Principal Modeling & Simulation Engineer - Medical Devices SI/PI

Alcon MX; Lake Forest (CA); On-site; USD 131,000 - 169,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel - up to 10%

Sponsorship - Yes

Job summary

Alcon seeks a Principal I, Computational Modeling & Simulation Engineer in Lake Forest, CA to advance SI/PI and electromagnetic analysis for medical devices. You will work with cross‑functional teams to reduce prototyping, accelerate development, and support regulatory submissions.

Responsibilities include high‑speed SI/PI analyses (DDR4/5, MIPI, USB), developing channel models, sign‑offs, pre/post-layout analyses, and documenting methodologies for quality systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in engineering.
• 5 Years of Relevant Experience.

Responsibilities

• Perform SI and PI analysis for high-speed interfaces (DDR4/DDR5, MIPI, USB).
• Develop simulation models to evaluate channel performance, impedance, crosstalk, timing margins, and EMI.
• Support simulation sign-off and provide design recommendations.
• Conduct pre-layout and post-layout analyses for PCB and package designs.
• Develop and validate electrical simulation models for varying operating conditions.
• Apply electromagnetic, circuit, and system-level simulation techniques to optimize product design.
• Contribute to virtual prototyping to reduce design iterations.
• Perform trade studies and sensitivity analyses to support decisions.
• Collaborate with hardware, firmware, systems, reliability, and manufacturing teams.
• Present simulation findings to stakeholders and maintain documentation.

Skills

Signal Integrity

Power Integrity

EM Analysis

System-level Modeling

Python

MATLAB

PCB design

Schematic capture

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent years of directly related experience

Tools

Ansys HFSS

Ansys SIwave

Altium

Cadence

CST Studio Suite

Job description

Alcon seeks a Principal I, Computational Modeling & Simulation Engineer in Lake Forest, CA to advance SI/PI and electromagnetic analysis for medical devices. You will work with cross‑functional teams to reduce prototyping, accelerate development, and support regulatory submissions.

Responsibilities include high‑speed SI/PI analyses (DDR4/5, MIPI, USB), developing channel models, sign‑offs, pre/post-layout analyses, and documenting methodologies for quality systems.