Senior Electronics Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

About GrapheneDx: GrapheneDx is a new diagnostics technology company with a mission to transform consumer diagnostics. Our employees gain experience in a multidisciplinary, fast-paced start-up and have ample opportunities to acquire new skills, engage with emerging technologies, and collaborate closely with an accomplished team, all within in a supportive and energetic environment.

GrapheneDx offers a competitive compensation package including base salary, performance bonuses, paid time off, health and dental benefits, and excellent growth opportunities.

GrapheneDx is seeking a Senior Electronics Engineer who will apply their expertise to support the development of their first generation product and own all electronics-based activities within the business.

Position Summary:

The ideal candidate for this role will act as technical lead for all internal electronics engineering development work in all key R&D Product development activities, to bring products to market that meets startup product development strategy and deliver impactful diagnostic products globally. The candidate will work collaboratively with the Program, R&D, Fabrication and Quality teams to lead and support all electronics product design and development activities within the company and with company partners.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Lead the development engineering activities on current and future generation electronics subsystems and their integration into startup products:
  • Responsible for concepting, creating and testing prototypes for proof of concept to take that learning back into design iterations
  • Responsible for developing electrical sensing platforms to support Assay development in accelerating electrical-based biosensor development
  • Provide data analysis on product designs and throughout testing to iteratively improve product performance to meet product requirements
  • Act as technical decision maker for the electronics subsystem
• Own and contribute to product development documentation within our Quality Management System:
  • Manage electronics product requirements and specifications in collaboration with the Engineering and Quality teams
  • Generate design files and detailed specifications that are transferred to manufacture
  • Provide technical expertise in development of risk management documents including dFMEA, pFMEA, and Risk Analyses, and create and implement mitigation plans based on risk analysis outputs
  • Implement documented testing to meet product Verification and Validation (V&V) requirements

• In collaboration with manufacturing and design partners:
  • Assess the design for manufacturability and implement solutions to ensure product design meets short term manufacturability requirements and long-term scale needs
  • Support in translating new product requirements to manufacturing requirements
• Contribute to cross-functional meetings and technical reviews as the Electronics Subject Matter Expect
• Supervise and mentor junior staff as applicable
• Contribute to continuous improvement activities to further enhance operational efficiency
• Manage relationships with critical suppliers, in partnership with Quality and Supply chain groups
• Contribute to startup product development roadmap and technology portfolio

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electronics engineering with 7+ years’ applicable industry experience, or a PhD with 5+ years of applicable industry experience
• Strong skills in electronics product development including:
  • Proficiency with PCB visualization and layout tools e.g. Altium
  • Familiarity with low and high volume manufacturing techniques and suppliers
  • Development of low cost, single use disposable PCBAs
  • Development of electrical sensing platforms
  • Embedded Software development e.g. C

• Familiarity working in the Medical Device, In-Vitro Diagnostics or Consumer Health sectors, and compliance with ISO13485/ISO9001
• Working under design control for regulated products e.g, medical devices, including requirements management, risk management, and V&V
• Experience in low & high-volume manufacturing
• Strong data processing and visualization skills (Python, MATLAB, R, or equivalent)
• Strong background in signal processing, developing mathematical frameworks and algorithms to classify diagnostic results from complex signals
• Strong cross-functional problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify challenges and propose alternative approaches
• Ability to coordinate effectively across multiple functional areas
• Highly motivated and adaptable, with the flexibility to thrive in a dynamic and interdependent environment

Preferred Qualifications:

• SolidWorks 3D CAD design experience
• Experience developing electrochemical and electrical-based biosensors
• Experience in designing for high-volume manufacture
• Database management for rapid data collection and processing (e.g. MongoDB)