Electrical Engineering Co-Op

Electrical Engineering Co-Op

Location:

Pleasanton, CA, US

Remote Work: 1-2 days at home (site based)

Join our diverse teams of passionate people and a career that allows you to develop both personally and professionally. At Getinge we exist to make life-saving technology accessible for more people. To make a true difference for our customers – and to save more lives, we need team players, forward thinkers, and game changers.

Are you looking for an inspiring career? You just found it.

This position is responsible for the research, design and development of electronic medical equipment. This individual serves as electrical engineer coop in a project team. As a member of the project team, the engineer will collaborate closely with engineers and a cross‑functional team to support the full product lifecycle.

This is a position that will begin early spring semester 2026. This is not a summer‑only co‑op/internship

• Provide electrical technical in the research, design, and development of electronic circuits for medical devices. Ensure and maintain compliance to Corporate and Industry standards.
• Performs medical devices electrical system requirement study and functions research, participates in design & development activities, collaboration with contractors defining interface, power consumption and board dimensions.
• Programs bare metal coding for system control, performs design activities using EDA tools like OrCAD for schematics capture and PCB layout, generate circuit schematic diagrams, bills of materials and performance analyses, works with contractors for PCB fabrication and SMT, brings up PCB in the lab with tools like multimeter, oscilloscope.
• Perform system assembly, function testing, data analyzing, and test results documenting.
• Prepare documents including Design Specifications, Verification and Validation protocols/reports, relevant Risk Analysis.
• Support design reviews and contribute to risk assessments and design verification activities.
• Remote and Onsite electrical technical support as needed by the project.
• Candidates with experience/skills in:
  Minimum of 2 full years of education in an engineering curriculum, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or similar.

• Understanding principles of DC regulators, such as LDO, Switching regulators.
• Knowledge of microcontroller hardware design and firmware coding, sensor interfaces such as SPI, I2C.
• Experience with EDA tools (OrCAD, Altium Designer, KiCAD etc.) design for schematic capture, PCB layout and routing.
• Strong lab skills, including experience with oscilloscopes, multi‑meter, and other diagnostic tools.
• Ability to work effectively in a cross‑functional team environment and take direction from project leaders.
• Structured problem solving / root cause analysis.
• Ability to communicate within the discipline and with others who are not as technically trained.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to prioritize tasks in a fast‑paced environment.
• Knowledgeable using Adobe and Microsoft Office products such as Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Pay rate: $21 - $23 / hour

With a firm belief that every person and community should have access to the best possible care, Getinge provides hospitals and life science institutions with products and solutions aiming to improve clinical results and optimize workflows. The offering includes products and solutions for intensive care, cardiovascular procedures, operating rooms, sterile reprocessing and life science. Getinge employs over 12,000 people worldwide and the products are sold in more than 135 countries.

Getinge is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, genetic information, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Reasonable accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.