Company Type
Medical Manufacturer
Location
Portland, Oregon
Job Description
- Design and develop custom, high performance cable constructions to meet customer’s electrical, mechanical, and environmental performance requirements for imaging, diagnostic and therapeutic, surgical, and interventional cable interconnect market segments.
- Apply technical knowledge to model cable design, cable fabrication, materials, and assembly-level requirements to meet scope (e.g., performance and quality), schedule (e.g., on time delivery), and budget (e.g., price) constraints.
- Develops design solutions to complex technical problems where analysis of data requires an in-depth evaluation of many factors. Solutions require use of ingenuity and creativity.
- Performs work under general supervision on multiple NPI projects. Exercises considerable latitude in determining technical objectives of assignment.
- Generate design specifications, create cable construction drawings in 2-D or 3-D CAD, participate in technical reviews during an early assessment of business opportunity, and document bill of materials to support quote preparation..
- Translate customer’s product requirements into achievable product specifications and design features.
- Apply performance test results to cable design modeling assumptions and improve subsequent cable designs.
- Participate in FMEA (Failure Mode Effects Analysis) and risk analysis reviews on NPI (New Product Introduction) products.
- Participate in a series of cross-functional design reviews throughout the NPI process.
Job Skills
- B.S. in Engineering (Mechanical or Electrical preferred); M.S. or Ph.D. in Engineering a plus.
- Five or more years electro-mechanical, coax, power, or video cable product design and development engineering experience.
- Working knowledge of cable construction materials, signal transmission and cable design principles such that design choices can be made with little or no technical guidance is preferred.
- Working knowledge of fine wire (38 AWG or smaller) design, manufacturing, and termination a plus.
- Medical product development experience and knowledge of FDA regulations preferred.
- Can-do attitude, resourceful, action oriented, and drive for results.
- Demonstrated technical contribution through creative product design solutions that have been successfully launched into the market.
- Demonstrated inventiveness through invention disclosures, patents, active participation in professional organizations, technical conference presentations, etc…
Job ID: 4966
Categories
Cable Harness Fabrication, Electrical Engineering, Engineer, Mechanical Engineering, West Coast
