Senior Electrical Engineer

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Supporting both new product development and life cycle engineering this role is responsible for the design, implementation, and testing of electronic circuits for Neonatal Care devices including circuit modifications and component obsolescence mitigation.

• Accountable for all electrical/electronic assemblies including components, troubleshooting and circuit modifications.
• Implement the sub-system level architecture in the form of circuit designs which are responsive to the sub-system level requirements including product cost targets. Responsible for major component selection, schematic capture, circuit simulations, and PCB layout.
• Participate and lead detailed design reviews of the hardware design in accordance with SOP's
• Work with the verification team to verify the design by providing technical support for formal testing activities including creating detailed engineering assessments and overseeing and troubleshooting EMC / EMI testing.
• Provide support for verification protocols, perform or direct the performance of verification tests and review and approve the content of verification reports. Support the documentation activities needed to meet internal and external requirements, specifications and standards. Test within corporate, approval agency, and notified body guidelines.
• Develop product test specifications to assure proper functional testing of the sub-systems. Support the design transfer activities for volume production to ensure accurate manufacturing databases are release in the appropriate MRP systems.
• Provide technical support to other functions including Purchasing, Manufacturing and Quality Assurance. Communicate directly with and provide support to suppliers including occasional visits to supplier's facilities.
• Provide critical assessment and peer design review for engineers and developers working in a team environment.
• Performs other duties as needed and assigned.

Education:

BS Electrical Engineering required; MS Electrical Engineering preferred

Related Experience:

5 - 8 years previous experience with analog and digital designs, knowledgeable in power conversion technologies, experience with schematic capture and PCB development tools, experience with Hardware Description Language, VHDL.

Special Competencies or Certifications:

• Design expertise using modern printed circuit board development platforms including Altium, Mentor or Cadence design flows.
• Programmable logic development using a hardware description language (Verilog) targeting FPGAs.
• Skills required to modify and use an IDE (integrated development environment) to tailor C programs for low level test / characterization of embedded system is a plus.
• Expert skills in PCB layout including signal integrity simulations, EMI / EMC mitigation techniques, and design for manufacturing concepts.

Draeger has several sites located across North America as well as field-based sales and service positions. Our North America headquarters is located in Telford, PA just north of Philadelphia. We also have US sites in Andover, MA, and Houston, TX. Our Canada site is located in Mississauga, Ontario.

Our US headquarters located north of Philadelphia in Telford, Pennsylvania is our US manufacturing site for our Neonatal product line supplying many global customers as well as production support for Draeger's Safety products. This location also serves as the key site for essential US functions which includes Medical Sales and Service Management, Medical Marketing, Legal, Compliance, Regulatory, Quality and Finance.

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From hospitals to fire departments to industrial customers, people around the world rely on our products: cutting-edge technology that combines real engineering with the digital future. With over 130 years of experience, passion and the bold ideas of more than 16,000 employees, we are committed to turning technology into technology for life.