Sr. Electrical Engineer

Sr. Electrical Engineer

Join CAIRE Inc. as a senior electrical engineer in the Research & Development team at the global headquarters in Georgia. The role focuses on designing the electronic embedded systems for CAIRE’s oxygen therapy medical devices and integrates throughout the product life cycle from concept to manufacturing and post‑launch sustainment. The position is a hands‑on engineering role with time spent in the office, laboratory and manufacturing floor, with limited travel to support suppliers and external labs.

• Perform development and sustaining tasks for electro‑mechanical medical devices as part of a cross‑functional design team.
• Design and develop innovative solutions to meet engineering and marketing requirements.
• Troubleshoot and determine corrective measures for prototype designs and quality defects.
• Develop and perform test protocols to evaluate design changes, product improvements and cost reduction opportunities.
• Design and fabricate prototypes, tooling fixtures, and test benches as required.
• Work with Supply Chain to optimize material supply chain for cost and design for manufacturability.
• Determine product/component costing and BOM management through centralized document management system.
• Identify and resolve product assembly issues to improve product consistency and eliminate variance in conjunction with production and manufacturing engineering.
• Work within a greater team to ensure that all aspects of new product introduction and changes to existing products are effectively communicated to production personnel. Prepare and communicate ECO and/or TDD changes to production.
• Interface with various departments in coordinating technical information relating to specific projects or regarding quality issues.
• Sustain existing products, which may include identifying alternates for EOL components, design improvements, cost down efforts.
• Develop control and power management solutions to optimize power consumption, system reliability and performance.
• Develop test and diagnostics test hardware to support bench testing, production testing and field service.
• Perform electrical component selection and create PCB schematics. Perform and/or oversee PCBA layout.
• Observe and practice safety procedures and policies.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned by management.

• Business or Job‑Specific Knowledge
• Learning Ability
• Analytical Skills
• Results Focus / Output Orientation
• Team Orientation
• Interpersonal Communication
• Problem‑Solving
• Strategic Skills

• BS Degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering or equivalent.
• Minimum 6 years professional engineering experience, preferably in the design and manufacturing of electro‑mechanical products.
• Working knowledge of Electrical CAD software;
  Altium experience preferred.
• Working knowledge of computers, including MS Word, Excel, and Office Suite programs.
• Strong communication and organizational skills.
• Ability to work both independently and in team settings.
• Sound understanding of and demonstrated success applying fundamentals within electrical design: analog and digital circuits, digital communication, controls, energy consumption, PCBAs, prototyping and troubleshooting.
• Experience testing and troubleshooting utilizing multimeter and oscilloscope.
• Experience prototyping electrical assemblies and soldering PCB surface‑mount components.

• Experience with electrical design for embedded systems using microcontrollers.
• Experience with control systems, such as brushless DC motor control and electro‑pneumatic systems.
• Experience with power management (AC and battery power) for low voltage devices.
• Experience implementing wireless solutions for Bluetooth, WIFI, and/or Cellular.
• Experience with serial communication protocols, such as UART, I2C, SPI, USB.
• Basic software programming knowledge, such as using languages such as C/C++.
• Medical Device background a plus.
• Understanding of production metrics and Six Sigma.
• Understanding of Medical Device design control processes and associated ISO standards compliance (60601, 13485, 9001, etc.) preferred.
• Demonstrated success leading small and medium sized engineering projects or subsystem designs.

None required for this position.

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