Device Engineer Job Description
Device engineer
provides guidance and understanding to navigate complex product certifications and industry regulations to include CE, UL, IEC, ISO-13485 and ISO-14971.
Device Engineer Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Lead the execution of design verification and validation activities
Assist in creating Design Verification and Design Validation study protocols, conduct testing, and writing reports
The Senior Engineer would work closely with manufacturing on an ongoing basis to ensure manufacturability of the design solutions
Understand NAND-flash architectures such as sense-amp, x-decoder, y-decoder, HV charge pump, voltage regular, reference voltage, POR circuit, ESD circuit, and design layout to perform bench test, pico-probing, device structure testing, device characterization, and write test scripts
Collaborates and communicates with internal and outsourced development partners on hardware design and development
Provide technical quality support to on-market design changes, change control impact assessments, complaint trending, CAPA, and post-market risk management activities throughout product lifecycle
Support the development of new medical devices and combination products through the design control process
Work with supporting organizations (reliability, PDK, design manual, ground-rule, etc) to exchange technical content and to meet schedule
Define user needs, develop product requirements and specifications
Provide project and technical leadership on cross functional teams for devices through clinical development, product registration and commercialization
Device Engineer Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Device Engineer
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: DFSS, ASQ, ITIL, CASP, CISSP, CE, MCSE, ISO, OD, CPE
Education for Device Engineer
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the device engineer job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, Science, Technical, Computer Science, Education, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering
Skills for Device Engineer
Desired skills for device engineer include:
Semiconductor device physics
Ion implant and implant masking processes
Junction and source/drain engineering
Mobility engineering techniques
Silicide module
Spacer formation
Analysis of experiments
Design
Execution
ISO 13485 and ISO 14971 and related standards
Desired experience for device engineer includes:
Experience of bespoke capital equipment
MSEE or related degree with curriculum emphasis on semiconductor device process and physics
Minimum of three years professional experience
Direct experience with dry-etch methods including ICP and RIE and specific experience with dry etching of GaN and SiC materials is a strong plus
Power electronics experience
C#/.Net developer knowledge
Device Engineer Examples
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Device Engineer Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is looking to fill the role of device engineer. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for device engineer
- Design programs for development of new medical device products from concept to production, complying with internal and external requirements such as ISO 13485 and FDA GMP regulations
- Participate in the development of specifications and design requirements for the instrument and its subassemblies, with a particular emphasis on electrical considerations
- Develop, work to, and report against detailed development plans, including task definition, design reviews, manpower estimates, timelines with measurable milestones, and budgetary estimates
- Participate in technical design and program reviews of the system
- Own all modem-related technical issues found in the field
- Primary responsibility is finding the root cause of failures by EFA/PFA for ReRam/Flash memory and micro controller device
- Perform bench test, pico-probing, device structure testing, device characterization, and write test scripts
- Find root cause of failures by EFA/PFA for ReRam/Flash memory and micro controller device
- Work on Chemical, SEM, STEM, Thermal emission, Obirch emission, InGaAs emission, and de-processing using parallel and vertical hand polishing techniques
- Designs portions of engineering solutions for electronics enclosures, and production tooling based on established engineering principles and in accordance with development technology practices and guidelines
Qualifications for device engineer
- Knowledge of regulations and standards
- You must possess a Ph.D
- Able to work independently effectively aligning and working through others
- Equipment Performance Improvement experience - Safety, Reliability, Cycle Time, Up-time - OEE
- Outspoken and with good communication skills
- Relevant experience in hands-on manual and automated software testing
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Device Engineer Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of device engineer. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for device engineer
- Participates as a member of project team of other hardware engineers and internal and outsourced development partners to develop reliable, cost effective and high quality solutions for low to moderately-complex products
- Support medical device and combination product Quality System initiatives
- Partner internally and externally to create best in class certification methodology for OD devices, providing technical leadership to device vendors in technology selection (LTE Cat-1, Cat-M, VoLTE, CDMAless....), developing certification strategy and testing requirement
- Create effective partnership with device vendors to develop solutions, working closely with sales and marketing teams to develop solutions for various verticals (Telematics, IoT, Health Care….) and other opportunities
- Apply technical leadership and wireless technology experience, evaluating devices based on technical specifications, supported features, supported technology, frequency bands, market segments, chipset/modules used, parent-child relationship and other relevant parameters ….to advice OEMs and Test Labs on certification requirements, develop testing scope and strategy, leading to a successful, on-time approval
- Provide leadership to root cause analysis on device issues and implement improvement plans based on lessons learned
