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Electrical Design Engineer
Location: Covington, Georgia
Job Description
Key Responsibilities
Technical background within Electrical Engineering, System design, medical device sustenance, or similar.
Provide technical support for electrical systems in deployed medical devices.
Investigate and resolve field issues, ensuring minimal downtime and patient impact.
Ensure all electrical changes comply with medical device regulations (e.g., IEC 60601).
Maintain and update design history files (DHF), device master records (DMR), and risk management documentation.
Monitor lifecycle of electrical components and proactively manage obsolescence.
Identify, evaluate, and validate alternate components with minimal impact to device performance and regulatory status.
Drive Engineering Change Orders (ECOs) for electrical updates, ensuring traceability and proper approvals.
Update schematics, wiring diagrams, BOMs, and test protocols as needed.
Hands-on experience or knowledge in LabVIEW for test automation and data acquisition.
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to influence across disciplines, for example: interdepartmental (with fellow engineers), cross-functional (with Marketing, Clinical Representatives, Software Engineers, Test Engineers, Quality Engineers, Manufacturing, Regulatory, etc.)
Support verification and validation (V&V) of electrical changes, including EMC, safety, and functional testing.
Ensure test protocols align with regulatory and internal quality standards.
Work with suppliers to resolve electrical component issues and ensure quality.
Support manufacturing teams with troubleshooting, yield improvement, and process optimization.
Conduct root cause analysis for electrical failures using tools and Implement corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) and verify effectiveness.
Coordinate with vendors and internal teams to ensure feasibility and smooth implementation of design changes.
Maintain detailed technical documentation including updated schematics, BOMs, test protocols, and change records.
Conduct design reviews and provide technical guidance to ensure the tool improvements.
Key Qualifications
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical/ Electronics Engineering or a related field.
Good understanding analog, digital, and power electronics hardware architectures and design
Experience in design tools such as Altium, OrCAD, or similar for schematic and PCB design.
3 6 years of experience in electrical system or medical device, test systems, or Sustenance Engineering within a manufacturing or R&D environment.
Experience with test automation, data acquisition systems, and calibration protocols.
Excellent analytical, communication, and project management skills.
Ability to design and debug complex electrical schematics and PCB layouts and propose clear, relevant experiments.
Time zone
Location: Covington, Georgia. This role requires on-site and in-lab presence, five days a week, from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM PDT (Pacific Daylight Time)
HCLTech is not the employer for this role. This work is contracted through a third-party whose employees provides services to HCLTech and/or its clients.
Candidates interested in applying for this Contract opportunity must have a valid work authorization to work in the United States. We do not accept agency resumes and are not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes. Candidates who are currently employed by a client of HCLTech may not be eligible for consideration, as decided on an individualized basis depending upon business considerations.
The expected pay range for this contract assignment is shown above with the Job details. The exact pay rate will vary based on skills, experience, and location and will be determined by the third-party employer.
HCLTech is an equal opportunity employer, committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees regardless of race, religion, sex, color, age, national origin, pregnancy, sexual orientation, physical disability or genetic information, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification, in accordance with federal, state, and/or local law. Should any applicant have concerns about discrimination in the hiring process, they should provide a detailed report of those concerns to for investigation.