Job Title:Senior Electrical Engineer
Location:Galway
Benefits:Excellent salary, bonus, healthcare, pension, hybrid working.

The Role:
As a Senior Electrical Engineer, you will design, develop, and integrate complex electrical systems for my clients innovative Cardiac Ablation Solutions products. This role provides a unique opportunity to lead challenging projects, mentor team members, and contribute directly to life-changing technologies. You will work cross-functionally with teams in mechanical engineering, software development, quality assurance, and manufacturing to drive projects from concept through production. Your work will help my client achieve their mission of alleviating pain, restoring health, and extending life for millions of patients worldwide.

The Cardiac Ablations Solutions Unit develops life-restoring therapies and healthcare solutions that NOTAG the care continuum; integrating technologies and applying clinical and economic evidence to increase patient access, improve efficiency of procedures and deliver successful patient outcomes.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Perform system-level integration of hardware, firmware, and software components.
• Conduct risk assessments and root cause investigations for electrical issues, implementing robust corrective and preventive actions.
• Manage product changes and related change control activities, ensuring design documentation (e.g., BOMs, specifications, drawings) is updated and maintained accurately.
• Partner with reliability and manufacturing teams to optimise designs for scalability, cost efficiency, and high performance.
• Support verification and validation activities to ensure the safety, compliance, and efficacy of the product.
• Lead or contribute to the design, development, and testing of electrical systems and circuits for medical devices, ensuring compliance with applicable regulatory standards (e.g., IEC 60601).
• Investigate and analyse field-returned products, conducting engineering analyses and testing to determine root causes of failures.
• Develop detailed specifications, schematics, and PCB layouts, collaborating closely with cross-functional teams to meet design and performance requirements.
• Design, develop, and qualify functional and safety test systems at both the product and PCB levels.
• Support and potentially own CAPA (Corrective and Preventive Actions) processes and manage issue escalations to resolution.
• Provide troubleshooting and problem-solving support to manufacturing teams and key suppliers, aiming to increase yields, maintain process capabilities, and improve cost-efficiency.
• Mentor and coach junior engineers, fostering a collaborative, innovative, and high-performing engineering environment.
• Stay current with advancements in electrical engineering, emerging technologies, and industry best practices.

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering required with a minimum of 4 years of electrical design experience or advanced degree with a minimum of 2 years electrical design experience.
• Experience in medical device or highly regulated industries.
• Experience with analog, high voltage or RF circuit design.
• Experience with system-level integration of hardware and firmware.
• Experience in developing hardware test systems for design verification or production testing.
• Solid understanding of EMC design and test principles per IEC 60601.
• Demonstrated skills in writing engineering documents (specifications, test plans, etc.)
• Knowledge of Design for Manufacturing and Test (DFM & DFT) principles.
• Knowledge of Six Sigma, Lean, or other problem-solving methodologies.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Team-oriented mindset with a collaborative work ethic.
• Hands-on experience with prototyping, testing, and debugging PCB assemblies.
• Experience with analysis, simulation, and CAD tools for PCB design (e.g., Minitab, MATLAB, SPICE, Altium, Cadence)