What are the responsibilities and job description for the Electrical Engineer position at Medical Engineering Consultants (MEC)?
Job 2768 - Firmware Test Engineer - Contract located in Orange County, California
Medical Engineering Consultants (MEC) support medical device and pharmaceutical companies to be more efficient and productive by providing resources, knowledge, and expertise to augment and supplement to their work. Our vision is to closely align our clients’ needs with the best resources available in the marketplace. We take proactive, preventative, and corrective action and create a roadmap for ongoing future improvement by identifying, integrating, and executing sustainable solutions that validate processes, ensure fully compliant quality systems, and close gaps between current and FDA expected stages.
MEC offers companies short or long-term support — from high-end leaders, managers and consultants to skill-set Engineering staff and SME’s (Subject Matter Experts).
MEC's mission is to inspire positive cultural change from within, and always exceed our clients’ expectations.
Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. in accordance with applicable law. This position is not eligible for employer-sponsored work authorization now or in the future.
Onsite
Position Summary
We are seeking an experienced Electrical/Firmware Test Engineer to support the development maintenance and integration of test systems embedded firmware and verification tools for medical device products.
This contractor will work closely with electrical software systems quality and manufacturing engineering teams to develop solutions that support product development design verification manufacturing testing and product integration activities.
The ideal candidate will possess a strong combination of embedded firmware development electrical engineering fundamentals test system development and hands-on troubleshooting experience.
Experience working within regulated industries such as medical devices aerospace or automotive is highly preferred.
Key Responsibilities
The ideal candidate will possess a strong combination of embedded firmware development electrical engineering fundamentals test system development and hands-on troubleshooting experience.
AAP/EEO DFWP
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Medical Engineering Consultants (MEC) support medical device and pharmaceutical companies to be more efficient and productive by providing resources, knowledge, and expertise to augment and supplement to their work. Our vision is to closely align our clients’ needs with the best resources available in the marketplace. We take proactive, preventative, and corrective action and create a roadmap for ongoing future improvement by identifying, integrating, and executing sustainable solutions that validate processes, ensure fully compliant quality systems, and close gaps between current and FDA expected stages.
MEC offers companies short or long-term support — from high-end leaders, managers and consultants to skill-set Engineering staff and SME’s (Subject Matter Experts).
MEC's mission is to inspire positive cultural change from within, and always exceed our clients’ expectations.
Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. in accordance with applicable law. This position is not eligible for employer-sponsored work authorization now or in the future.
Onsite
Position Summary
We are seeking an experienced Electrical/Firmware Test Engineer to support the development maintenance and integration of test systems embedded firmware and verification tools for medical device products.
This contractor will work closely with electrical software systems quality and manufacturing engineering teams to develop solutions that support product development design verification manufacturing testing and product integration activities.
The ideal candidate will possess a strong combination of embedded firmware development electrical engineering fundamentals test system development and hands-on troubleshooting experience.
Experience working within regulated industries such as medical devices aerospace or automotive is highly preferred.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, maintain and troubleshoot embedded firmware for microcontroller-based test systems and medical device support equipment.
- Develop automated test systems test fixtures and hardware/software tools used for product verification validation and manufacturing support.
- Design and implement electrical circuits interface boards and supporting hardware required for test and measurement systems.
- Collaborate with systems hardware software and quality engineers to support product integration and verification activities.
- Develop software and firmware to support communication interfaces including SPI, I2C, UART, USB Ethernet, BLE or other embedded communication protocols.
- Support design verification testing root cause investigations failure analysis and corrective actions.
- Create and maintain engineering documentation including requirements design specifications test protocols traceability matrices and reports.
- Participate in design reviews, code reviews, risk assessments, FMEA activities and technical reviews.
- Identify opportunities to improve test coverage automation reliability and engineering efficiency.
- Communicate project progress technical risks and trade-offs to project leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.
- Ensure compliance with applicable procedures quality system requirements and medical device development processes.
- Support supplier and external partner activities related to test equipment components and subsystem integration.
The ideal candidate will possess a strong combination of embedded firmware development electrical engineering fundamentals test system development and hands-on troubleshooting experience.
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, software engineering, or related technical discipline. Not mechanical engineering.
- 4 or more years of engineering experience with embedded systems firmware development electrical design and test system development.
- Proficiency in C/C for embedded systems development.
- Experience developing firmware for microcontroller-based systems.
- Experience designing debugging and troubleshooting electrical and embedded systems.
- Experience developing automated test equipment test fixtures or engineering test systems.
- Familiarity with laboratory test equipment including oscilloscopes power supplies logic analyzers multimeters and protocol analyzers.
- Strong problem-solving and root cause investigation skills.
- Experience creating clear and concise technical documentation.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.
- Experience within medical devices aerospace or other regulated industries.
- Familiarity with IEC 62304 software lifecycle processes.
- Familiarity with IEC 60601 IEC 14708 ISO 14971 or related medical device standards.
- Sponsorship is not available for this position
AAP/EEO DFWP
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.