Power Electronics Engineer - RF

About the Company

A Senior / Principal level RF Power Electronics Engineer is required by CareerWise Recruitment to join our based Cork based MN medical device client. Working within a multi-disciplinary R&D team you have responsibility for new product and process development. Permanent role.

About the Role

Working within a multi-disciplinary R&D team you have responsibility for new product and process development for electro surgery medical devices and high-energy electrical subsystems for patient-connected medical devices.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, refine and evaluate electrical components, assemblies and subsystems for electrosurgery medical devices.
• Lead the design and implementation of high-energy electrical subsystems for patient-connected medical devices.
• Translate user, clinical and system-level needs into electrical requirements, specifications and system designs.
• Apply concurrent engineering, rapid prototyping and advanced testing methods to accelerate product development while meeting cost, quality and compliance requirements.
• Provide technical guidance, mentoring and training to team members on product commercialisation, design trade-offs, technology development and complex engineering challenges.
• Contribute to customer-focused design, voice-of-customer activities, competitive strategy and market understanding in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.
• Lead and contribute to engineering documentation, Design History File (DHF) content, R&D procedures and standards-based development activities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline, with at least 6 years of relevant experience.

Required Skills

• Advanced electrical design expertise across complex components and electronic subsystems for medical devices.
• Strong experience in high-frequency power electronics operating from hundreds of kHz to low MHz frequencies, including resonant and quasi-resonant topologies, custom magnetics, high-voltage DC/DC converters and power amplifiers.
• Hands-on experience designing custom magnetics, including high-frequency isolation transformers.
• Strong understanding of RF engineering, electromagnetics, electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), measurement systems, sensing and control interfaces, particularly in high dv/dt and high common-mode noise environments.
• Proven ability to guide testing, troubleshooting, PCB and cable design, electrical stack-ups, statistical analysis, and manufacturing and test methods.