Sr Electrical Engineer R&D Job Details

Job Description

Sr Electrical Engineer R&D

Date: Jun 18, 2025
Location: Cartago, CR
Company: Terumo BCT, Inc.

JOB TITLE: Sr Electrical Engineer JOB SUMMARY

This high-impact role requires originality and independent judgment in the evaluation, selection, and adaptation of electrical engineering techniques for medical device development. As a Senior Electrical Engineer, you'll lead device sustaining engineering activities, while ensuring compliance with industry standards and regulations. You'll apply your technical expertise at the intersection of technological advancement and patient safety, developing innovative solutions that differentiate our products in the marketplace. The ideal candidate demonstrates creative thinking, sound technical judgment, and collaborative leadership to deliver solutions that meet regulatory requirements, advance our technology platform, and support business growth. This position offers the opportunity to drive meaningful healthcare innovation while growing your technical leadership capabilities.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

• Develop and maintain expertise in electrical architecture and specifications that align with system requirements and regulatory standards, including detailed circuit designs, schematics, and PCB layouts.
• Plan and execute electrical verification testing protocols for regulatory compliance, including EMC/EMI and electrical safety testing per IEC standards, while developing and implementing mitigation strategies with robust documentation.
• Provide technical leadership in design reviews, offering innovative approaches and mentoring junior engineers, while researching and integrating appropriate new electrical technologies to maintain technological leadership.
• Lead electrical characterization, verification, and validation activities at both the component and system level, to ensure product performance, safety, and compliance with applicable standards and regulatory requirements.
• Collaborate with embedded software engineers on hardware-software integration to maximize system performance and reliability, while leading design transfer activities by creating comprehensive electrical documentation packages.
• Identify and mitigate electrical safety risks throughout the product lifecycle, applying creative problem-solving to address technical challenges while highlighting potential risks to avoid serious delays and resource expenditure.
• Serve as technical lead for smaller projects or significant portions of major projects, managing resources effectively to achieve objectives.
• Present complex technical information effectively and respond to questions from technical staff and management, while working cooperatively within cross-functional team environments to influence outcomes.
• Track and improve key electrical engineering metrics to drive continuous improvement in design quality and efficiency.
• Perform independent evaluation, selection, and substantial adaptation of standard techniques in creating innovative electrical designs for medical devices.
• Contribute to intellectual property development through innovative engineering solutions that address unmet needs in the medical device space.

OTHER DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide work direction to junior engineers on electrical design tasks and testing activities.
• Collaborate with manufacturing and other functional groups on yield improvement, regulatory compliance, and product support initiatives.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS Education

• Bachelors or Masters of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline required.

Experience

• Minimum 5 years of experience in electrical engineering.
• Medical device development experience strongly preferred.

Skills

• Demonstrated expertise in working with circuit designs, including analog/digital electronics, power management systems, and sensor integration for medical applications, with proven ability to apply originality and independent judgment in meeting complex product requirements.

• Strong knowledge of medical device electrical safety standards (IEC and EMC/EMI compliance (IEC with ability to incorporate safety by design principles throughout the development process.

• Proficiency in electronic design automation (EDA) and EECAD tools with demonstrated ability to create production-ready designs that balance innovation with manufacturability and reliability.

• Experience developing comprehensive electrical specifications and test strategies that enable verification of both standard and novel design elements in compliance with regulatory requirements.

• Strong technical leadership skills with ability to influence cross-functional teams to achieve optimal system integration and product outcomes.

• Demonstrated problem-solving capability for resolving complex electrical challenges during development and post-market phases, with ability to identify and mitigate technical risks early in the process.

• Experience leading smaller projects or significant portions of major projects, including resource planning and timeline management.

• Excellent communication skills to present complex technical information effectively and respond to questions from technical staff and management.

• Demonstrated ability to work cooperatively within team environments to achieve common goals while often influencing outcomes.

• Understanding of and adherence to FDA / EU MDR regulations as they apply to medical device electrical systems, ensuring designs meet all applicable regulatory requirements.

• Commitment to continuous learning and staying current with emerging electrical technologies and design methodologies applicable to medical devices.

• Expertise in power management, signal integrity, analog and digital design, high-speed connectivity, RF design, and electromagnetic compatibility principles as applied to medical device development.

• Or -

An equivalent competency level acquired through a variation of these qualifications may be considered.

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Medical Device, Electrical Engineering, R&D Engineer, Medical Device Engineer, R&D, Healthcare, Engineering, Research

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