Principal Electrical Engineer

Overview

Nonin is a privately owned company focused on improving people’s lives by creating noninvasive medical devices. The culture emphasizes courage, ownership, and agility to challenge assumptions, act with accountability, and move with speed. The organization aims to learn, grow, and impact all aspects of the business while providing opportunities to contribute meaningfully in a smaller company environment.

• Financial Security: 401(k) Employer Match, Annual Incentive and/or Profit-sharing Plans
• Health and Wellness: Medical, Dental & Vision, and voluntary benefit offerings
• Flexibility: Paid Time Off + Personal Days, Paid Parental Leave

• Lead technical direction and system architecture for complex development programs by defining and evaluating system-level designs, trade-offs, and engineering approaches
• Provide technical direction and mentorship to electrical engineers while fostering a culture of continuous improvement
• Lead design reviews and ensure alignment with performance, cost, safety, and regulatory requirements
• Mentor and guide engineers and technical staff across the organization
• Promote best practices, design consistency, and engineering excellence

• Drive full product lifecycle development from concept to production
• Lead development of electrical hardware and integrated subsystems
• Identify risks early and implement mitigation strategies (e.g., FMEA, testing, modeling)
• Contribute across multiple concurrent programs of high complexity

• Develop and review key technical documentation including design specifications, verification and validation protocols, DOE, FMEA, and statistical analyses
• Ensure compliance with FDA Design Controls, ISO 13485, and applicable global regulatory standards
• Support design transfer, manufacturing readiness, and post-market improvements

• Contributes to Annual Operating Plan (AOP) development, including project planning, resource needs, and technical roadmaps
• Supports execution against AOP commitments, aligning engineering deliverables with business priorities
• Partners with leadership and cross-functional teams to advance technology strategy and innovation priorities
• Identifies opportunities to improve product performance, cost, and platform scalability

• Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field
• 7+ years of progressive engineering experience within the medical device or similarly regulated industry, or equivalent combination of education and experience

• Proven track record leading complex product development efforts and problem solving
• Strong experience in electrical hardware development including microprocessor-based systems, board-level design, signal processing, and system integration
• Experience delivering products in regulated environments with FDA design controls and ISO 13485 or equivalent quality systems
• Experience with computer-based simulation and analysis tools
• Design verification, validation, and analysis methodologies
• Risk management (FMEA), DOE, and statistical analysis
• Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills

• Master’s or advanced degree in a relevant technical discipline
• Experience with microprocessor-controlled medical devices
• Experience supporting multiple concurrent development programs
• Background in platform or system-level architecture
• People leadership experience

• Ability to sit, and/or stand for 8 hrs/day

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