Our client is an established North American manufacturer of innovative medical and healthcare technology solutions, providing high-quality equipment and integrated systems to hospitals, healthcare institutions, and clinical environments worldwide.
They are seeking a highly skilled Senior Electronics Designer to join their engineering team. This is a hands-on technical leadership role that combines electronics design, engineering project management, manufacturing support, and continuous product improvement.
The ideal candidate is passionate about developing reliable electronic products, solving complex technical challenges, and collaborating across multidisciplinary teams to bring innovative healthcare products from concept through production.
Position Overview
This position offers a balanced blend of technical design, project leadership, and manufacturing support:
- Approximately 33% Electronics Design & Product Development
- Approximately 33% Technical Project Leadership & Cross-Functional Coordination
- Approximately 33% Manufacturing Support, Troubleshooting, Quality & Continuous Improvement
Working closely with Electrical, Mechanical, Manufacturing, Quality, and Supply Chain teams, you will play a key role in developing new products, enhancing existing designs, resolving production issues, and ensuring high product reliability throughout the product lifecycle.
Key ResponsibilitiesElectronics Design & Product Development
- Design and develop analog and digital electronic circuits for medical devices and healthcare workstation products.
- Create schematics and multi-layer PCB layouts using Altium Designer or equivalent PCB design software.
- Develop, debug, and support embedded electronic systems and firmware.
- Perform circuit simulation, testing, validation, verification, and design optimization.
- Select, evaluate, and qualify electronic components and subsystems.
- Design production test fixtures, automated test equipment, and manufacturing test jigs.
- Support regulatory and compliance testing, including EMC, EMI, ESD, EFT, Surge, UL, IEC, and other applicable standards.
- Participate in product improvement initiatives, design reviews, and engineering change activities.
Technical Project Leadership
- Lead electronics development activities from concept through production release.
- Manage engineering projects, ensuring milestones, deliverables, budgets, and timelines are achieved.
- Coordinate with Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, Purchasing, Quality, and external suppliers throughout the development process.
- Collaborate with PCB fabricators, contract manufacturers, and component vendors during prototype and production phases.
- Drive engineering change requests and design improvement initiatives.
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to Electrical Technologists and junior engineers.
- Support the continued growth and development of the electronics engineering team.
Manufacturing Support, Quality & Continuous Improvement
- Provide technical support to production, service, and quality teams.
- Troubleshoot electronic assemblies, PCBAs, embedded systems, and firmware-related issues.
- Lead root cause investigations for manufacturing and field failures.
- Develop and implement Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA).
- Partner with Quality and Manufacturing teams to improve product reliability, yield, and manufacturability.
- Support incoming, in-process, and final quality investigations.
- Identify opportunities for continuous improvement, cost reduction, and process optimization.
QualificationsRequired
- Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or a related discipline.
- Minimum 5 years of hands-on experience in electronics design and PCB development.
- Strong experience using Altium Designer or comparable PCB design software.
- Experience with embedded systems, firmware debugging, and electronic troubleshooting.
- Solid understanding of:
- Analog and digital circuit design
- AC-DC and DC-DC power conversion
- Circuit protection techniques
- EMC, EMI, ESD, EFT, and regulatory compliance
- Experience working with RFID, Ethernet, and Wi-Fi communication technologies.
- Experience supporting manufacturing, production, or quality engineering environments.
- Strong project management and cross-functional coordination skills.
- Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving abilities.
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills in English.
- Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) designation or eligibility for registration is considered a strong asset.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience in one or more of the following areas would be considered advantageous:
- Medical device or healthcare product development
- PSpice
- MATLAB
- Python
- Visual Studio / VS Code
- SQL
- C#
- Mechanical CAD software
- Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and Design for Test (DFT)
- Product verification, validation, and regulatory compliance
Why Join?
This is an exciting opportunity to work on innovative healthcare technologies that directly improve patient care and clinical workflows. You will have the opportunity to:
- Lead the design and development of next-generation medical electronics.
- Work on products from concept through commercialization.
- Influence engineering best practices and product strategy.
- Collaborate with highly skilled multidisciplinary teams.
- Play a key role in driving product quality, innovation, and continuous improvement.
- Grow into a senior technical leadership position within a stable and expanding organization.
Work Environment
- Collaborative, fast-paced engineering and manufacturing environment.
- Hands-on role with significant cross-functional interaction.
- Combination of product design, technical leadership, manufacturing support, and continuous improvement.
- Opportunity to make a meaningful impact on innovative healthcare products used across North America and international markets.
Pay: $95,000.00-$110,000.00 per year
Work Location: In person
