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Zimmer Biomet Holdings

Develops joint replacement, robotics, smart implants

Electrical Development Engineer Principal 1

Board & Electronics DesignUpdated on Nov 13
Full-time$150k - $170kIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to deliver professional communications to a global audience.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite software.
  • Knowledge of FDA QSR and EU MDR medical device regulatory requirements, and industry- or regulatory-body-recognized technical product standards.
  • Design and testing of printed circuit board assemblies for embedded and electrical systems using an enterprise-level electronic design automation package such as Mentor Graphics or Altium.
  • Experience with embedded microprocessor design, schematic capture, printed circuit board layout, and simulation tools.
  • Strong understanding of hardware interfaces and input/output, including SPI, UART, A/D, D/A, I2C, CAN, LVDS, and MIPI.
  • Ability to execute board bring-ups using advanced debugging and troubleshooting techniques.
  • Board-level electromagnetic compatibility design experience, including supporting product-level electromagnetic compatibility testing and issue resolution.
  • Minimum B.S. degree from an ABET-accredited school or global equivalent in Electrical Engineering or Electrical Engineering Technology.
  • At least 7 years of full-time engineering experience, including relevant Zimmer Biomet co-op or internship experience.

Responsibilities

  • Stay current with relevant medical electrical standards and regulations.
  • Help identify user needs through engagement with internal teams and observation of similar device usage.
  • Translate targeted user needs into design requirements and inputs that satisfy unmet market needs, achieve business goals, and comply with global regulatory requirements and recognized external industry standards.
  • Create product designs that address targeted user needs and requirements, and author design rationale documenting the basis of design features.
  • Prepare and review information for invention disclosures and patents.
  • Initiate and provide instruction for production and inspection of product prototypes, coordinating with cross-functional team members for preliminary evaluation, final design verification, design validation, and process validation.
  • Create hardware requirements specifications defining the intended function of the design, and hardware design details defining how the design will meet specifications. Provide design elements that account for design for manufacturability, process capability, in-circuit testability, and inspection groundwork.
  • Identify and document critical-to-quality product features based on intended use, design requirements, associated user risks, and the design, to support appropriate quality-control inspection plans.
  • Evaluate, verify, and validate product designs against design requirements and to reduce user risk in compliance with company procedures and global regulatory requirements, including tolerance stack-ups, benchtop testing, and simulated operating-room cadaveric product evaluations.
  • Support Quality, Sourcing, and Manufacturing teams with new-product design transfer tasks for production of market-release quantities.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience executing product design and development with a multidisciplinary project team from user-needs identification and concept ideation through commercialization; medical-device experience, particularly orthopedic implant and instrument product design, is desired.
  • Understanding of electrical and electronic manufacturing processes, including printed circuit board assembly manufacturing, and material science for new-product development.
  • Knowledge of global medical-device regulatory requirements.
  • Working knowledge of statistics applied to sample-size determination, design of experiments, and null-hypothesis testing.
  • FPGA/CPLD design proficiency using VHDL or Verilog.
  • Bluetooth and wireless design experience.
  • Motor-control experience, especially with brushless DC motors.
  • Lithium-ion battery-pack management experience.
  • Minitab experience.

About the Company

Zimmer Biomet Holdings

Develops joint replacement, robotics, smart implants

Zimmer Biomet manufactures and markets musculoskeletal medical devices and instruments for joint replacement, surgical trauma, and sports medicine. Its products include joint implants, surgical tools, and smart implants, often supported by robotic-assisted surgery systems. The company develops, produces, and sells these devices and provides services such as medical education and training to healthcare professionals to support procedures and outcomes. Compared with competitors, Zimmer Biomet benefits from a long history (over 90 years), a global footprint, and a focus on integrated solutions that combine advanced implants with robotics technology and education partnerships. Its goal is to advance patient care by delivering reliable devices, technologies, and professional training that improve surgical outcomes and collaboration with healthcare providers.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Warsaw, IN
Founded
1927

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