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Sr Engineer Design Electrical

Date Posted: Aug 25, 2026
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    Location Northfield, Illinois, United States of America
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    Job Type: Permanent
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    Apply Before: Nov 23, 2026

Job Description

Overview

Job Summary The Senior Design Engineer researches, designs, develops, and supports complex medical devices with a focus on electrical and system design. This role provides technical leadership and subject matter expertise across the full product lifecycle, from concept through commercialization; leads electrical and system level design efforts; translates user needs into compliant design specifications; mentors junior engineers; collaborates cross functionally; and drives design excellence to support successful product launches and continuous improvement. Job Description Responsibilities: Lead the electrical and system level design of medical devices, including architecture definition, requirements decomposition, and interface control across hardware, firmware, and software domains. Design and develop electrical schematics, PCB layouts, and supporting documentation using ECAD tools. Contribute to and review software and firmware architectures, ensuring robust integration with electrical hardware and system requirements. Drive design transfer activities, ensuring smooth transition from R&D to manufacturing through validation builds, process development, and troubleshooting. Support intellectual property strategy by identifying novel design concepts and partnering with legal to secure patents. Define and manage system requirements, perform feasibility studies, and ensure traceability through design inputs, outputs, verification, and validation activities. Integrate human factors and user centered design philosophies into product development to enhance safety, effectiveness, and user satisfaction. Lead multi-disciplinary product development teams to research, design, and develop better products and technologies. Ensure product designs meet all design specifications. Manage multiple projects by coordinating resources, and priorities to meet development milestones and business objectives. Evaluate and improve existing products through root cause analysis, risk assessments, and feedback from users, manufacturers, and post-market surveillance. Contribute to innovation pipelines by collaborating with product divisions to identify new product opportunities, and align product design efforts with long-term strategic goals. Qualifications: Education Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline Work Experience 4+ years of experience in electrical and/or system level product design, preferably within a regulated industry. Hands on experience with schematic capture, PCB design, and prototype bring up. Advanced proficiency in Altium Design or equivalent E-CAD software. Experience with prototype development, PCB manufacturing, design documentation, and design for manufacturability. Experience working with embedded systems, including hardware software integration and system debugging. Demonstrated experience working within a structured product development process, including exposure to design controls, risk management, and cross-functional collaboration. Preferred Qualifications: Experience in product design within the medical device industry, including development and launch of Class II devices. Strong understanding of design controls, risk management (e.g., FMEA), and regulatory documentation (e.g., DHF, DMR, traceability matrices). Familiarity with medical electrical safety, EMC, and compliance testing (IEC 60601, IEC 62304, ISO 14971). Experience with embedded firmware/software development or architecture, including requirements definition and verification. Experience leading or significantly contributing to cross disciplinary system architectures. Experience supporting products through manufacturing scale up and sustaining engineering. Strong technical documentation, communication, and project coordination skills. Knowledge / Skills / Abilities Position requires travel up to 10% of the time for business purposes (domestic an

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Company Overview

Hartland, Wisconsin, United States of America

Medline Industries is a manufacturer and distributor of medical supplies and equipment. The company focuses on providing high-quality products and services to healthcare providers globally, ensuring compliance with industry standards and regulations. Read More

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