Senior Laboratory Engineer

Cadwell; Kennewick (WA); Presencial; USD 100.000 - 120.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Cadwell is seeking a Senior Laboratory Engineer to drive the continuous maintenance and improvement of released medical devices and to support design engineering with R&D for new products. You will oversee the transfer of new designs to manufacturing and collaborate across teams to ensure robust, manufacturable designs.

Responsibilities include root-cause analysis of field returns, updating components, developing test fixtures, and participating in design-for-X reviews to optimize reliability

Formación

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• 5+ years of relevant engineering experience; 3+ years in electronics design/manufacturing.
• Experience in a regulated environment, preferably medical devices.

Responsabilidades

• Sustains released hardware designs and releases improvements to production.
• Performs root-cause analysis on nonconforming material and field returns.
• Monitors component library and tests/qualifies alternate parts.
• Develops test fixtures and collaborates to improve fixtures and processes.
• Participates in and sometimes drives design-for-X reviews and design transfers.
• Plans, performs, and documents design verification testing.
• Plans and conducts material inspections with suppliers
• Supports translation of design into scalable production
• Collaborates with Cadwell engineers, production staff, and service teams

Conocimientos

Schematic knowledge

Troubleshooting PCB

Electro-mechanical integration

Altium Designer

PCB layout

Mechanical CAD tools

EMC standards knowledge

Electrical safety testing

Educación

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Herramientas

Altium Designer

SolidWorks

AutoCAD

Autodesk Inventor

Descripción del empleo

The Senior Laboratory Engineer performs a diverse number of engineering tasks in support of Cadwell’s industry-leading neuro-diagnostics equipment. They drive the continuous maintenance and improvement of active and released products, support design engineering with research and development activities in the pursuit of new products and oversee aspects of the transfer of new designs to manufacturing.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Sustains Released Hardware Designs: Performs continuous maintenance of Cadwell’s released medical devices; uses electrical and mechanical engineering skills to design improvements to products and release them to production under engineering change order
• Root Cause Analysis: Analyzes nonconformed production floor material and field returns, conducting root-cause analysis to understand failure modes; possible design improvement opportunities; oversees and drives design changes to continuously improve the reliability and performance of Cadwell’s products
• Component Engineering: Performs continuous monitoring of component library, addressing part obsolescence by identifying alternate parts and developing suitable test plans to qualify them; performs verification tests to ensure quality and performance standards and releases component updates as needed
• Test Fixtures and Equipment: Develops equipment necessary to meet test requirements from design engineering; solicits opportunities from and collaborates with Service, Operations, and Supplier Quality Engineering departments to continuously improve test and manufacturing fixtures and processes for robustness and throughput
• Design-for-X Review: Participates in and at times drives design reviews of both new product designs modifications to existing products; Provides feedback to design engineers to facilitate and encourage reliable, manufacturable product design practices
• Design Verification Testing: Plans, performs, and documents verification testing of new and existing products to ensure design quality of Cadwell products
• Material Inspection: Plans, performs, and documents material inspections on materials from Cadwell’s many sub-contractors and vendors; collaborates with supplier quality engineering on identified issues using knowledge of manufacturing processes and workmanship standards
• Design Transfer to Production: Supports and leads portions of the translation of Cadwell’s design, assembly, and test requirements into the manufacturing environment for both new designs and modifications of launched designs; collaborates with design engineering and manufacturing engineering to ensure efficient and scalable production team handoff
• Technical Collaboration: 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:

• Thorough knowledge of schematics, datasheets, and troubleshooting down to the component level within printed circuit assemblies.
• Thorough knowledge of troubleshooting in multi-component electro-mechanical assemblies; problem-solving in larger systems.
• Thorough knowledge of common engineering design best practices.
• Thorough knowledge of engineering change control processes fundamentals.
• Working knowledge using Altium Designer or similar PCB design software including areas of both schematic capture and PCB layout.
• Working knowledge of mechanical CAD tools, such as Solidworks, AutoCAD and Autodesk Inventor.
• Working knowledge of the processes, standards, and equipment used in the manufacture of electronic products; understands basic limitations and best practices for both printed circuit assemblies and bare fabrications.
• Working knowledge of analog and digital electronics design fundamentals.
• Working knowledge of relevant medical device safety standards; able to perform electrical and mechanical safety tests as needed.
• Working knowledge of applicable EMC standards; able to participate in EMC tests with limited training and guidance.

Education / Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent worked experience.
• Typically has greater than five (5) years of relevant professional or technical engineering experience with three (3) years or more experience in the electronics design or manufacturing fields.
• Preferred experience working in a regulated environment, ideally in a medical or similar safety and/or reliability focused industry.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

• Positions working with Cadwell equipment generally may require some reaching, bending, stooping, squatting, crawling, kneeling, pushing, pulling, lifting and carrying up to 50 pounds, finger dexterity, repetitive motions, standing, walking, sitting, hearing, visual acuity, color vision, and 2-way written/verbal communication. More specific details may be provided as needed or requested
• Extensive use of a computer will be required
• Travel may be required; must be able to obtain necessary travel documents
• Work hours outside normal business hours may be required at times to meet business needs

Cadwell Industries, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and as such affirms the right of every person to participate in all aspects of employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic. If you are interested in applying for employment and need special assistance or an accommodation to apply for a posted position, contact our Human Resources department at [e-mail].

Salary Range

$100,000 - $120,000 USD

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