Engineering Technician will assist in the manufacturing of related assembly parts and maintenance activities to support the company’s mission of Developing Solutions to improve lives impacted by kidney disease. Diality is entering a corporate growth stage where the company will expand its engineering teams while simultaneously building our commercial, finance, manufacturing, regulatory, and quality and support teams to support our commercialization efforts.

Essential Duties, Responsibilities, and Expectations:

This is a full-time position that requires regular, dependable, and punctual attendance. To perform this job effectively, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.        

·         Assemble electromechanical /fluidic medical devices.
·         Diagnose and troubleshoot electro-mechanical issues
·         Work closely with Engineers.
·         Adhere to assembly and test procedures within a highly regulated environment.
·         other duties and responsibilities as assigned

Qualifications:

   To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies

 Knowledge:

- Minimum associate degree in electronics or technology

- Minimum 1 year of successful experience in a related field

- Must Have Electro-mechanical assembly experience.

- Must have troubleshooting experience.

- Must have worked with hand tools and assembly procedures.

- Must be able to read electrical schematics and mechanical assembly drawings.

- Ability to communicate effectively and suggest process improvements.

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Preferred:

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- Electronics rework (solder, de-solder, SMT, IPC inspection)

- Familiarity with electronic test tools

- Processor programming using JTAG programmers.

- Machining experience

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Overall Purpose:

We are currently seeking a Software Engineer IV | Embedded/C/CAN for our Irvine, CA office. This position is primarily responsible for the design and implementation of firmware that controls pumps, valves, heaters, monitor sensors, communicates with sub-assemblies and external devices and manages the workflow with UI for our product.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Development of firmware based on user needs
• Test and debug firmware
• Prepare design control documents
• Assist in performing development testing, verification, and validation
• Review system and hardware designs from a firmware perspective

Qualification Requirements: 

• BSc degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or equivalent
• Minimum 10 years (preferably 15) of experience as a firmware developer
• Solid experience in C is a MUST
• Solid experience with architecting and developing real-time embedded software is a MUST
• Experience with firmware development using RTOS (e.g., FreeRTOS, SafeRTOS, etc.)
• Experience with communication protocols in a distributed architecture (e.g., CAN Bus)
• Passionate about code quality and following well-defined SDLC

Experience and Required Skills:

• Experience with writing requirements and specification documents
• Experience working in a fast-paced environment
• Experience of Agile process and Scrum
• Electrical background in addition to programming
• Closed loop control (PID) and fine tuning
• Experience with Python scripting
• Experience interfacing with programmable logic/FPGAs a PLUS
• Knowledge and experience with rules and regulations for medical device software development (IEC 62304) a PLUS)
• Highly organized; good follow through and follow up; results and delivery oriented
• Able to multi-task a variety of duties and work requests
• Self-motivated and works well under pressure with changing priorities and workload
• Team player with excellent collaboration skills, fostering knowledge sharing among team
• Exceptional communication and documentation skills

Knowledge & Abilities:

Real-time Embedded, C, CAN, closed loop control (PID)

Physical Demands:

None

Working Environment:

Office

Our Joel Test Score

1. Do you use source control? YES.
2. Can you make a build in one step? YES.
3. Do you make daily builds? YES.
4. Do you have a bug database? YES.
5. Do you fix bugs before writing new code? YES.
6. Do you have an up-to-date schedule? YES.
7. Do you have a spec? YES.
8. Do programmers have quiet working conditions? Developing a medical device is a team effort, you will be co-located with people working on the same exciting project.
9. Do you use the best tools money can buy? We are using unit testing tool, integration testing tool, code coverage tool, and static code analysis tool in continuous integration mode.
10. Do you have testers? YES.
11. Do new candidates write code during their interview? YES.
12. Do you do hallway usability testing? YES.

Travel:

< 10 %

Overall Purpose:

Identifies, analyzes, designs and implements and tests electronic hardware for medical devices, sensor, controller and communication system interfaces.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Develops electronics and electronic sub-systems targeting high-reliability medical device applications
• Participates in the engineering life cycle of medical device electronics including requirements, architecture, design, implementation, modeling and simulation, verification, integration, and debug following appropriate engineering best practices and department processes.
• Create schematic drawings and support PCB design, layout and routing of sub-assemblies and systems
• Apply risk, failure analysis, and root cause analysis as required within the engineering discipline
• Diagnoses and proposes solutions for electrical system issues 
• Test and verifies electrical designs
• Provides solutions for production pre and post validation
• Produces and reviews BOMs
• Prepares design documentation and participates-in design review.
• Implements required medical product design control processes as part of electronics development.
• Executes tasks and provides timely status input to project or team lead.

Qualification Requirements: 

• At least 4 years of relevant design experience
• Bachelors of Science (or Master’s) in Electrical Engineering

Experience and Required Skills:

• Electronic development CAD tools (schematic capture, layout) – Altium
• