RF Engineer of Wireless products - Chgo area

Hello! I am currently working with a client to find an RF engineer of wireless products! If you're experienced and interested, please read the job description below, then contact me for more information at lisa@180.us.com or 877-977-0377, ext. 312

Rolling Meadows, IL

Description for RF Engineer:  Seeking an RF Engineer.  As a part of the Hardware Development team, the RF Engineer will be responsible for the Radio Frequency (RF) design and verification of wireless products. The successful candidate will possess extensive knowledge and experience in radio design, integration and verification in a combination of LTE, UMTS, GSM, CDMA, GPS, Bluetooth and WLAN technologies.

Responsibilities for RF Engineer:

• Design and verification of RF subsystems

• Responsible for vendor evaluation and component selection

• Define RF hardware verification plans and reports

• Develop RF verification test setups and ensure the RF design is compliant as per the physical layer requirements

• Interface regularly with other engineering groups (hardware, software, factory, component qualification etc.) and with external component suppliers.

Requirements for RF Engineer:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent

• Experience in design/development and verification of LTE/UMTS/EDGE/GSM/CDMA RF subsystems required.

• Experience with GPS, Bluetooth and WLAN desired.

• Experience in high volume product development and production preferred.

• Experienced with RF test equipment such as network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, base station emulators (ex. Agilent 8960, CMU/SMU)

• Work experience with RF design simulation techniques and tools such as ADS

• Experienced in DFM and DFT

• Demonstrated ability to take initiative and responsibility in a team environment

• Experience in schematic capture and PCB layout

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Must be willing to travel internationally

 

Audio HW Engineer - Greater Chicago Area

Hi! I'm looking for an experienced audio HW engineer! If interested, please read the job description below then contact me at lisa@180.us.com or 877-977-0377, ext. 312 for more information!

Have a GREAT day!
Lisa
 

The Audio Hardware Engineer is responsible for the development and integration of the audio sub-system for mobile/cellular devices. The role has a wide scope in the smartphone development process, from initial electrical and acoustic design to integration, debut and test to production support.  The Engineer works closely with DSP, OS, mechanical teams, internal manufacturing teams, as well as components suppliers.

 

Completing the audio electrical schematic capture.

Work with board designer on PCB layout.

Work with mechanical engineering team on the acoustic design.

Work with components engineering on the selection and integration of acoustic transducers.

Perform audio gain/filter tuning to meet product/industry specifications.

Conducting all prototype lab testing and final product conformance testing.

Planning production test requirements and supporting manufacturing to help address yield issues.

Being active in continuous improvements in specifications and design processes.

 

 

Bachelor's degree in Electronics Engineering or similar qualifications

Understanding of audio and acoustic design in portable devices, preferably mobile phones or other devices with highly miniaturized yet tightly specified designs.

Understanding of tuning concepts for audio processing in order to optimize customer perception and meet product specifications.

Experienced in general electro acoustic testing preferably within telecom.

Acoustic knowledge of receivers, loudspeakers, microphones and vibration motors.

A system level understanding of mobile phones is desirable.

Ability to work in a fast paced environment with quick changes in plans and objectives.

Excellent communication and organizational skills.

 

Additional Assets

Experience in high volume manufacturing is desirable but not essential.

Familiarity with audio test systems, e.g., Acqua, UPV, HATS, Listen desirable

 

Chicago Area Principal Engineer - Medical Device Design Control

Hi! I have a principal engineer - medical device design control position available with a great client! Pleas read below for more information and if interested, contact me at lisa@180.us.com or 877-977-0377, ext. 312!

Lake Forest, IL

Permanent Position

Description for Principal Engineer – Device Design Control:  Seeking a Principal Engineer to be responsible for ensuring the Design Control process is compliant with FDA and global regulations and that the requirements of these regulations are appropriately translated into company procedures and applied to directly to product development to avoid FDA and global findings.

Responsibilities for Principal Engineer – Device Design Control:

Lead Development of Design Controls process & accountable for successful project completion.

Plans and directs major technical phases of projects. Provides technical direction and coordinates team efforts. May be responsible for directing assigned engineering and support staff.

Represents business unit on projects. Routinely provides analysis and advice to senior business unit management.

May be responsible for training/mentoring less-experienced exempt and non-exempt personnel in area of expertise. Responsible for the performance evaluations of all reports.  Resolves complex problems within teams, departments, projects, programs and cross-functionally.  Manages activities of reports to achieve goals consistent with area, department, R&D and business unit objectives.

Applies advanced theories and concepts.  Optimizes solutions from a systems point of view by taking into account the effect of any change on other parts of the systems and supporting functions.

Designs/modifies complex systems. Designs/modifies complex/ high-level systems architecture requiring multidisciplinary expertise or in-depth knowledge in a single discipline; defines parameters and boundaries for lower level design activities. Establishes error budgets for key aspects of system performance.

