Electrical Design Readiness Engineer
Ampcus, Inc | |
United States, Massachusetts, Newton | |
Aug 29, 2024 | |
Position Summary:
The Senior EE Design Readiness Engineer will be a part of the R&D organization and an important contributor to the realization of the next generation robotic platform that will change the future of healthcare. You will be a highly visible technical resource working on the transition of electrical assemblies and components from prototype to verification & clinical builds and testing, in close collaboration with manufacturing engineering. This role is suited for an R&D engineer with experience in developing, building, and testing complex electro-mechanical medical devices, design transfer, and process validation with broad knowledge of electrical, mechatronics, firmware, software, and systems engineering, including design verification testing, and transfer to manufacturing within a regulated medical device development environment. Key Responsibilities: * Being a key team member working on design readiness of the electrical aspects of a robotic system * Support development of assembly and test/screening processes for electrical assemblies and components * Support identification of, specification creation for, development and characterization of in-line test and build fixtures for electrical assemblies and components * Support development and maintenance of the BOM and DMR * Support of troubleshooting and root cause investigations of electromechanical subsystems using excellent methodologies and thoroughly documenting the analyses. * Specify electrical, firmware and software development requirements for test and build fixtures * Author relevant documents such as build process, assembly instructions, inspection procedures, test protocols, test reports, analyses, and system documentation * Support a variety of multi-disciplinary technical and process improvement projects of different sizes and scopes * Analyze, test, and recommend refinements for DFx such as reliability, testability, and manufacturability. * Support creation of DHF and release of documentation to quality system * Manage and communicate assigned projects in collaboration with cross-functional teams Qualifications: * 10+ years electromechanical R&D engineering experience, at least 5 years in medical device required * Bachelor's degree in Electrical/ Robotics/ Mechatronics/Advanced Manufacturing Engineering or a close field is required * Proficient in design and development of PCBA test fixtures and the related testing processes (requirements development, tester development, test protocol development, test execution, test report), ECO documentation for test fixture. * Experience with analog and digital circuit design * Proficient in circuit analysis and troubleshooting electronics * Experience in design for testing and design for manufacturability * Experience with systems engineering approaches and design control for medical devices * Experience in bench testing with standard electrical test equipment and experience with the hands on rework of PCBAs. * Nice to have experience developing test applications and/or firmware with MATLAB Simulink. |