Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Sonova Group is a leading company in the medical device industry, seeking a Senior Engineer, Systems - Embedded Electronics. The role involves understanding system level requirements, conducting feasibility studies, and collaborating with various teams throughout the product development lifecycle.
Responsibilities
- Working with Marketing, Project Management and other R&D groups to guide requirements and generate product specifications
- Obtain a system level view to drive tradeoff analysis during product development while considering features, schedules, cost, complexity, evaluating how radical or incremental the change is, risk and usability
- Conduct feasibility work on product / system components and features in area of technical expertise. Study and be able to propose suitable components, algorithms and solutions at the least in the area of expertise. Also be able model/implement the proposals using suitable techniques and tools
- Work with Electrical (RF, Board & IC), Firmware, Software and Mechanical teams during the product development and system integration phase
- Work with R&T and other R&D groups to define architectures for future products and systems with a solid understanding of market needs
- Be willing and capable of developing a broad level of understanding of our products, their higher level architecture (hardware and software) and also specialize in certain technical segments
- Be capable of investigating field product issues, or issues during product development, be able to conduct necessary experiments with suitable techniques to get to the root cause of the issues at the shortest possible time
- Be willing and forthcoming in clearly documenting the work undertaken not only with a goal to document but also with a goal in mind to educate the newcomers and rest of the organization
- Always be willing and effectively share to others in the organization knowledge that has been gained when asked, or as needed to improve the overall skills of the organization
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Electronics, or Biomedical Engineering required
- Minimum 3–5 years of experience in analog and digital circuits, FPGA platforms, embedded systems, DSP, RF, control systems, or integrated circuits
- Strong collaboration, communication, and leadership skills with the ability to work effectively across all organizational levels
- Expertise in the design and development of complex electronic systems, including embedded development on ASICs, test automation using Python, datasheet interpretation, reliability and verification engineering, and Class III medical device standards (IEC 60801 and related requirements)
- Demonstrated analytical problem-solving abilities, attention to detail, and the capability to develop practical solutions to complex technical challenges
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Altium 365, circuit simulation and modeling tools (e.g., SPICE), and coding/scripting tools such as C, C++, LabVIEW, and Python for automation, testing, and debugging
- Experience with FPGA design tools (Xilinx Vivado, Altera Quartus), embedded software development environments (Arduino, MPLAB, Keil, Eclipse), and data analysis and visualization tools including MATLAB, Tableau, Python, and related engineering software
- A minimum of 200Mb/sec download and 10Mb/sec upload speed internet connectivity is required to support any remote/hybrid employee functionality at Sonova
- Master's degree or PhD
- 7+ years of experience and prior medical device industry experience considered a plus
- Familiarity with MATLAB, Python Embedded Tools, pSPICE, VHDL/Verilog, System C, and C/C++ is highly desirable
Benefits
- Medical, dental and vision coverage*
- Health Savings, Health Reimbursement, Flexible Spending/Dependent Care Accounts
- TeleHealth options
- 401k plan with company match*
- Company paid life/ad&d insurance
- Additional supplemental life/ad&d coverage available
- Company paid Short/Long-Term Disability coverage (STD/LTD)
- STD LTD Buy-ups available
- Accident/Hospital Indemnity coverage
- Legal/ID Theft Assistance
- PTO (or sick and vacation time), floating Diversity Day, & paid holidays*
- Paid parental bonding leave
- Employee Assistance Program (24/7 mental health support hotline, 5 company paid counseling sessions and more)
- Robust Internal Career Growth opportunities
- Tuition reimbursement
- Hearing aid discount for employees and family
- Internal social recognition platform
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