What are the responsibilities and job description for the Principal Electrical Engineer position at Cutera, Inc.?
Job Details
Level: Senior
Job Location: BRISBANE - BRISBANE, CA
Position Type: Full Time
Salary Range: $160000.00 - $190000.00 Salary
Description
Position Summary:
The individual in this role will contribute to the development of next-generation medical device technologies and applications. This position supports projects spanning a wide range of technologies, including complex laser and optical delivery systems, ultrasound, and radio-frequency (RF) devices. The incumbent will play a key role in designing sophisticated electronics that power and control these products and driving their successful transition into the market.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Serve as a key member of a fast-paced electrical engineering team transforming the medical aesthetics industry.
- Act as the company’s primary technical resource for power supply, sensory interface and analog design.
- Participate in development of new product platform architectures.
- Determine project scope, schedules, and priorities within departmental goals.
- Design sensors interfaces, display drivers and power supplies for high-power laser and RF applications.
- Utilize schematic capture and PCB layout tools for all electronics designs.
- Design and test controllers, including analog and digital circuits.
- Lead the transfer of new products from design to production.
- Provide critical input for design specifications and risk-management activities.
- Ensure electrical safety and EMC compliance across all product lines.
- Develop test plans for design verification and validation of designed circuits.
- Collaborate closely with embedded software engineers on system-level implementation.
- Troubleshoot and perform root-cause analysis on new and existing electronic designs.
- Perform other electronics design related duties as needed or required.
Qualifications
Requirements & Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering required; Master’s degree preferred
- Must have at least 12 years of relevant experience.
- Demonstrated experience in designing electronics circuits for commercial products.
- Strong background in systems-level design, integration, and debugging for medical devices.
- Experience in driving diode-pumped solid-state and flashlamp-pumped lasers.
- Proficiency in analog and digital circuit design.
- Strong fundamentals in system and board-level debugging, testing, and documentation.
- Solid understanding of EMI, radiated emissions, and mitigation techniques.
- Proficiency with simulation and automation tools (e.g., LTspice, MATLAB, LabVIEW).
- Expertise in schematic capture and PCB layout tools, preferably Altium Designer.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with electrical, mechanical, optical, and software engineers, as well as scientists, to develop new products.
- Experience with IEC 60601-1, EMC standards, ISO 14971, and related regulatory compliance processes.
- Familiarity with high-voltage electronics, PID controllers, electromechanical systems, electro-optics, and instrumentation—and willingness to expand these skills as needed.
Salary : $160,000 - $190,000