Integrates multiple project plans. Establishes and reviews complex plans for multiple activities/projects or plans highly complex personal projects; monitors and takes corrective action for processes and systems.

Identifies, creates and leads new methods for verification and validation.

Suggests/applies novel ideas/solutions to customer needs both inside and outside of organization. Suggests/applies recognized leading technologies to project teams.

Exchanges information with appropriate frequency and within a time frame to maximize its utility and promote cross-functional collaboration.  Delivers communications tailored to the needs of the receiver (managers, peers, customers). Conveys information clearly and effectively through both formal and informal documents; reviews and edits written work constructively. Defines purpose and objectives; prepares and delivers clear, smooth presentations; carries self well in front of a group; keeps to time frame; can effectively field questions.

Requirements for Principal Engineer – Device Design Control:

• 10+ years experience in Design and Development with demonstrated experience in the development of electro-mechanical systems design, consumables products or drug/device combination products.
• Expert knowledge of FDA 21CFR820; in particular 820.30, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), and ISO 13485 and ISO 14971.
• Demonstrated expertise in requirements management, configurations management, defect tracking, and associated tools.
• Advanced experience with establishing departmental or program objectives following company policies and establishing
  procedures that are measureable with outcomes that can be quantified.
• Advanced experience with complex, cross-functional development projects
• Strong ability to converse technically with mechanical, electronic, software, clinical, regulatory, and quality engineering disciplines.
• CSQE, CQE, CQA or other ASQ certification preferred.

Expert knowledge required in the following areas:

• Design and Development Planning
• Design Input & Output
• Design Review
• Design Verification & Validation
• Design Transfer
• Design Changes
• Design History File
• Risk Management

Senior Systems Engineer - V&V - Greater Chicago Area

Hi all! I'm currently helping my client search for a senior systems engineer - verification and validation! If you're interested, please read the job description below, then contact me at lisa@180.us.com or 877-977-0377, ext. 312 for more information.

Permanent Position

Lake Forest, IL

Description for Senior Systems Engineer – Verification & Validation:  Seeking a hands-on senior-level Systems Engineer with strong technical background and relevant experience in verification and validation (V&V) of consumables, devices and drug/device combination products. Follows product development process and requirements traceability for FDA regulated medical devices and apply FDA 21 CFR Part 820 and ISO standards governing design verification and validation medical devices.

Responsibilities for Senior Systems Engineer – Verification & Validation:

Systems engineering leadership

• Leads V&V activities related to new product development and on-market products
• Review, assess, and support mitigation of verification and validation technical risks
• Tracks to closure of systems verification/validation issues and ensures documentation

Product definition

• Support and provide input to development of user needs and product requirements
• Provide content for the Design Input Reviews as required by the project teams

Product risk management

• Creates tracing to verification and validation protocols/reports to cover risk controls in the Hazards Analysis
• Executes to test plans and provides data for reports in a medical devices industry, including tracking of system issues based on risk analysis for appropriate disposition

Product requirements

• Reviews user needs, design inputs and design specifications for verification and validation applicability
• Participates in product requirements flow down tracing activities as applicable to verification and validation

Verification and validation

• Plans and executes system verification / validation tasks
• Creates tracing of verification coverage of design inputs/design specifications and validation coverage of user needs and hazards as appropriate
• Leads design verification & validation readiness and exit reviews

 

Requirements for Senior Systems Engineer – Verification & Validation:

 

1.  With Bachelor’s 6-10 years of systems engineering experience or substantial equivalent function. With Master’s 0-3 years experience.

2.     Advanced ability to develop test plans, protocols and to execute verification and validation (V&V) tests to ensure that product designs meet design requirements and intended use

3.     Advanced experience utilizing engineering product development methodologies including validation of user needs by interacting with end users to gather data

4.     Aptitude for applying medical knowledge and human factors considerations to set up or assess workflows, interfaces, or interactions of users for test derivation

5.     Possess strong interpersonal skills to work across department and site boundaries and supporting project teams
through cross-functional interactions

6.     Experience with medical devices and the regulations related to medical devices (FDA/ISO) desired

 

 

Chgo Area Exper. Principal Systems Engineer - Medical Devices

Hi all! I'm currently helping my client search for an experienced principal systems engineer - medical devices! If you're interested, please read the job description below, then contact me at lisa@180.us.com or 877-977-0377, ext. 312 for more information.

