Senior Principal RF Engineer (WA)
Date: Apr 14, 2025
Location: Bothell, WA, US, 98011
Company: Bausch Health
Join a team! We are a global diversified pharmaceutical company enriching lives through our relentless drive to deliver better health outcomes. We develop, manufacture and market a range of products, primarily in gastroenterology, hepatology, neurology, dermatology, medical aesthetic devices, international pharmaceuticals. Our 7,000 employees share a common goal and values, propelling us to provide essential care to millions of people globally. We seek dedicated individuals who share our sense of urgency, unity, and excellence.
We are looking for a trustworthy and respectful individual who consistently does the right thing. Someone who is imaginative and proactive, with a keen eye for what is possible. A perceptive and adaptive person who is action oriented. We need a disciplined, focused, and accountable team member. If you embody these values, come join our company and help us shape the future. We are all in it together to make a difference. Be a part of a culture that doesn't just wait for change but actively creates it—where your skills and values drive our collective progress and impact.
Principal RF/Analog Electrical Engineer, should have a strong electronic design engineer team member capable of working from requirements through system level documentation and in all facets of the electronics hardware development process with an emphasis on less than 20MHz RF/Analog development and analysis skill.
Principle Responsibilities and Duties:
- Design of circuits incorporating power amplifier low frequency RF circuitry (<20MHz range), analog feedback controls, transducers, and sensors for an array of dermatology products utilizing RF, LASERs, and ultrasonic energy based devices.
- Perform electronics schematic capture and supervise CAD layout resources.
- Develop and have constructed system and periphery electronic board prototypes.
- Hands-on laboratory debug and integration activities to test and verify your hardware designs;
- Hold and participate in technical design reviews;
- Incorporate DFM and EMC principles for new and existing medical device designs.
- Assure equipment compliance to IEC medical device standards (60601-1, 60601-1-2, etc.).
- Systems level failure mode, safety, and hazard analysis participation.
- Support Manufacturing and Service departments in reliability and failure analysis investigations and solutions.
- Learn and support legacy products while developing new ones.
Experience, Education, Training, Skills, Traits:
- BS (MS preferred) in Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience
- Minimum five years in analog and digital systems design, including experience in the development of devices for clinical application of RF energy.
- Candidate must have substantial experience with system-level electrical design and integration, design for EMC, signal integrity, power supply systems development, and RF immunity.
- Experience working in a multidisciplinary environment including software, optical, RF, mechanical and project management disciplines.
- Hands-on development experience: RF circuit development, test and analysis for RF, application of RF for thermal heating in a therapeutic or clinical application. Understanding of standards and safety in application of RF energy.
- Experience with mixed signal circuit board development utilizing embedded microprocessors and FPGAs is a plus.
- Technically creative and motivated to explore design development trade-offs in complex electro-mechanical, electro-optical, and electronic controls systems.
- A solid working knowledge EDA CAD tools and design for manufacturability and test is required.
- Experience with Linux and embedded Linux systems is a plus. Developing tests using Linux tools is a plus.
- An ability to automate testing with a scripts or control language of choice is a plus
- Skilled in problem definition, data collection, and analysis including generating supported conclusions from large data sets, and drawing conclusions that support recommendations.
- Demonstrated experience in design best practices including risk management and design for EMC, safety, and manufacturability.
- Excellent demonstrated documentation skills in regulated products/applications, including design traceability, specifications, requirements, and V&V plans.
- Prefer experience with regulatory standards or design in a regulated environment (IEC 60601-x, ISO, MIL-STD, FAA).
Desired technical skills:
- Strong analog design skill and circuit analysis are required.
- Understanding of RF drive, analysis, test methodologies, transducers, antenna, and modelling are required
- Background in clinical application of RF energy is a plus
- Experience designing with these components: RF amplifiers, impedance matching-networks, transformers, embedded processors, power electronics, FPGAs, A/Ds, DACs, op-amps, FETs, power supplies, working from prototype to full product release and applying creative test and verification methods that demonstrate requirements fulfillment (Microsoft Office, SPICE, ADS, Altium, Allegro, etc.)
- Experience with data analysis and software for data collection using Matlab, Python, LabView or another programming language is a plus
As required by law, Bausch Health provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired in the US. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and specific office location. For this role, the range of starting pay for this role is $130k to 196k per year.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, military and/or veteran status, or any other Federal or State legally protected classes.
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