Staff Electrical Design Engineer

Supply Chain Resources Group, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Staff Electrical Design Engineer role with SCRG's medical-device client focuses on board-level designs for Class III products, spanning analog, digital, and high-voltage electronics. You will drive verification, bring-up, and cross-functional collaboration to meet performance, cost, and regulatory targets.

You will mentor junior engineers and support manufacturing, NPI, and field activities, while coordinating with Systems, Mechanical, Firmware, and Manufacturing teams to ensure robust,

Qualifications

• MSEE or BSEE with 10+ years of analog electronics design experience.
• Experience with mixed-signal and high-voltage design for products with microprocessors, FPGAs, analog, and high-voltage electronics.
• Power electronics design and PCB/FPC design for up to 2,000V.
• Experience with Altium or PADS and PCB/FPC design standards.
• Board bring-up and embedded debugging, including the ability to modify and compile C code for microcontrollers.
• Understanding of product lifecycle, manufacturing follow-up, DFM/DFT, and interaction with PCB fabricators.
• Familiarity with medical device standards and QMS for Class III devices.
• Strong written and verbal communication.

Responsibilities

• Deliver board-level designs, including analysis, schematics, and PCB layout, for Class III products with sensitive analog front-end circuits, sensors, power, and high voltage.
• Lead electrical design work-streams within multidisciplinary projects, ensuring scope, schedule, and deliverables are met.
• Develop and characterize designs through bench testing, system integration, and supporting test fixtures.
• Support EMC/EMI testing and compliance activities, including preparation, execution, and troubleshooting, to IEC 60601.
• Qualify critical alternate components and support supplier qualification.
• Perform failure analysis and document investigations to support Manufacturing and Quality.
• Support manufacturing and NPI programs, and manage critical vendors.
• Provide cross-functional collaboration with Systems, Mechanical, Firmware, and Manufacturing Engineering.
• Provide peer review of designs and mentor junior engineers.

Skills

Electrical design

Mixed-Signal & HV design

Bring-Up & Debug

Power electronics

Communication skills

Education

MSEE or BSEE

Tools

Altium

PADS

Job description

As a Staff Electrical Design Engineer, you will be part of SCRG's engineering team supporting one of our clients, a medical device company developing Class III products. You will lead the design, development, verification, and validation of complex medical device electronics, from concept through manufacturing transfer. Board-level design is at the heart of this role: it combines deep technical expertise in analog, digital, and high-voltage board design with strong leadership in cross-functional project execution.

You will drive hardware bring-up, system integration, and verification activities; manage critical vendors; and collaborate closely with the client's Systems, Mechanical, Firmware, and Manufacturing teams to ensure designs meet performance, cost, and regulatory requirements. The role also involves mentoring junior engineers, contributing to design reviews, and supporting commercial-stage manufacturing and field activities, with SCRG providing technical oversight and support throughout the engagement.

This is a hybrid role based in San Francisco, with a planned move to Redwood City, CA within the year. The team is in the office every other week, Tuesday through Thursday.

Key Responsibilities:

• Board-Level Design: Deliver board-level designs, including analysis, schematics, and PCB layout, for Class III products with sensitive analog front-end circuits, sensors, power, and high voltage.
• Technical Leadership: Lead electrical design work-streams within multidisciplinary projects, ensuring scope, schedule, and deliverables are met, and drive technical decisions that balance performance, cost, manufacturability, and regulatory requirements.
• Development & Verification: Develop and characterize designs through bench testing, system integration, and supporting test fixtures; dry-run engineering tests; and conduct and guide design verification test protocols.
• EMC/EMI & Compliance: Support EMC/EMI testing and compliance activities, including preparation, execution, and troubleshooting, to ensure designs meet applicable IEC standards such as IEC 60601.
• Component Qualification & Sustaining Engineering: Qualify critical alternate components, develop designs with components selected for cost reduction or obsolescence, and support the qualification of alternate suppliers.
• Failure Analysis & Documentation: Perform failure analysis, including field failures, and document investigations, design descriptions, and engineering analysis to support Manufacturing, Quality, and manufacturing scale-up.
• Manufacturing & Commercial Support: Support commercial-stage activities, including manufacturing support and New Product Introduction (NPI) programs, and manage critical vendors.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Provide technical support to Systems, Mechanical, Firmware, and Manufacturing Engineering, and align design activities with project milestones and product requirements.
• Peer Review & Mentorship: Provide peer review of designs and documentation, and mentor junior engineers as the team grows.

Required Qualifications

• Education & Experience: MSEE or BSEE with 10+ years of analog electronics design experience.
• Mixed-Signal & High-Voltage Design: Electrical design, test, and sustaining experience for products with microprocessors, FPGAs, analog, and high-voltage electronics.
• Power Electronics: Power electronics design experience, and familiarity with component and PCB/FPC design practice for up to 2,000V.
• ECAD & Layout: Experience with Altium, PADS, or other ECAD tools, and with PCB, FPC, and rigid-flex design and layout standards.
• Bring-Up & Embedded Debug: Experience with board bring-up, debug, and integration of embedded systems, including the ability to modify and compile C code for microcontrollers to support hardware testing.
• Product Lifecycle & Manufacturing: Good understanding of product lifecycle management from concept through production, including manufacturing follow-up, DFM, and DFT, and experience working directly with PCB fabricators and assembly contract manufacturers.
• Medical Standards: Familiarity with medical device standards, verification to those standards, and QMS requirements for Class III medical devices.
• Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of digital signal processing concepts for electrophysiology and other sensor data.
• Familiarity with electrical safety standards and high-voltage isolation.
• Familiarity with low-power circuit design and with circuit and system simulation techniques.
• Project leadership experience, including coordinating multiple disciplines from concept through manufacturing transfer.