- Lead teams/sub-teams without losing focus on individual contributions and deliverables
- Work closely with cross functional teams to develop test cases representing end-user scenarios, network events, stress and adversarial conditions – with focus on modules and chipsets
- Identify and implement tools and systems for test tracking, issues reporting and metrics development
- Demonstrate role model behavior
Qualifications for device engineer
- Ability to work independently, efficiently and effectively under extreme time constraints and deliver results by given deadlines
- Must have a BS in Engineering (Mechanical (preferred), or Biomedical engineering) with at least 3-5 years’ experience (preferred in high volume and /or medical device industry in NEW PRODUCT R&D)
- Experience working in structured Phase Gate process for product development and technology development
- Must have desire to work in project team environment
- Must have experience in tolerance analysis of plastic components in molding and assembly
- Must have good understanding of six sigma and statistical principles, root cause analysis, DOE
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Device Engineer Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is looking to fill the role of device engineer. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for device engineer
- Maintain responsibility for all aspects of a medical device or medical device system’s design
- Keep abreast of new technology and network evolution to deliver best customer experience and device performance
- Closely work with network team, Product Development, Marketing and other internal teams to develop test cases that represent end-user scenarios and use cases
- Closely work across organizations (maintenance, system & service performance teams) to reproduce problems reported from the field
- Closely work with device OEMs for root cause analysis and resolve issues identified during testing
- Use deep understanding of automation technology that would effectively test network & device interactions
- Architect end-to-end automated system to stress the lab network against commercial and pre-launch devices
- Help develop RF profiles to simulate various iRAT transitions (parameter settings and functional validation)
- Apply excellent analytical and problem solving skills to identify problems quickly and work with device manufactures and internal teams to resolves issues quickly to meet target launch dates and delivery commitments
- Use issues tracking systems and tools to report & document test results
Qualifications for device engineer
- The candidate must know NAND-flash architectures such as sense-amp, x-decoder, y-decoder, HV charge pump, voltage regular, reference voltage, POR circuit, ESD circuit, and know layout
- Know bench test, pico-probing, device structure testing, device characterization, and write test scripts
- The candidate must be pursuing a Ph.D
- 6+ months working in technical problem solving and teamwork
- BS in Computer Science or 3+ years of industry experience
- Proficient understanding of OS X and Unix
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Device Engineer Job Description
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Our innovative and growing company is hiring for a device engineer. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for device engineer
- Communicate internally and externally, in a clear and concise manner
- Host meeting with vendors and internal teams as needed to create agreements, communicate issues and provide status update
- Work in a fast paced and dynamic environment, while keeping up with new technology and industry evolution
- Apply creativity to identify device issues to deliver best end-user experience
- Be able to lead teams/sub-teams without losing focus on individual contributions and deliveries
- React quickly to customer issues by supporting post launch and field test teams
- Lead / support risk management activities, such as hazard identification, FMEA, , associated with devices
- Accountable IMP device quality and technical-quality subject matter expert for product development device teams
- Support root cause analysis and discrepancy investigations including the implementation of corrective actions
- Provide input on policies and procedures and act as a subject matter expert on applicable quality systems, standards or business processes (as required)
Qualifications for device engineer
- Extensive understanding of networking, problem isolation, documenting test plans or test matrices, and SQA testing methodologies
- Ability to analyze and regress software issues
- 2 - 5 years experience with Objective-C, Cocoa, iOS or OS X programming
- Excitement and the passion to create amazing products
- Comfortable in a dynamic development environment
- Existing product in the Mac or iOS App Store a plus
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Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of device engineer. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for device engineer
- Monitor and improve manufacturing processes
- Maintain and improve Etest system
- Interface with Fab personnel daily, including presentations
- Facilitate teams to respond to Etest losses with process / product engineers and eliminate sources of losses
- Center parameters to improve CPKs
- Meet Etest yield goals
- Develop and improve software to test and analyze data
- Interface with customers about Etest issues
- Provide project and technical support on cross functional teams for devices through clinical development, product registration and commercialization
- The candidate for this position will be part of Medimmune’s Drug Delivery and Device Development group working on combination product development, development of novel technologies, and transforming scientific knowledge / analysis into practical implementations
Qualifications for device engineer
- Typically requires 10+ years in NAND technology development
- 3D-NAND development experience is a plus
- Minimum 4-year degree BSEE/BSCS/BSCE or equivalent experience
- 5+ years of experience in wireless devices and network infrastructure testing employing CDMA/EVDO/LTE
- 2+ years of experience in 3rd party vendor management, including device OEMs, network vendors and test solution vendors
- Excellent knowledge of LTE/eHRPD, IMS and VoIP network architecture