Chicago Area, IL

Permanent Position

Description for Principal Systems Engineer:  Seeking Principal Systems Engineer.  In this role, you must be able to:

• lead projects as R&D Core Team member / Lead Systems Engineer
• write Use Cases, System Requirements, and Risk Management for high volume single use medical devices
• monitor and drive down technical risks
• work closely with Global Marketing teams to translate user needs and VOC into engineering concepts, architectures, and system requirements and solutions

Responsibilities for Principal Systems Engineer:

• Analyze, evaluate and plan methods for the solution of complex problems.
• Conduct investigations of considerable complexity pertaining to the development of new designs, methods, materials or processes, and investigate possible applications of the results.
• Develop project direction together with management.
• Accept the highest level of accountability.
• Plan and direct major technical phases of projects.
• Provide technical direction and coordinates team efforts.
• May be responsible for directing assigned engineering and support staff.
• Apply advanced theories and concepts.
• Optimize solutions from a systems point of view by taking into account the effect of any change on other parts of the systems and supporting functions.
• Design/modify complex systems.
• Design/modify complex/high-level systems architecture requiring multidisciplinary expertise or in-depth knowledge in a single discipline; defines parameters and boundaries for lower-level design activities.
• Establish error budgets for key aspects of system performance.
• Integrate multiple project plans.
• Establish and review complex plans for multiple activities/projects or plan highly complex personal projects.
• Work closely with Global Marketing, Engineering, Medical, Regulatory, and Quality to take the system from concept through FDA approval to field deployment.

Requirements for Principal Systems Engineer:

• 10+ years experience with Bachelor’s degree, 4+ years experience with Master’s degree, or 3+ years experience with Ph.D.
• 5+ years experience in systems engineering for medical devices
• Experience with drug delivery therapies and infusion technology
• Experience with associated consumables of infusion technology
• Experience with medical product submissions to FDA/501K; hazard & reliability analysis
• Experience with system modeling/simulation, architecture, requirements development and structured  analysis

Chgo Area Exper. Systems Engineer - Medical Devices, Contract Position

Hi all! I am helping my client search for the best of the best systems engineer with experience with medical devices! If you're interested, please read the job description below then contact me at lisa@180.us.com or 877-977-0377, ext. 312 for more information!

Chicago Area, IL

1 yr. contract

Seeking Systems Engineers for contract position.  These are 12 month remediation projects for medical devices.

Requirements & Responsibilities for Systems Engineer:

- Minimum 5 years Medical Devices industry background

- Strong skills in structured investigations consisting of:

• Problem definition & refinement of problem statement
• Assessment & technical interpretation of related complaint information.
• Identification of applicable requirements & associated test methods / results.
• Identification of testable hypotheses (possible causes) for the problem statement.  Organize & prioritize hypotheses.
• Rule in /Rule out assessment of identified hypotheses / potential causes using the following possible approaches:
• Preparation of objective evidence so support root cause conclusions
• Conducting technical reviews
• Identification of possible corrective actions
• Preparation of formal recommended action summaries.
• Working knowledge of the FDA Quality System Regulations and how they are applied to the medical device industry
• Familiarity with risk management under ISO 14971, including
• Conducting risk assessments and generating updates to the hazard analysis,
• Tracing mitigations to requirements and
• Conducting tradeoff to optimize the risk profile.

-Experience with the development and/or controlled modification of device Design History Files (DHF) for medical devices including:

• Creating the Requirements Management Plan document
• Creating content of all Design Input Documents (DID)
• Creating tracing at all levels of the requirements flow down
• Creating allocation of DID to subsystem level specifications
• Reviews content of subsystem level specifications
• Chief content provider for the Design Inputs Review milestone
• Generation of the master trace matrix document

- Experience conducting complaint investigations including historical analysis & trending

- Experience with complex electro-mechanical devices w/ embedded software required.

- Experience in leading the system verification and validation efforts, including the planning and execution of system level tests.

- BS in Electrical / Mechanical / Software  / Systems Engineering required, MS preferred.

- 5 or more years of Systems Engineering /Software Design experience.

- Working knowledge of Microsoft office products; working knowledge of Telelogic DOORs desired.

• Preferred:  Fluid delivery and/ or infusion pumps experience.

Chgo Area, Antenna Engineer for Hand Held Devices Needed

Hi! I have been searching for a  great engineer for my client! If you're an antenna engineer looking for a great opportunity, read the job description below and contact me at lisa@180.us.com or 877-977-0377, ext. 312 for more information!

Description for Antenna Engineer:  In this position you will be part of the Research and Development team for design, testing, characterization and development of antenna solutions for LTE, UMTS, CDMA, GSM, Bluetooth, WiFi and GPS radio standards. The successful candidate will work as part of a product development team that includes RF, Digital, Mechanical and Software Engineering teams to validate antenna solutions for mobile computing products.

Responsibilities for Antenna Engineer:                                                   

• Antenna Research and Development across all cellular bands for implementation into handheld communication devices.
• Working in a team environment at all phases from concept design to final products

Requirements for Antenna Engineer:

• MSEE minimum, PhD preferred
• This position is open from junior Engineer to Principal Staff Engineer
• 3+ years’ experience with the design, prototype and test of mobile handset antennas
• TRP/TIS/SAR optimization across a variety of devices
• Knowledge of multiple-input, multiple-output operation in handsets
• Experience with design and simulation tools is required.
• Understanding of RF compliance requirements
• Hands on skills for RF matching and antenna prototype development