Senior Staff Engineer, Systems Electrical- San Jose, CA

Senior Staff Engineer, Systems Electrical - Full Time
Location: San Jose, CA, 95131

What you will be doing:

• The Senior Staff Engineer, Systems Electrical is a seasoned, experienced professional with a full understanding of the area(s) of expertise, resolving a wide range of issues in creative ways. This role independently evaluates, selects, and applies standard engineering techniques, procedures, and criteria, using judgment in making adaptations and modifications. In this position, the professional works in collaboration with the engineering, molecular biology, and marketing teams to implement area(s) of expertise for new and existing instrumentation systems.
• Design and develop electrical systems and architectures spanning a broad range of disciplines, i.e., digital, analog, power, packaging/thermal.
• Prototype design solutions/concepts to prove design feasibility, functionality, and performance.
• Collaborate with engineers in various fields to build innovative solutions and ensure requirements and specifications are met.
• Participate in design reviews and FMEA analysis.
• Document engineering designs and implementations and may contribute to the generation of IP.
• Contribute to the development of product specifications based on the MRDs.
• Generate test data to support Engineering Change Notices and release of new and upgraded products.
• Perform testing and troubleshooting at the component, board, and system level, documenting and presenting the results.

Experience you will need:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Physics and at least 8 years of related experience, or a Master's degree with at least 6 years related experience, or a Ph.D. with at least 3 years related experience.
• Experience developing instrumentation for biotechnology applications.
• Experience with product development life cycle processes.
• Experience/knowledge in motion control, microfluidics control, and analog-to-digital circuit design.
• Proficiency in OrCAD, and/or equivalent PCB schematic and layout tools.
• Strong communication & presentation skills with internal and external partners and engineering leaders.
• Experience working in a regulated environment is a plus.
• Knowledge of optics, camera systems, illumination, serial bus interfaces like I2C, SPI, UART and troubleshooting of sophisticated systems.
• A working understanding of Hardware design using DFMA IPC design guidelines and Embedded firmware design experience.
• Understanding of microfluidics impedance cytometry.

What's in it for you:

• Company develops, manufactures, and distributes a wide range of life science reagents.
• World leader in biotechnology research and development.
• Large, established company with major global growth.
• Work with a sharp, energetic team.
• Lucrative salary and great benefits.