Senior Principal Electrical Engineer

• Represents the electrical engineering team within the RF generator workstream.
• Lead end‑to‑end electrical engineering activities across concepts, architecture, circuit card design, fabrication, verification, validation, characterization, integration, and lifecycle support.
• Own the electrical systems development, integration, and electrical characterization for a next‑generation RF ablation generator.
• Ensure rigorous requirements coverage and decomposition from system and product levels to electrical hardware, including test and verification strategies.
• Partner with systems and functional architects to translate architecture, functionality, and fault‑mitigation strategies into executable electrical engineering solutions.
• Act as the primary technical spokesperson for all electrical engineering design decisions, trade studies, and technical reviews within the workstream.
• Plan and execute robust design, verification, and design characterization activities.

• Lead the electrical engineering workstream for major or moderately complex programs, including task planning, delegation, and technical review of work products.
• Serve as project execution lead and scrum master for electrical engineering activities.
• Develop and maintain execution plans ensuring all electrical deliverables are appropriately scoped, resourced, and scheduled.
• Manage schedules and dependencies in collaboration with R&D lead and Project Management Office partners.
• Perform day‑to‑day management of technical priorities, tradeoffs, and issue resolution within the workstream.
• Support planning for electrical engineering spend, resourcing, tools, and equipment.

• Lead and contribute to system and electrical risk management activities, including FMEAs, hazard analyses, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Serve as primary owner for identification, assessment, and communication of electrical and system‑level risks and emerging issues.
• Champion consistent application of the quality system, design controls, and best practices across electrical engineering activities.
• Ensure solutions comply with regulatory, safety, and reliability requirements for medical devices.

• Ensure strong cross‑functional alignment across systems, software, manufacturing, quality, and program teams.
• Translate electrical design intent and requirements to manufacturing partners to ensure producibility and design transfer readiness.
• Provide regular and ad‑hoc technical and program updates to functional and program leadership.
• Proactively communicate emerging issues, escalations, and risk status to CTM and other stakeholders.

• Provide technical guidance, coaching, and mentorship to engineers across the organization.
• Influence engineering standards, best practices, and continuous improvement initiatives to mature electrical engineering capability.

To be considered for this role, please ensure the minimum requirements are evident in your applicant profile.

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering
• Minimum of 10 years of electrical systems engineering experience
• Or advanced degree with 8 years of electrical systems engineering experience
• Or 6 years of electrical systems engineering experience with a PhD

• Electromechanical Systems / Capital equipment, or equivalent experience including hardware and software integration
• Technical leadership experience
• Experience with IEC 60601-1, or other highly regulated industry
• Experience with RF Energy delivery, SOM’s, FPGA,
• Experience with ISO 14971
• Experience with product concept development, customer interaction, systems engineering, verification of engineering requirements, and validation of customer needs/design requirements

For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position. 

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The following benefits and additional compensation are available to those regular employees who work 20+ hours per week: Health, Dental and vision insurance, Health Savings Account, Healthcare Flexible Spending Account, Life insurance, Long-term disability leave, Dependent daycare spending account, Tuition assistance/reimbursement, and Simple Steps (global well-being program).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to all regular employees: Incentive plans, 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match, Short-term disability, Paid time off, Paid holidays, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Employee Assistance Program, Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums), and Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums).

Regular employees are those who are not temporary, such as interns.  Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time, as required under applicable state law, and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Please note some of the above benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico.

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