Manager, Electrical Hardware Engineering

Job Summary:

The Electrical Hardware Engineering Manager is responsible for the successful execution of hardware development for innovative, leading-edge medical diagnostics technologies involving diverse clients and applications.

This role blends management and technical contribution skill sets into an exciting career opportunity.

The ideal candidate will manage a small team of hardware engineers and technicians while providing technical knowledge and engineering design services to a variety of client projects.

Responsibilities:


* Lead and manage an electrical hardware development team of 5 to 8 people



* Develop and utilize the talents of personnel to accomplish company goals


* Review the job performance of the development team personnel


* Ensure promotion, transfers, terminations, and compensation changes are acted upon where warranted


* Ensure effective communication with other functions and departments to obtain all cooperation and support required for the success of assigned programs



* Provide technical leadership over complex, major design & development projects


* Design, implement, and deliver high-quality, robust embedded electrical designs for the business


* Create, maintain, and review technical documents and reports including performance specifications, electrical designs, schematics and drawings


* Drive electrical requirements with other members of the engineering team as appropriate and proactively work to integrate with system requirements


* Plan, lead, or conduct experiments to evaluate operating characteristics of breadboards, prototypes, or products, and then translate experimental results into design criteria


* Specify the design of cables and cable harness assemblies


* Utilize electronic design tools such as schematic capture and PCB layout to design PCBAs


* Engage with service bureaus and suppliers on PCB layout, fabrication and assembly


* Ensure component reliability based on technical evaluation of suppliers' specifications and designs


* Utilize electrical engineering best practices including Design-for-Manufacturing (DFM) and Design-for-Test (DFT)


* Work cooperatively across all engineering disciplines, such as software, systems, electrical, and mechanical, as well as non-engineering team members, such as Project Management, Marketing, Sales, and Customer Support, to deliver projects on time and on budget


* Prepare project requests detailing proposed engineering work costs and product timetable


* Be responsible for application engineering support to customers, and assist in troubleshooting customer application problems


* Provide technical presentation support and consultation to marketing


* Represent the company in customer communications

Required Qualifications:


* Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or related discipline (a master's degree is preferred) with at least 10 years of experience in electrical ...