Electronic Engineer

Title: Electronic Engineer
Location: The Digital Hub, Dublin 8. (Hybrid working)

Company: My client is a venture-backed Irish medical device developer of a neuromodulation-based treatment for tinnitus, a debilitating condition commonly known as 'ringing in the ears'. With one product on the market in America and Europe, they are now looking at next-gen products and aiming to grow in the market.

Job Description: Work on hardware development for current and new medical device products that combine neuromodulation, wireless communications, and physiological sensing technologies, and support ongoing product design validation and production process validation activities.

Responsibilities:

1. Work closely with the Product Development Team to design, develop, build, and test current and next-generation medical devices.
2. Support product development from concept generation through to post-production.
3. Participate in prototyping of circuits, including liaising with prototyping service providers.
4. Participate in product testing, including electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), wireless coexistence, safety, reliability validation, and performance testing.
5. Support design and technology transfer from product development to manufacturing by proactively working with stakeholders from manufacturing and quality.
6. Provide support to Manufacturing to facilitate efficient operations within production, optimize existing processes, and ensure that production goals are met.
7. Support the design, development, and validation of custom printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) test equipment for the products.
8. Oversee the analysis of hardware failures from the field and participate in associated corrective and preventive actions.

• Degree in Electrical or Electronic Engineering or similar discipline, with 3+ years' medical device industry experience in a product development or manufacturing role.
• Fundamental electronics knowledge with experience in both digital and low-noise analog circuits.
• Experience with programming languages C and C++ and embedded hardware fundamentals related to use with microcontrollers and popular interfaces such as Bluetooth, UART, etc.
• A good understanding of quality management system principles (e.g., ISO 9001 or ISO 13485) and/or FDA quality system regulation processes according to 21 CFR part 820 and EU MDR.