Sr Eng, Systems

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Baxter’s Front Line Care business products expand Diagnosis & Therapies to better help patients and physicians to manage chronic or acute respiratory and cardiac diseases (COPD, CHF, etc.).  The earlier the diagnosis & treatment for these patients – the better the quality of life.  The $1.2B business portfolio includes products for Cardiology, Patient monitoring, airway clearance, ventilation and Intelligent diagnostics. The role of Senior Engineer is to make technical contribution in Systems & Electronics engineering activities by providing technical contribution within an area of expertise to contribute towards requirement, analysis, detailed design and verification activities for an assigned product, project or solution.  The successful candidate will possess “hands-on” technical abilities, an excitement and energy for product development, and a passion for their work and the impact it has on meeting the needs of patients. This position is based out of Bangalore and reporting to the Hardware Manager of Front Line Care business.

As a Senior Engineer, you will be a member of a team with guidance whenever needed, with the responsibility of supporting the development of creative solutions to challenging issues associated with the design, development, and sustaining engineering for our new and existing product portfolio. The successful candidate will get "hands-on" technical abilities, the know-how of product development, and work and the impact it has on meeting the needs of patients. Also, as part of the job, prepare Requirements, Traceability Matrices, and final reports and ensure good documentation and DFx practices are followed.

·       Identifies technical problems, provides innovative, creative solutions; shares technical knowledge with team.

·       Understanding of business, market, industry and competitive knowledge & integrating into technical solutions that can be readily adapted to changes in technology and/or clinical use.

·       Generates alternatives and takes reasonable risks while solving technical problems.

·       Work and collaborate closely with Project Manager & Team leads to define and solve engineering changes/problems to make products that meet all performance and functional criteria within required project schedule, with minimum guidance.

·       Participate in design/change reviews with the Sustaining Team and Engineering Change Board – justify design detail and collaborate with other team members

·       Completes detailed, high quality technical documentation of product designs through the generation and maintenance of design requirement specifications, engineering prints, material specifications and bills-of-materials

·       Uses existing engineering tools and best practices to report and track product and process metrics.

·       Challenges project teams and established work processes and proactively finds creative methods to reach desired performance levels

·       Informs others proactively about developments or issues that affect their work, and their ability to meet commitments.

·       Presents the findings / objective evidences and able to present with rationale with applicability / exclusions

Identify and report any quality or compliance concerns and take immediate corrective / Preventive action as needed

Qualifications:

·       Experience in Requirement analysis, flow down, risk assessment, system thinking.

·       Develop or refine user/product requirements and work with developers for their implementation and testing.

·       Involvement in the system and medical risk management activities for our products and ensuring the safety of the product for patients and caregivers.

·       Resolve systems-related technical issues by applying problem-solving tools such as cause and effect diagrams, 5 Whys, Pareto charts, etc.

·       Experience in electromechanical hardware development, preferably medical devices or other highly regulated products such as military hardware.

·       Ability to generate alternative solutions to problems or processes.

·       Simulate therapy algorithms using modeling & simulation software like Matlab/Simulink. Ability to apply engineering concepts to electro-mechanical systems with software, their functionality, connectivity, and usability aspects.

·       Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work collaboratively with others in a team environment

·       Excellent background in fundamentals of circuit design and analysis.

·       Experience with industry leading software tools for schematic entry and PCB layout design.

·       Experience with established development tools and processes. Especially Altium, PSpice, OrCAD, Mentor’s DxDesigner and Expedition.

·       Hands-on experience with analog/digital circuit and embedded systems designs is required.

·       Hands-on experience with embedded platforms, 8-, 16- and 32-bit microcontrollers, Arm Cortex-M series processors.

·       Experience in CAN, SPI, I2C and UART.

·       Experience in designing circuits involving more than one of the following is preferred: Battery, Blower, Compressor, Motor control and Solenoid control.

·       Previous exposure with Medical Devices, FDA Regulations or other applicable regulatory requirements,

·       Working knowledge of UL/IEC 60601-1, ISO13485 and CE/UL certification is a plus.

·       Working knowledge in design QA, DFx, and DFMEA are preferred.

·       Demonstrated experience in accomplishing objectives. Able to deliver on multiple projects simultaneously

·       Self-motivated with good interpersonal skills

Education & Experience

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical/ Electronic engineering with 7-11 yrs. of work experience in Systems Engineering, Design and Development, testing of complex electrical/ Electronic components/ subsystems/ systems & products.

Equal Employment Opportunity

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