Electrical Engineer-Arden Hills, Minnesota-Onsite-only local USC

The Electrical Engineer IV provides senior level engineering support for sustaining activities across multiple product divisions. This role focuses on analyzing, testing, and validating electrical components and systems, supporting manufacturing partners, and ensuring compliance with regulatory and quality requirements. The engineer will work independently while collaborating cross functionally to resolve technical challenges and maintain high performing, reliable medical devices.

Key Responsibilities

Product Support & Sustaining Engineering

• Support multiple divisions with sustaining engineering for fielded products
• Analyze design changes ranging from individual circuits to fully configured systems
• Perform component analysis for BOM replacements and define required testing
• Test new or replacement circuit level components and evaluate results against established criteria

Electrical & System Evaluation

• Assess electrical and system compatibility between interconnected medical devices
• Troubleshoot and analyze failures involving circuit boards, cables, power supplies, and displays
• Conduct electrical testing of PCBAs and finished products, documenting and implementing design updates

Standards & Compliance

• Perform standards based testing, including EMC and safety evaluations
• Ensure all engineering documentation complies with internal Quality System requirements
• Support regulatory submissions by providing technical rationale, test results, and standards compliance explanations

Cross Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with internal manufacturing teams and contract manufacturers to resolve production challenges
• Collaborate with quality, regulatory, sourcing, and manufacturing teams to ensure product reliability and compliance

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Electrical Engineering from an accredited institution
• Minimum of 5 years of electrical engineering experience, preferably in product development
• Proficiency with electrical test equipment, including:
• Multimeters
• Oscilloscopes
• Signal generators
• Spectrum analyzers
• Network analyzers
• Soldering irons, crimpers, and other manual tools

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in a regulated industry, ideally with Class II or Class III medical devices
• Familiarity with IEC 60601 1 and IEC 60601 1 2 standards
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to clearly articulate technical concepts
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively across multidisciplinary teams
• Experience partnering with engineering, quality, regulatory, and manufacturing groups