description

Position Summary: The Laboratory Engineer performs a diverse number of engineering tasks in support of Cadwell’s industry-leading neuro-diagnostics equipment. They help maintain and improve active and released products, support design engineering with research and development activities in the pursuit of new products, and assist in the transfer of new designs to manufacturing.

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Analyzes field returns and conducts root-cause analysis to understand possible design opportunities. Recommends potential design change to ensure the continued reliability and safety of products.
• Addresses part obsolescence by identifying alternate replacements and helping develop a suitable test methodology. Performs engineering verification tests to ensure that components meet quality and performance standards. Releases component updates as needed under appropriate engineering change processes.
• Supports manufacturing fixture repair and enhancement as needed by Service and Operations departments.
• Participates in design reviews for new product designs as well as enhancements to existing products. Provides feedback to design engineers to promote reliable, manufacturable product design practices.
• Performs and documents verification testing of new and existing product designs to ensure design quality of Cadwell products.
• Performs, and documents first article inspections on initial production runs of materials from Cadwell’s many sub-contractors and vendors. Provides feedback to the vendor on technical aspects of needed improvements.
• Assist in the assembly and deployment of necessary tools, fixtures, and equipment to production environments, in support of both new product introduction and sustaining activities. Performs necessary training on provided materials where needed.
• Supports external vendors as needed during design transfer of newly developed and legacy products; answers questions to clarify design requirements and ensure design intent is met.
• Collaborates as needed with other Cadwell engineers, production staff, and service personnel to share engineering insight into troubleshooting, analysis, and engineering best practices.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Working knowledge of schematics, datasheets, and troubleshooting down to the component level within printed circuit assemblies.
• Working knowledge of troubleshooting in multi-component electro-mechanical assemblies; familiar with problem-solving in larger systems.
• Working knowledge of common engineering design best practices.
• Working knowledge of engineering change control process fundamentals.
• Preferred working knowledge of using Altium Designer or similar PCB design software including areas of schematic capture or PCB layout.
• Preferred working knowledge of mechanical CAD tools, such as Solidworks, AutoCAD and Autodesk Inventor.
• Preferred working knowledge of analog or digital circuit design and troubleshooting.

Education / Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent worked experience.
• Typically has at least one (1) year of relevant professional or technical engineering experience.
• Preferred experience working in a regulated environment, ideally in a medical or similar safety and/or reliability-focused industry.

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