Senior Electrical Engineer (Embedded Systems)

Siemens Healthineers AG; United States; Hybrid; USD 137,000 - 228,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Paid parking/public transportation

Paid time off

Paid sick time

Job summary

Siemens Healthineers AG is seeking a Staff-level Electrical Engineer to lead electrical architecture for next-generation, multi-board embedded systems in medical diagnostics. This role emphasizes technical authority, system-level ownership, and collaboration with external partners to align with regulatory needs.

The position focuses on high-impact, non-managerial contributions across architecture definition, interfaces, and manufacturing test strategies, with on-site work and potential hybrid

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 8+ years delivering embedded hardware in complex products.
• Demonstrated system-level ownership: architecture, partitioning, interface definition, and integration across multiple boards.
• Strong design fundamentals across mixed-signal embedded systems (analog + digital + power).
• Experience collaborating with external design partners and/or suppliers; able to drive technical accountability without direct authority.
• Working knowledge of DFX practices: DFM/DFA/DFT, testability, and manufacturing robustness.
• Ability to communicate clearly across disciplines (systems, firmware, mechanical, assay/chemistry, manufacturing, quality).

Responsibilities

• Define electrical architecture for complex multi-board embedded systems and power domains.
• Serve as internal technical approver for electrical design decisions and reviews.
• Mentor and direct other electrical and systems engineers.
• Partner with external development firms to ensure design quality and regulatory alignment.
• Represent engineering with PCBA manufacturers on design-for-assembly/test topics and testing strategies.
• Support evaluation of manufacturing test approaches and diagnostics.
• Drive design decisions spanning mixed-domain subsystems across analog, motion control, sensors, and real-time orchestration.

Skills

Electrical architecture

System integration

Power integrity

EMI/EMC risk controls

External partner collaboration

Regulatory knowledge

DFX practices

Cross-disciplinary communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Yocto Linux

i.MX SoMs

FPGA/MCU partitioning

Cortex-A SoCs

JTAG/fixture testing

Job description

Join us in pioneering breakthroughs in healthcare. For everyone. Everywhere. Sustainably.

Our inspiring and caring environment forms a global community that celebrates diversity and individuality. We encourage you to step beyond your comfort zone, offering resources and flexibility to foster your professional and personal growth, all while valuing your unique contributions.

Defines, architecturally leads, reviews, and supports the development and lifecycle of complex embedded electrical systems—including multi-board hardware, mixed-signal subsystems, and manufacturing test strategies for next-generation medical devices.

The Opportunity

We are developing our next-generation flagship diagnostic analyzers — complex, multi-board embedded systems that directly impact care for patients globally. We’re looking for a Staff-level Electrical Engineer to serve as a technical authority and systems-minded electrical SME across embedded hardware development.

This is a high-impact individual contributor role (no formal people management) with strong influence over system architecture, technical decision-making, and the success of internal + external development execution. You will collaborate closely with a small internal engineering team and partner with external development firms, contract manufacturers, and cross-functional stakeholders.

What You’ll Do (Core Responsibilities)

Embedded electrical architecture & technical leadership

• Lead and/or co-lead definition of the electrical architecture for complex multi-board embedded systems (power domains, partitioning, isolation strategy, interfaces, grounding, mixed-signal considerations).
• Serve as the internal technical approver for electrical design decisions and reviews (schematics, layout constraints, interface definitions, power integrity, SI/EMI risk controls).
• Provide hands-on mentorship and technical direction to other electrical and systems engineers.

Partner & supplier technical oversight

• Work in close partnership with an external development partner (shared ownership model) to challenge assumptions, drive design quality, and ensure alignment to product and regulatory needs.
• Represent engineering with PCBA manufacturers on design-for-assembly/test topics, yield issues, test strategy, and manufacturing escalations.
• Support technical evaluation of manufacturing test approaches (functional test, boundary scan/JTAG where applicable, fixture strategy, test coverage and diagnostics).

