Sr. Staff Engineer, Electrical

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Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

Do you have a passion for innovative ideas and groundbreaking discoveries? With over $1 billion invested annually in R&D, at Thermo Fisher Scientific you’ll help solve some of the world’s toughest challenges, from giving cancer patients hope, ensuring safe drinking water and helping law enforcement tackle cases through forensics. We empower our teams to put science into meaningful action and give our R&D colleagues the autonomy, resources and tools they need to take science a step beyond.

Role Purpose Summary :

The "Sr. Staff Engineer, Electrical" is a member of a global R&D Team. The role is of a hands-on Electrical / Electronic engineer who is motivated to actively contribute to the new design and update of existing products. The person will play key role in architecting the systems, be involved from idea to product launch / update and own the design aspects and address all technical challenges including regulatory certifications.

Roles & Responsibilities

Serve thought process leadership for building depth of embedded design for team.

Understand product function & convert relate design to Embedded requirements.

Perform reviews on design concepts, component selections, trade off analysis drive culture of simulation, design calculations, margin analysis & design process rigor before design finalization.

Build and review & approve the design documents and verification plan mapping to all the requirements including key performance & reliability requirements.

Approve the design performance meets the requirements, stays in sync with the Manufacturability and Serviceability, and achieve the cost / reliability target.

Work with cross function team to capture requirements, perform system / subsystem design, finalize electronics design requirement by reviewing with systems & global engineering teams. Provide design options & tradeoff analysis to meet the requirements

Mentor & approve resolution for technical challenges.

Collaborate closely with the other engineering team members to have design meet with compelling design and form-factors that also meet regulatory, safety, environmental, reliability, thermal and interface standard (Ethernet, USB, etc.) compliance requirements.

Ensure design meets DFx requirements

Continuously learns and grow technical depth and knowledge across product lines.

Candidate Educational & Professional Experience Requirement :

Masters or Bachelor’s degree in Electrical / Electronics engineering, or related field or equivalent.

15+ years of proven experience in hardware design and development in embedded system design with strong understanding on testing & manufacturing.

Proficiency Requirements

Must Have :

Should have demonstrated proficiency in working with system / software / Firmware / hardware / Electrical requirements development and validation

Hands on experience in analog, digital and power supply design. Also, interfacing electro-mechanical and other peripherals in instrument design with sensors and control algorithm.

Strong knowledge in alternate design analysis / part substitute for cost out ideas and obsolescence management including design analysis for quality, reliability, power consumption, timing parameters etc.

Should have good knowledge on the compliance requirement & should support product regulatory compliance testing including EMC / EMI, CCC, UL, RoHS, etc.

• Proficient in debugging instruments (digital oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, spectrum analyzers);

Experience in practices for Design for Test (DFT), DFR and Design for Manufacturing (DFM) background.

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and communication skills.

Strong knowledge of Software & Firmware Engineering principles

Agility to multiple simultaneous projects, tasks & programs to suit business needs

Desirable

Experience with cost take out / VAVE methodologies and Phase gate process

C / C++ Embedded Programming

FPGA based Design with programming using HDL

Benefits

We offer competitive remuneration, annual incentive plan bonus, healthcare, and a range of employee benefits. Thermo Fisher Scientific offers employment with an innovative, forward-thinking organization, and outstanding career and development prospects. We offer an exciting company culture that stands for integrity, intensity, involvement, and innovation!