Sustaining Electrical Engineer III

Description

Job Summary:

The Sustaining Electrical Engineer is focused on existing product lines to make improvements to the user experience, product quality, reliability, cost, and efficiency in manufacturing. They are responsible for design and ongoing support of Inogen's electrical systems, including circuit board design, layout, testing, development, and troubleshooting in close cooperation with the New Product Development Team.Areas of focus will include part obsolescence, addressing CAPA’s, complaint analysis and continuous improvement.This position is intended to provide support to Product and Technology change control Projects, with an emphasis on design improvements for increased reliability, manufacturability, and performance.Electrical design tasks undertaken shall be completed within project schedule requirements and according to Inogen operating procedures.

Responsibilities (Specific tasks, duties, essential functions of the job)

Sustaining Electrical Engineer I

• Utilize printed circuit board schematic capture to provide continuous improvement in product design support for Inogen’s existing portfolio of products.
• Determine and execute design improvement opportunities for increased reliability, manufacturability and performance design, implementation and testing of electronics for Inogen products.
• Troubleshoot electronic systems, identify root causes, and develop corrective actions.
• Provide ongoing engineering and technical support to Inogen manufacturing for all circuit board related issues or tasks.
• Work with PCA suppliers to ensure a stable supply chain by transferring knowledge of Inogen designs to the suppliers as necessary.
• Support EMC and Safety Agency testing as related to electronic design changes.
• Support and develop engineering documentation, including specifications and verification procedures when necessary
• Perform production validation testing, including system level and board level testing.
• Maintain regular and punctual attendance.
• Comply with all company policies and procedures.
• Assist with any other duties as assigned.

Sustaining Electrical Engineer II

In addition to items listed for Sustaining Electrical Engineer I, a Sustaining Electrical Engineer II may also be responsible for the following.

• Lead ongoing electronic systems risk analysis.Develop mitigative and corrective actions to support product quality goals.
• Provide consistent attention to reducing defects in manufacturing and field returns through continuous improvement and lean practices
• Provide support to manufacturing as necessary to maintain production capacity, including problem identification, analysis, and solutions
• Work as an interface between Inogen and PCA manufacturers for the support of technical issues related to production circuit boards.
• Meet with vendors as necessary to identify components and technologies required for Inogen designs.

Sustaining Electrical Engineer III

In addition to items listed for Sustaining Electrical Engineer II a Sustaining Electrical Engineer III may also be responsible for the following.

• Lead development efforts for selected Electrical Engineering continuous improvement projects from concept through prototyping and production release
• Work with software engineer and functional engineers to ensure hardware / software functionality
• Determine and execute design improvement opportunities for increased reliability, manufacturability and performance design, implementation and testing of electronics for Inogen products.
• Troubleshoot electronic systems, identify root causes, and develop corrective actions.
• Provide ongoing engineering and technical support to Inogen manufacturing as needed for circuit board related issues or tasks.
• Support training activities for other Inogen engineers and production members

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Must have strong work ethic.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills required.
• Effective conflict resolution.
• Analytical & problem-solving skills & ability to multitask.
• Solutions-oriented problem solver.
• Excellent planning, communication, and organizational skills.
• Ability to effectively interface with different departments within the company.
• Must have demonstrated design and prototyping capabilities using both analog and digital circuits in a design project. Project experience must include analog and digital sensor experience as well as implementation of a microprocessor and related peripheral architecture.
• Experience with manufacturing test engineering requirements, including test procedures, test fixture design, and test fixture verification.
• Experience writing design documentation, including specifications, verification procedures and test reports.
• Detail oriented with attention to product quality.
• Experience in medical device manufacturing and in ISO quality systems.
• Ability to modify and work with "C" code is desired.

Qualifications (Experience and Education)