Principal Electrical Engineer

Job Posting Start Date 05-22-2024 Job Posting End Date

Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world.

We believe in the power of diversity and inclusion and cultivate a workplace culture of belonging that views uniqueness as a competitive edge and builds a community that enables our people to push the limits of innovation to make great products that create value and improve people's lives.

A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment. If you are excited about a role but don't meet every bullet point, we encourage you to apply and join us to create the extraordinary.

Job Summary

Farm, a Flex company, has over 45 years of experience providing award-winning development services for medical, life sciences, and consumer healthcare companies. Our talented researchers, designers, and engineers work in a highly collaborative environment on innovative products designed to improve people’s lives. At Farm, you’ll learn from bright, like-minded individuals excited to tackle the world’s healthcare technology challenges.

Farm is integral part of Flex, a global and multi-national design and manufacturing company that partners with the top medical device OEMs in the world.

Located in Southern, NH, our employees have the best of both city and country living with a convenient drive to Boston, the ocean, and the mountains. We attract talent from all over the world and offer competitive salaries and benefits.

The Principal Electrical Engineer will be based in Hollis, New Hampshire. Farm is seeking a Principal Electrical Engineer to join our team and play a critical role in creating the next generation of advanced medical technologies. This person will tech lead electronic systems development from concept and collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team of mechanical engineers, industrial designers, user interface designers, human factors specialists, and systems engineers to create great product designs.

What a typical day looks like:

• Work on an exciting variety of products ranging through connected home health wearables, next generation therapy systems, and surgical robotic systems.
• Engage with clients ranging from early stage start-ups to fortune 100 medical device companies.
• Be the electrical hardware technical lead on projects in a fast paced, supportive, and intelligent team environment.
• Conceptualize, investigate, and develop innovative product architectures, and electrical and electro-mechanical designs.
• Develop innovative, safe, and high performing design solutions using ECAD, analysis software, and lab equipment for early concept exploration, feasibility, and production.
• Deliver compelling presentations to clients and internal teams to communicate design approach, value, tradeoffs, and recommendations.
• Assemble and test prototypes to support design decisions and demonstrate performance.
• Work with the project team to integrate electronic hardware with software and mechanical hardware.
• Help communicate Farm’s electrical engineering capabilities to prospective clients and contribute to project estimates.

The experience we’re looking to add to our team:

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in electrical engineering.
• 8+ years of product development experience.
• 2+ years of technical leadership on electronics design projects.
• Highly collaborative team attitude with very strong communications and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to create electrical architectures considering interdisciplinary tradeoffs to achieve overall product goals
• Hands-on skills for developing, prototyping, and debugging analog/digital circuits.
• Working knowledge of several of the following:Schematic capture, Design Layout, Processor selection, Component selection/derating, Design for IEC 60601-1 (EMC, ESD, safety), Control systems, Motor selection, Power conditioning, Battery/charging technology, HMI (Displays and HID)
• Experience with agency standards (ISO 13485, ISO 14971, IEC 60601-1, IEC 61010-1, IEC 62304, etc.).

Here are a few of our preferred experiences…

• Medical device development experience
• Working knowledge of some of the following:
• Wireless communication, Low power, Embedded software, Signal filtering, Algorithm development, FPGA, Sensors, Wearables, High speed signal integrity, Robotics
• Working knowledge of firmware
• Product development firm or consulting experience.

Here are a few examples of what you’ll get for the great work you provide…

• Full ran