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Element Science
Staff Electrical Engineer
Skills
Compliance
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Important information
Contract type:
Permanent
Salary:
$170,000 – $185,000 / year
Location:
Redwood City, CA, USA
Work mode:
Onsite
Published on:
22 August 2026
What they need
- The Staff Electrical Engineer will lead the design, development, verification and validation of complex Class III medical device electronics, from concept through manufacturing transfer
- This role combines deep technical expertise in analog, digital, and high-voltage board design with strong leadership in cross-functional project execution
- The engineer will drive hardware bring-up, system integration, and verification activities; manage critical vendors; and collaborate closely with Systems, Mechanical, Firmware, and Manufacturing teams to ensure designs meet performance, cost, and regulatory requirements
- The position also involves mentoring junior engineers, contributing to design reviews, and supporting commercial-stage manufacturing and field activities
- Deliver board-level designs including analysis, schematics, and PCB layout for Class III products with sensitive analog front-end circuits, sensors, power, and high voltage
- Lead electrical design work-streams within multi-disciplinary projects, ensuring scope, schedule, and deliverables are met
- Drive technical decision-making, balancing performance, cost, manufacturability, and regulatory requirements
- Develop and characterize designs through bench testing, system integration, and the creation of supporting test fixtures
- Qualify critical alternate components as necessary that meet design needs
- Perform failure analysis and document investigations to support manufacturing scale
- Sustaining engineering efforts: Develop designs with components selected for cost reduction or obsolescence, and support qualifying alternate suppliers
- Dry-run engineering tests and conduct / guide design verification test protocols
- Support EMC/EMI testing and compliance activities, including preparation, execution, and troubleshooting to ensure designs meet applicable IEC standards such as IEC 60601
- Document design descriptions and engineering analysis to support Manufacturing and Quality
- Support Commercial Stage activities including manufacturing support, New Product Introduction programs, and Field Failure Analysis
- Provide technical support for cross-functional teams, including Systems, Mechanical, Firmware, and Manufacturing Engineering
- Facilitate effective collaboration across disciplines, aligning design activities with project milestones and product requirements
- Provide peer review of designs and documentation. Mentor junior engineers as the team size grows
Benefits
- Stock Options
- 90% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Company-paid Basic Life Insurance
- 401(k) retirement plan (Traditional and Roth)
- Paid Holidays
- FSA (Flexible Spending Accounts)
- HSA (Health Savings Account)
- Employee Assistance Program through PEO- Electrical design, test, and sustaining experience for products with microprocessors, FPGAs, analog, and high-voltage electronics
- Familiarity with low power circuit design techniques
- Experience with board bring-up, debug, and integration of embedded systems including ability to modify and compile C code for microcontrollers to support hardware testing
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Experience with circuit and system simulation techniques desired
- Power electronics design experience. Familiarity with component and PCB/FPC design practice for up to 2000V
- Experience with Altium, PADs, or other ECAD tools, PCB, FPC, and rigid-flex design and layout standards
- MSEE or BSEE with at least 10+ years of analog electronics design experience
- Familiarity with medical standards and verification to those standards and QMS for Class III medical devices
- Familiarity with electrical safety standards and HV isolation
- Preferred knowledge of digital signal processing concepts for electrophysiology and other sensor data
- Experience working directly with fab and assembly CMs
- Preferred experience with project leadership, including coordination with multiple disciplines from concept through manufacturing transfer
- Good understanding of product life cycle(s) management from concept through production including manufacturing follow up. DFM, DFT
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