System integration & mixed criticality

• Drive design decisions spanning mixed-domain and mixed-criticality subsystems: high-precision analog measurement, motion control, fluidics control (pumps/valves), sensors, and real-time orchestration.
• Collaborate with firmware/software teams on embedded platform integration: Linux (Yocto) on Cortex-A class SoCs/SoMs (i.MX family likely), plus MCU and FPGA (Intel/Altera Cyclone-class) involvement.
• Define robust internal interfaces (SPI/I²C/UART/Ethernet/USB/CSI/LVDS/MIPI, etc.) and reliability/diagnostic strategies suitable for a regulated medical environment.

Sustaining support (occasional)

• Provide escalation support for on-market products when issues exceed the capability of the typical sustainment/offshore team (manufacturing failures, field complaints, supplier issues, design changes/obsolescence).

What We’re Looking For (Minimum Qualifications)

• Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• Significant experience (typically 8+ years) delivering embedded hardware in complex products.
• Demonstrated system-level ownership: electrical architecture, subsystem partitioning, interface definition, and integration across multiple boards.
• Strong design fundamentals across mixed-signal embedded systems (analog + digital + power).
• Experience collaborating with external design partners and/or suppliers; comfortable driving technical accountability without direct authority.
• Working knowledge of DFX practices: DFM/DFA/DFT, testability, and manufacturing robustness.
• Ability to communicate clearly across disciplines (systems, firmware, mechanical, assay/chemistry, manufacturing, quality).

Preferred / Nice-to-Have Qualifications

• Experience in regulated industries (medical devices strongly preferred, but not required).
• Familiarity with design controls and documentation expectations in regulated environments.
• Experience with relevant compliance constraints (helpful): IEC 60601, IEC 61326 / EMC, safety/EMI risk mitigation.

Practical experience with:

• Embedded Linux platforms (Yocto-based workflows a plus)
• SoC/SoM integration (NXP i.MX or similar)
• FPGA + MCU partitioning and interface strategies
• Precision analog (ADC front ends, low-noise design, calibration concepts)
• Motion control and/or fluidics control subsystems
• Experience supporting manufacturing test strategy (functional test architecture, fixtures, diagnostics, coverage).
• Experience navigating component obsolescence, second-sourcing strategy, and design changes.

How You Work (Success Traits)

• Systems mindset: You naturally think about how electrical design affects software, mechanical, usability, manufacturing, reliability, service, and regulatory outcomes.
• High technical judgment: You can make tradeoffs explicit and help teams converge on the right architecture quickly.
• Constructive challenger: You can review partner designs rigorously and collaborate effectively — firm on quality, respectful in execution.
• Practical builder: You balance best practices with schedule/cost realities, especially for manufacturability and verification.

Why This Role

• Work on a next-gen flagship analyzer with direct patient impact.
• High technical ownership and influence with a small internal team.
• Complex embedded architecture spanning analog precision + motors + fluidics + FPGA/MCU/Linux.
• Opportunity to shape robust, manufacturable designs while partnering with leading external engineering teams.

Work Model

This is primarily an on-site, lab-facing role, with flexibility for hybrid work when the workload supports it.

Who we are: We are a team of more than 72,000 highly dedicated Healthineers in more than 70 countries. As a leader in medical technology, we constantly push the boundaries to create better outcomes and experiences for patients, no matter where they live or what health issues they are facing. Our portfolio is crucial for clinical decision-making and treatment pathways.

How we work: When you join Siemens Healthineers, you become one in a global team of scientists, clinicians, developers, researchers, professionals, and skilled specialists, who believe in each individual’s potential to contribute with diverse ideas. We are from different backgrounds, cultures, religions, political and/or sexual orientations, and work together, to fight the world’s most threatening diseases and enable access to care, united by one purpose: to pioneer breakthroughs in healthcare. For everyone. Everywhere. Sustainably.

To find out more about Siemens Healthineers businesses, please visit our company page here.

The base pay range for this position is:

$165,490 - $227,546

Factors which may affect starting pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience, and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

If this is a commission eligible position the commission eligibility will be in accordance with the terms of the Company’s plan. Commissions are based on individual performance and/or company performance.

The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:

• medical insurance
• dental insurance
• vision insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan
• life insurance
• long-term and short-term disability insurance
• paid parking/public transportation
• paid time off
• paid sick and safe time

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