Senior Electrical Engineer

Senior Electrical Engineer (24 month contract // Lafayette, CO):

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Required Skills:

• Schematic design and review
• Analog and digital electronics
• PCBA end-of-life (EOL) management
• Component engineering and obsolescence management

Education Required: Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 6-10 years of electrical engineering experience or a Master’s degree with a minimum of 2 years of electrical engineering experience

Description:

As a Senior Electrical Engineer, you will serve as a technical leader and expert in designing, developing, and integrating complex electrical systems for client's Surgical Innovations products. This role provides a unique opportunity to work on challenging projects, mentor team members, and contribute directly to life‑changing technologies.

You will work cross‑functionally with teams in mechanical engineering, software development, quality assurance, new product development, and manufacturing to drive projects from concept through commercialization, with a focus on technology development. Your work will help Medtronic achieve its mission of alleviating pain, restoring health, and extending life for millions of patients worldwide.

Candidate will be expected to work on site 4 days per week with 1 day of flex remote

Duties:

• Contribute to the maintenance and testing of mixed‑signal electrical systems and circuits for medical devices, ensuring compliance with applicable regulatory standards (e.g., IEC 60601).
• Develop detailed specifications, schematics, and PCB layouts, collaborating closely with cross‑functional teams to meet design and performance requirements.
• Ensure reliability, develop technical specifications for test hardware conformance to specifications; may include modifying existing products.
• Contributes to technical project planning, establish timelines, define deliverables, and proactively identify and mitigate potential risks.
• Develop detailed specifications for replacement of obsolete components; may include development of test specifications, regulatory assessment, and standards testing (e.g., IEC 60601)
• Monitor, investigate, and validate customer complaint trends to determine if product needs additional modifications or redesign while maintaining product requirements
• Experience with all phases of mixed‑signal board design including architecture, circuit design, schematic capture, component selection, PCB layout, and design verification
• Strong electrical signals and systems fundamentals including frequency domain representations and circuit analysis
• Experience with OrCAD schematic capture and PCB layout tools
• Hands‑on experience using lab test equipment (e.g. multimeters, oscilloscopes, logic, and network analyzers) for system integration, debugging and testing Experience designing, testing, and implementing medium‑voltage systems
• Experience in designing and testing medical equipment within a regulated industry and familiarity with 60601-1 safety standard
• Ability to work in an agile development environment
• Interest in the challenges of addressing customer complaints

Preferred Experience:

Mixed‑Signal Electrical System Design & Analysis

• Strong fundamentals in signal integrity, frequency‑domain analysis, and circuit theory
• Ability to design, test, and integrate medium‑voltage and safety‑critical systems for medical devices

Medical Device Regulatory Compliance & Safety Standards (IEC 60601)

• Hands‑on experience designing and testing regulated medical equipment
• Strong working knowledge of IEC 60601‑1 safety standard, regulatory assessments, and standards‑based verification testing
• Experience handling component obsolescence, regulatory impact assessments, and compliance testing

Hardware Verification, Debugging & Reliability Engineering

• Extensive use of lab test equipment (oscilloscopes, logic/network analyzers, DMMs) for system integration, debugging, and validation
• Ability to develop test specifications, validate conformance, and ensure long‑term reliability
• Experience analyzing customer complaints, identifying root causes, and driving design improvements without compromising requirements