Principal Electrical Engineer

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At Baxter we believe every personregardless of who they are or where they are fromdeserves a chance to live a healthy life. It was our founding belief in 1931 and continues to be our guiding principle. We are redefining healthcare delivery to make a greater impact today tomorrow and beyond.

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Your Role at Baxter

Baxter seeks a Principal Electrical Engineer to join our Infusion Technologies business in Round Lake IL. The Principal Electrical Engineer is an exciting role in supporting hardware design activities within our research and development team. Primary focus of the role will be to provide electrical engineering support for product development responsible for performing engineering analysis design and verification to requirements.

This role is based out of the Round Lake IL location. Relocation Assistance available.

What youll be doing

• Work in a collaborative design team to develop new embedded devices which interact in complex infusion systems.
• Apply Electrical Engineering Principals to problem solving items such as electrical circuit design component selection product enhancements and technical specification development.
• Conceive design and build prototypes.
• Understand and conduct fundamental electrical design and testing activities on electrical components PCBAs power supplies wireless modules batteries etc.
• Use standard problem-solving methodology to determine root cause and effective solutions to problems.
• Design and coordinate research and test to validate analyze and solve technical problems.
• Document designs and analyses per regulatory process including hardware requirements hardware detailed design DFMEA Risk Analysis and verification requirements.
• Write Test Procedures/Protocols conduct design reviews design Verification & Validation plans detailed and accurate test reports.
• Support our Manufacturing team as needed to resolve Production yield issues and parts obsolescence issues.
• Guide other engineers on their designs and also receives guidance from more senior engineers.
• Perform Root Cause Analysis on field returns as needed.

What youll bring

• BS Degree in Electrical Engineering or similar technical degree.
• 5 years experience in hardware design preferably in medical industry or similar regulated industry.
• Strong Interpersonal skills with the ability to work collaboratively with others in a team environment.
• Proficient with analog and digital electrical circuit design with demonstrated competency developing electrical schematics and PCB layouts.
• Proficient with lab equipment such as oscilloscope current probes spectrum analyzer DMM etc.
• Experience with Analog and Digital circuit designs and troubleshooting.

Baxter is committed to supporting the needs for flexibility in the workplace. We do so through our flexible workplace policy which includes a required minimum number of days a week onsite. This policy provides the benefits of connecting and collaborating in-person in support of our Mission. The flexible workplace policy is subject to local laws and legal its discretion Baxter may decide to adjust suspend or discontinue as business needs change.

We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. At Baxter we are committed to equitable pay for all our employees and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices. To that end this position has a salary range of $104000 to $143000 and also includes an annual incentive bonus. The above range represents the expected salary range for this position. The actual salary may vary based upon several factors including but not limited to relevant skills/experience time in the role business line and geographic/office location. -ASR2

US Benefits at Baxter (except for Puerto Rico)

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