Company:

My client is among the world's largest medical technology companies, focusing on advancing health through improvements in medical discovery, diagnostics, and the delivery of care. Their Research Centre Ireland (RCI), located in Castletroy, Limerick, serves as a global Centre of Excellence. Established in 2017, the company develop a range of innovations and technologies aimed at enhancing bioscience discovery and diagnostics, improving clinical diagnoses, and advancing patient care.

Role: Senior Electronics Engineer

Location: Castletroy, Limerick

Benefits: Competitive salary, bonus, pension, full family healthcare, hybrid role.


Overview:

My client are seeking a skilled and innovative Senior Electronics Engineer with a strong foundation in both analog and digital design to join our dynamic team. In this pivotal role, you will drive the development of brand-new products by providing high-quality solutions to complex engineering challenges. You will work on exciting projects from feasibility through to implementation, collaborating closely with teams representing different functions to ensure the successful delivery of products that meet industry standards.


Day to day:

• Actively participate in new and existing product development efforts from concepts to implementation.
• Lead a team of electronic engineers to achieve project goals.
• Drive circuit-level hardware design phases, including architecture and design, component selection, schematic entry, board bring-up, and integration of sophisticated printed circuit board and cable assemblies into systems/instruments.
• Effectively work with multi-functional teams, including software, mechanical design, and system engineering, aligning with the project schedule and budget through different phases of the product lifecycle.
• Have experience with interfacing hardware peripherals like sensors, motor drivers, etc.
• Have experience with electrical drawing packages like SolidWorks Electrical, Eplan, AutoCAD Electrical, etc.
• Support project teams in general activities related to ongoing product design & development.
• Evaluate and implement designs to ensure that all agency requirements (UL, IEC, FDA) are being met throughout the design process.
• Apply tools like FMEA to resolve and detail the root cause of the product’s system or component failure.
• Generate design specifications, test protocols, complete testing, and associated test reports.
• Participate in technical design reviews to ensure electrical design integrity and safety are achieved.
• Develop and implement test procedures to verify design operation and compliance to international standards e.g. IEC 60601, ISO 13458.
• Experience in EMC testing, including Immunity Testing, Capacitive Voltage Emissions, Current Probe Emissions, ESD Testing, Transient Testing, Radiated Emissions Testing.
• Cable harness, power management, 3-phase AC systems.
• Experience in AC/DC and DC/DC convertors.
• Experience developing firmware using Communication protocols – I2C, SPI, UART, CAN, etc in an embedded environment.
• Experience in the Medical Device area would be an advantage.

• Bachelor's degree (master's desirable) in Electrical/Electronic Engineering or related field.
• At least 4 years of experience as an Electronics Engineer designing and testing both analog and digital circuitry on sophisticated printed circuit board assemblies.
• Strong digital and analog circuit design background that includes microprocessors, analog circuitry for theoretical analysis circuit level, board level simulation, and experience with building blocks for modular systems, Labview.
• Proficient design skills and tools for crafting schematics, board layouts, and simulations.