Sr Electrical Engineer

As a Senior Electrical Engineer, you will serve as a technical leader and expert in designing, developing, and integrating complex electrical systems for company'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 company achieve its mission of alleviating pain, restoring health, and extending life for millions of patients worldwide.


Primary Responsibilities:

• 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

Role Overview:

• Senior Electrical Engineer supporting Healthcare surgical released product engineering team
• Focus on complex electrical system design, development, and integration for surgical devices
• Works on products from concept through commercialization
• Team size approximately 11–12 engineers including electrical, mechanical, and technicians

Core Responsibilities:

• Serve as technical lead for electrical system design and troubleshooting
• Work on existing surgical device PCBAs and schematics
• Understand and support legacy and current PCB designs
• Identify and resolve technical issues in production and design
• Collaborate cross-functionally with mechanical, software, quality, regulatory, and manufacturing teams
• Strong focus on hardware engineering rather than software development

Must-Have Skills:

• Strong experience in mixed-signal electrical systems
• Deep experience with PCB schematic design and PCB layout
• Ability to read, interpret, and debug complex schematics
• Experience working on PCBAs used in complex electronic systems (preferably surgical or regulated devices)
• Ability to quickly ramp up on existing board designs and troubleshoot issues

Nice-to-Have Skills:

• Medical device experience (preferred but not required)
• Exposure to FDA regulations and IEC standards (especially IEC 60601)
• Cross-functional collaboration experience
• Mentorship or leadership of junior engineers

Tools and Technology:

• OrCAD preferred for schematic and PCB layout work
• Other EDA tools acceptable if strong PCB design fundamentals are demonstrated
• Basic understanding of software-hardware integration is helpful but not required

Industry Background:

• Medical device industry preferred
• Aviation also considered a strong regulated industry background
• Automotive may be considered depending on experience
• Overall priority is engineering depth over industry background

1. Mixed Signal Electrical System Design & Analysis

• Proven expertise across end to end mixed signal board design: system architecture, circuit design, schematic capture, component selection, PCB layout, and design verification
• 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

2. 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

3. 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

  Education Required:

• Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 4 years of electrical engineering experience
• OR a Master's degree with a minimum of 2 years of electrical engineering experience
• Years' Experience Required: Stated above