Electrical Engineer

Digital Prospectors - Merrimack, NH

Full-time - Senior

Merrimack, NH

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Electrical Engineer position at our client in Merrimack, NH, is a contract-to-hire role that offers an exciting opportunity to work on medical device design and development projects. The successful candidate will be involved in various levels of engineering assignments, including Senior, Principal, or Technical Lead roles. This position requires a blend of technical expertise, creativity, and initiative, as the Electrical Engineer will engage in significant hands-on design and development projects. The role also involves preparing technical proposals and coordinating with both internal teams and external customers, ensuring that the engineering work aligns with project objectives and customer needs. In this role, the Electrical Engineer will be responsible for carrying out specific technical assignments that contribute to the overall program objectives. This includes creating board designs from scratch based on block diagrams, developing reliability models for various electrical and electronic subassemblies, and ensuring component reliability through thorough evaluation of suppliers' specifications and manufacturing processes. The engineer will also review and implement Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and Design for Test (DFT) objectives, evaluate designs for technical soundness, and lead experiments to determine the operating characteristics of prototypes and products. The position requires the Electrical Engineer to provide technical direction to other engineering personnel, primarily technicians, and to participate in preparing proposals for new projects. The ideal candidate will possess a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience, along with a strong background in electrical and electronic design, including digital, analog, and power supply design. Experience with CAD tools for schematic design and a solid understanding of regulatory compliance and product safety standards are also essential for this role.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for carrying out specific engineering project technical assignments as part of a larger program objective in the design and development of products, test equipment, or processes.
• Create board designs from scratch, working off block diagrams for design, development, production, integration, etc.
• Develop reliability models for electrical, electronic, electromechanical, and electro-optical subassemblies and assemblies.
• Ensure component reliability based on technical evaluation of suppliers' specifications, designs, and manufacturing processes.
• Review and implement Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and Design for Test (DFT) objectives.
• Evaluate and analyze designs to assure technical soundness.
• Lead or conduct experiments and tests to determine operating characteristics of breadboards, prototypes, products, or processes.
• Participate in preparing proposals for new projects.
• Provide technical direction to other engineering personnel, primarily technicians.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering (highly desired) and/or 9+ years of experience in electrical engineering and electronic design.
• Intensive and diversified knowledge of engineering principles and practices in broad areas of assignments and related fields.
• Broad hands-on electrical and electronic background wanted (i.e., digital, analog, and power supply design).
• Experience with CAD, designing schematics using Alt.
• Ability to create board designs from scratch, working off block diagrams, integration, etc.
• Module and board-level experience is needed.
• Ability to write a basic design specification.
• Experience with PC board design, schematics, layout, troubleshooting, and board bring up.
• Medical device, instrumentation, and controls experience is preferred.
• Regulatory compliance, product safety, EMC standards (IEC 61010 and 60601) are preferred.
• Experience with FPGA and VHDL is preferred.
• Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team environment.
• Must be self-motivated with strong computer skills.

Nice-to-haves

• Development experience in hardware systems requirements would be nice but not required.

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life
• Short-Term Disability (STD)
• Long-Term Disability (LTD)
• Paid Time Off (PTO)