Sustaining/ Test Systems Engineer

Company: Nextern
Location: Saint Paul
Posted on: February 19, 2021

Job Description:

Nextern is hiring for the role of Sustaining/ Test Systems Engineer. This roles comes with competitive pay and a full benefits package (details below)

The Sustaining/ Test Systems Engineer will be responsible for providing electrical and electronic engineering support and expertise in the design, development, testing and production support of a wide variety of projects in the field of medical devices, as part of a multidisciplinary product development and manufacturing engineering team. This role includes collaborating with development engineering and production staff.

Duties And Responsibilities

• Works as a key part of the product realization team assisting in the development of production/verification test equipment and as a part of operations to maintain and support products in production.
• Designs production test equipment for a variety of medical devices.
• Analyzes product or equipment specifications and performance requirements to determine gaps between designs and existing manufacturing or processing facilities and methods.
• Prepares test system layout, detailed drawings, and schematics under supervision of senior engineering staff.
• Troubleshoots systems, hardware, and software working individually and in teams.
• Compiles and analyzes operational, test, and research data to propose performance standards for newly designed or modified equipment.
• Performs testing, gathers & analyzes test data to determine if design meets functional and performance specifications.
• Writes, executes and documents equipment specifications, installation qualifications, operational qualifications, and process qualifications.
• Participates in design reviews, ensuring product designs are testable, engineering intent is maintained, and risks are mitigated.
• Works with Quality to resolve PCB/PCBA quality issues.
• Manages component obsolescence/availability issues.
• Assures equipment periodic maintenance is performed on schedule.
• Troubleshoots production equipment issues.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
  Working at Nextern is a better kind of work. We look for people who can exercise their personal superpowers while living our company principles. At Nextern, we are all responsible for making a meaningful impact on day to day patient quality of life. Our unique energy is unmistakable as we have fun, care about one another, and build a place we can all grow & produce great work. Come join Nextern, where we are in it TOGETHER!
  
  Requirements
  
  • Bachelor's Degree from a four-year college or university in Electrical Engineering or Electrical Engineering Technology.
  • 3-5 years of experience, preferably in the medical device field.
  • Familiar with production test equipment hardware design functional test, ICT, flying probe, AOI, x-Ray.
  • Oscilloscopes, DAQs, DMMs, and other debugging tools and test equipment.
  • Experience writing tests/scripts (Python, Labview, C, C#, or similar).
  • Experience testing via Bluetooth interfaces is a plus.
  • Excellent analytic problem-solving skills.
  • Proven ability to work in fast paced environment while juggling multiple competing tasks and demands.
  • Strong work ethic and professional commitment.
  • Superb written and oral communication skills.
  • Should have knowledge of Automated Test Management Software (Preferably NI Teststand); Office.
    
    Benefits
    
    • Nextern offers excellent benefits to fuel you in building a fulfilling life & career
      
      • Employer subsidized health insurance for employees
      • Employer paid dental insurance
      • Employer HSA contribution
      • 401k plan with a company match
      • 9 paid holidays (including your birthday!) + vacation, personal and sick days
      • Gym membership subsidy
      • Employee Long Term Disability, AD&D, and Life Insurance
      • Modern facilities with lots of natural light, and occasionally, tacos, because these things are important to productivity!

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