Senior Medical Device Electronics Engineer - Onsite, Hands-On

Kforce Inc; Carlsbad (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

HSA

FSA

401(k)

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

Kforce Inc is seeking a Senior Electronic Design Engineer for a client in Carlsbad, CA. This individual contributor role focuses on deep technical contribution across the full product lifecycle, including design, development, integration, and sustaining of Class II medical devices.

Responsibilities include designing electrical subsystems, debugging, verification, and maintaining DHF documentation. Onsite role with EC compliance expertise preferred, compensation includes base and annual bonus

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or similar field.
• 5–8+ years of electrical engineering design and sustaining experience in Class II or III medical devices.
• Experience owning designs from concept through production and sustaining.
• Experience working within regulated design control environments.
• Experience supporting verification, validation, and compliance testing.
• Strong working knowledge of IEC 60601, electrical safety, and EMC/EMI compliance.
• Proficiency with schematic capture and PCB design tools.
• Comfortable working across R&D, NPI, and sustaining phases.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop electrical subsystems for complex medical platforms, ensuring IEC 60601, EMC/EMI, and regulatory design controls.
• Hands-on debugging, testing, and implementation at board and system level.
• Support sustaining engineering activities including product improvements and field support.
• Participate in early-stage R&D, NPI, and design transfer activities.
• Translate requirements into robust electrical designs including manufacturability considerations.
• Develop and execute verification and validation strategies (simulation, prototyping, bench testing, performance testing).
• Author and maintain DHF documentation supporting regulatory submissions and improvements.
• Optimize existing designs for cost, manufacturability, reliability, and performance.
• Perform root cause analysis and implement corrective actions for electrical failures.

Skills

Schematic capture

PCB design

IEC 60601

EMC/EMI

Regulatory design controls

Debugging

Verification & validation

DHF documentation

Altium

OrCAD

DxDesigner

PADS

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or similar

Tools

Altium

OrCAD

DxDesigner

PADS

Job description

Kforce Inc is seeking a Senior Electronic Design Engineer for a client in Carlsbad, CA. This individual contributor role focuses on deep technical contribution across the full product lifecycle, including design, development, integration, and sustaining of Class II medical devices.

Responsibilities include designing electrical subsystems, debugging, verification, and maintaining DHF documentation. Onsite role with EC compliance expertise preferred, compensation includes base and annual bonus