Principal Electronics Engineer-Medical Division

Lead the development of dedicated healthcare electronics capability!!

Develop advanced electronic systems within multi-disciplinary client development projects. You will be required to manage the development of innovative healthcare devices and equipment from concept to prototype manufacture, often incorporating considerable technical challenge. Products will include advanced sensors and electronically controlled biological monitors for Medical Diagnostics, Instrumentation, Medical Imaging, Surgical tools, Medical Devices and Drug Delivery Systems

Ideally you should have a “hands on” approach in addition to being a highly creative lateral thinker with excellent technical skills. As a Principal electronics Engineer you will also need a broad base of industry experience and the ability to form a powerful development team. Your work will range from undertaking complete product developments from concept to market, to providing consulting services for clients on their technology, strategy or development processes.

You will take the technical lead working closely with other electronic and software engineers while integrating with other technicians, engineers, consultants and other designers. You will be required to organize the electronic and software engineering design effort to meet project requirements as well as providing creative solutions to problems.
You will become the first point of contact for both clients and other engineers on projects you are involved with for technical issues. Your role will include using your strong technical expertise to liaise with clients to understand their technical needs in a project and writing proposals which capture these needs.
You will be involved with the hands-on product development and design of electronic systems. Your strong creative and technical skills should allow you to make a significant contribution to development projects and to participate in consultancy work within client companies.
Your specific responsibilities will include:
Leading teams of electronic and software engineers to develop high integrity electronic systems for medical devices. Working closely with engineers and technicians to implement designs. Writing technical reports and producing high quality design documentation. Preparing programmes of work and presenting to clients

To meet the demanding requirements of this role you will have an excellent first degree in electronic or electronic and software engineering and you will have substantial experience in an electronic engineering role A solid knowledge base in analogue, digital and embedded systems will be a strong advantage for this role as will experience of working in the medical device sector.
You will have excellent team working skills and the ability and enthusiasm to train and mentor less experienced staff. You will also have strong client communication and management skills.
A proven ability to manage a team of engineers and technicians is highly desirable as is an appreciation of risk management tools used in product development
Other essential expertise includes interfacing with sensors and actuators, low-noise design techniques, analogue modelling tools, signal integrity, power supply basics, EMC, and a good grasp of both theory and practical lab work.
Significant experience of one or more of the following would also be advantageous: Opto-electronic sensing systems, Analogue to Digital and Digital to Analogue conversion techniques, Signal Processing using FPGAs, DSPs and general purpose microcontrollers, Control of motors and actuators, Implementing IEC 60601 requirements, Power supply design, Product architectural design, Design for manufacture
Our client is committed to developing its employees’ careers and has a flexible policy for individual capabilities and preferences. This role is an ideal opportunity for the right candidate to demonstrate their value to our organisation and to progress to a director level.

Based Cambridge, UK

Excellent Salary and career prospects

Drop an e-mail or Call the New Discovery team at Phoenix&York to discuss more

Tel +44 (0) 1202233818 (before :16:00)
+44 (0) 2081336012 (after : 16:00)
www.new-dr.com and www.phoenixyork.com

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Agency/Employer: New Discovery Recruitment Ltd
Town or City: Cambridge
Location: Cambridgeshire
Sector: Electronics
Related Job Titles: Not stated
Permanent/Contract: Permanent, Full time
Experience: 5 years
Date: 30-04-2008
Salary: Not specified

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