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Successful candidate will join CAIRE’s Research & Development team at the global headquarters in Georgia. This individual will work on CAIRE’s oxygen therapy medical devices, with a focus on electronic embedded system design, as part of larger cross-disciplinary electro-mechanical design teams. This junior-mid level firmware engineer will integrate into the full product life cycle, from design and development to transfer to manufacturing and sustaining activities.

This on-site position is a hands-on engineering position with time spent in the office, laboratory and manufacturing floor for product launch support. Limited travel may be required to visit/support key suppliers or certified external laboratories. This position will be based out of the Canton/Ball Ground location of CAIRE, which is approximately 30 minutes north of the greater Atlanta, GA area.

Essential Functions
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Perform development and sustaining tasks for electro-mechanical medical devices with the cross functional design team.
• Design and develop innovative solutions to meet engineering and marketing requirements.
• Troubleshoot and determine corrective measures for prototype designs and quality defects.
• Write firmware/software design documentation and test protocols. Perform verification testing and write test reports.
• Utilize programmable hardware and microcontrollers interfacing analog and digital sensors, user interface display and controls, motor control, and electro-pneumatic systems control with pressure feedback.
• Firmware development activities including design, prototyping, testing, and troubleshooting to meet system design specs.
• Develop control and power management firmware to optimize power consumption, system reliability and performance.
• Develop test and diagnostics software to support bench testing, production testing, and field service
• Review and evaluation of product design through informal and formal design reviews and design verification test plans and reports.
• Sustain existing firmware and software solutions, implement bug fixes and feature enhancements.
• Evaluation and documentation of product non-conformances, root-cause analysis, and implement design improvements.
• Observe and practice safety procedures and policies.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned by management.

Supervisory Responsibility
This position has no supervisory responsibilities

Work Environment
This job operates in a professional office and lab environment. This position will require the ability to move around the engineering lab and production floor to address production

Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Frequent standing, sitting, walking, bending, stooping, twisting and occasional crawling.
• Occasional lifting up to 50 lbs., occasional heavier lifting.
• Occasional pushing, pulling and handling of materials.

Travel
Very limited travel, less than 5%

Required Education and Experience

• BS Degree in Engineering – Computer, Electrical, or equivalent
• Minimum two years professional engineering experience, preferably in the design and manufacturing of electro-mechanical products.
• Firmware or software development experience, languages may include C/C++.
• Working knowledge of computers, including MS Word, Excel, and Office Suite programs.
• Strong communication and organizational skills
• Ability to work both independently and in team settings.
• Sound understanding of fundamentals within software design, electrical design, circuits, embedded systems, digital communication, controls, energy consumption, PCBAs, prototyping and troubleshooting.
• Ability to debug firmware running on PCBA hardware, using oscilloscope and other lab equipment.
• Experience with programmable devices, such as ARM, PIC, SoC microcontrollers.

Preferred Education and Experience

• Experience with serial communication protocols, such as RS-232, I2C, SPI, USB.
• Experience with integrated Mixed Signal (analog & digital) systems and sensor integration.
• Experience with control systems, such as brushless DC motor control and electro-pneumatic systems.
• Experience implementing wireless solutions for Bluetooth, WIFI, and/or Cellular.
• Power management optimization and smart battery experience.
• Medical Device background a plus
• Understanding of production metrics and Six Sigma.
• Understanding of Medical Device design control processes and associated ISO standards compliance (60601, 13485, 9001, etc.) preferred

Additional Eligibility Qualifications
None required for this position.

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.

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