Senior Electronic System Engineer Medical Devices

As a Senior Electronic System Engineer Medical Devices your main responsibilities are:

• Lead electronic system design and development for Medical Device prototypes based on imec ASICs and off-the-shelf components, DSP/microcontrollers and radio transceivers, while interfacing to PC’s, smartphones and other portable devices.
• Deliver high quality system designs, in a timely fashion, and in accordance with international medical device regulations (ISO 13485, FDA US21CFR820, CE MDD93/42, and IEC 60601-1 series).
• Hardware testing, characterization, and troubleshooting, including board bring-up, design of test tooling and adaptation of existing platforms to new specifications.
• Interact with customers to define (system) requirements and suppliers for manufacturing activities.
• Documenting design, development, and testing activities following the best engineering practices.
• Collaborating within multidisciplinary project teams consisting of electrical, mechanical, software, and biomedical engineers to implement, verify, and validate electronic systems.
• Sharing your expertise and knowledge with the team, fostering a culture of continuous learning and growth.

Who you are

We are looking for a candidate who possesses:

• MSc degree in electrical engineering or a similar field.
• 5+ years’ experience in (low power) electronic system design, preferably in the field of implantables and wireless communication.
• Relevant experience with schematic capture, PCB layout and simulation tools, DFT and DFM techniques.
• Profound knowledge of analog and digital design, signal acquisition chains, design principles, signal & power integrity, EMC/EMI, basic RF design techniques (e.g. impedance matching, antennas, RF amplifier).
• Experience in hardware development in accordance with medical device regulations such as IEC 60601-1 and IEC 60601-1-2 is preferred. Familiarity with CE marking, EMC testing and risk management (ISO 14971).
• Experience with formal development according to the V model defining requirements, test specifications, test execution and reporting.
• Experience with prototyping, debugging, failure analysis and patching of HW miniaturized systems.
• Experience with supplier and customer interaction.
• Agile team player mentality, actively contributing to the success of the team.
• Adaptability to change, viewing it as an opportunity for learning and personal growth.
• Quick learner, able and interested in acquiring new skills and competences.
• Passion for technical challenges and a hands-on attitude, taking ownership of the entire process from specification to implementation, testing, and debugging.
• Excellent communication skills in English (both written and spoken).