Principal Electrical Engineer - Ablation (Minneapolis)

Job Title : Principal Electrical Engineer - Ablation

Location : Minneapolis, MN

Duration : 12 Months

Job Type : Contract

Work Type : Onsite

Pay Rate : $61.13-$85.67 / hr

Overview :

TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide The below client is with one of our client which is a leading global medical technology company. It offers a wide range of diagnostic imaging and laboratory diagnostics, as well as advanced therapies and digital health services. Its solutions span from prevention and early detection to diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up care, empowering healthcare providers worldwide.

Job Description :

• The Principal Electrical Engineer will be a key technical resource.
• This individual will support all phases of new platform development ranging from concept and technology development through commercialization and post-market support.
• The Principal Electrical Engineer will be responsible for helping the team architect, design, select and evaluate critical system components, prototype, test and release to production electronics for needles and consoles.
• In additional to electronic circuit board design using embedded processors, RF communications, display technologies, pump and motor technologies this individual will develop test techniques to test amplifiers, antennas, high frequency interconnects etc.
• Additionally, the Principal Electrical Engineer will collaborate with other engineers in creating and improving designs based on test results and optimize performance.
• Architect, design, develop, test and transfer to production electromechanical systems and disposables for product development activities.
• This includes system diagrams, architecture development, component selection and sub-system design, prototype creation, V&V activities, production tool planning and design and test fixtures for class 2 medical devices.
• Specific tasks to include electronic architecture design, block diagram creation, patient isolation design, power distribution design, component and processing platform selection, schematic entry, layout support / oversight, prototype build oversight, prototype testing, transfer to production support.
• Research product development solutions and provide analysis for product direction.
• Consult and solicit feedback from internal stakeholders to identify customer needs and translate these requirements into engineering designs.
• Optimize design and work collaboratively with other design engineers to optimize design based on test results.
• Work with external vendors and partners to speed up product development and testing.
• Develop necessary fixtures and use off the shelf equipment to create test environments for evaluating performance of new ablation systems. This may include testing in phantoms, ex-vivo tissue testing, in-vivo testing, SAR field mapping etc.
• Create related documentation and support materials in conjunction with design and development activities.
• Ensure that all interactions and engagements are carried out with the highest ethical and professional standards and that all work is accomplished with quality and in accordance with Varian values
• Be a hands-on technical resource for mechanical, electrical and software engineering teams by contributing to design ideas, problem solving and leading by example
• Exemplify Varian Cultural Beliefs
• Perform other related duties as assigned

Minimum Required Skills and Knowledge

TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.