Sr. Electrical Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Summary / Objective

Successful candidate will join CAIRE’s Research & Development team at the global headquarters in Georgia. This individual will work on CAIRE’s oxygen therapy medical devices, with a focus on electronic embedded system design, as part of larger cross-disciplinary electro-mechanical design teams. This senior level electrical engineer will integrate into the full product life cycle, from design and development to transfer to manufacturing and sustaining activities.

This on-site position is a hands-on engineering position with time spent in the office, laboratory and manufacturing floor for product launch support. Limited travel may be required to visit / support key suppliers or certified external laboratories. This position will be based out of the Canton / Ball Ground location of CAIRE, which is approximately 30 minutes north of the greater Atlanta, GA area.

Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Perform development and sustaining tasks for electro-mechanical medical devices with the cross functional design team.
• Design and develop innovative solutions to meet engineering and marketing requirements.
• Troubleshoot and determine corrective measures for prototype designs and quality defects.
• Develop and perform test protocols to evaluate design changes, product improvements and cost reduction opportunities.
• Design and fabricate prototypes, tooling fixtures, and test benches as required.
• Work with Supply Chain to optimize material supply chain for cost and design for manufacturability.
• Determine product / component costing and BOM (Bill of Materials) management through centralized document management system.
• Identify and resolve product assembly issues to improve product consistency and eliminate variance in conjunction with production and manufacturing engineering.
• Work within a greater team to ensure that all aspects of new product introduction, and changes to existing products, are effectively communicated to production personnel. Prepare and communicate ECO and / or TDD changes to production.
• Interface with various departments in coordinating technical information relating to specific projects or regarding quality issues.
• Sustain existing products, which may include identifying alternates for EOL components, design improvements, cost down efforts.
• Develop control and power management solutions to optimize power consumption, system reliability and performance.
• Develop test and diagnostics test hardware to support bench testing, production testing and field service.
• Perform electrical component selection and create PCB schematics. Perform and / or oversee PCBA layout.
• Observe and practice safety procedures and policies.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned by management.

Competencies / Success Factors

Supervisory Responsibility

This position has no supervisory responsibilities

Work Environment

This job operates in a professional office and lab environment. This position will require the ability to move around the engineering lab and production floor to address production

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Travel

Limited travel, less than 10%

Required Education and Experience

Preferred Education and Experience

Additional Eligibility Qualifications

None required for this position.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

CAIRE is committed to providing equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or membership in any other class protected by federal, state, or local law.