Manager, Electrical Hardware Engineering

Job Summary:

The Electrical Hardware Engineering Manager is responsible for the successfulexecution of hardware developmentfor innovative,leading-edge medical diagnostics technologiesinvolving diverse clients andapplications. This role blends management and technical contribution skill sets into an exciting career opportunity. The ideal candidate will manage a small team of hardware engineers and technicians while providing technical knowledge and engineering design services to a variety of client projects.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage an electrical hardware development team of 5 to 8 people
• Develop and utilize the talents of personnel to accomplish company goals
• Review the job performance of the development team personnel
• Ensure promotion, transfers, terminations, and compensation changes are acted upon where warranted
• Ensure effective communication with other functions and departments to obtain all cooperation and support required for the success of assigned programs
• Provide technical leadership over complex, major design & development projects
• Design, implement, and deliver high-quality, robust embedded electrical designs for the business
• Create, maintain, and review technical documents and reports including performance specifications, electrical designs, schematics and drawings
• Drive electrical requirements with other members of the engineering team as appropriate and proactively work to integrate with system requirements
• Plan, lead, or conduct experiments to evaluate operating characteristics of breadboards, prototypes, or products, and then translate experimental results into design criteria
• Specify the design of cables and cable harness assemblies
• Utilize electronic design tools such as schematic capture and PCB layout to design PCBAs
• Engage with service bureaus and suppliers on PCB layout, fabrication and assembly
• Ensure component reliability based on technical evaluation of suppliers’ specifications and designs
• Utilize electrical engineering best practices including Design-for-Manufacturing (DFM) and Design-for-Test (DFT)
• Work cooperatively across all engineering disciplines, such as software, systems, electrical, and mechanical, as well as non-engineering team members, such as Project Management, Marketing, Sales, and Customer Support, to deliver projects on time and on budget
• Prepare project requests detailing proposed engineering work costs and product timetable
• Be responsible for application engineering support to customers, and assist in troubleshooting customer application problems
• Provide technical presentation support and consultation to marketing
• Represent the company in customer communications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or related discipline (a master’s degree is preferred) with at least 10 years of experience in electrical engineering, electronic design, and development
• Diversified knowledge of engineering theories, concepts, principles, practices, and processes, including in one or more areas of advanced technical expertise
• Creativity and originality sufficient to contribute to new inventions, designs, or techniques that are of material significance in the solution of important problems
• Demonstrated leadership and management skills are essential, 1-3+ years of experience preferred
• Expertise with schematic and PCB designs using mixed digital and analog circuits for electromechanical systems, including stepper and servo motors
• Proficiency with cable designs and programmable logic (FPGA and VDHL) preferred
• Previous experience with design for medical devices preferred
• Familiarity with the design of test equipment and fixtures preferred

Skills and Abilities:

• Must be self-motivated and be able to work in a multi-disciplinary team environment
• Needs to be creative/innovative, think on your feet, & work well under pressure and deadlines
• Strong communication and teamwork skills, including written, verbal, interpersonal, presentation, organizational, and conflict resolution skills

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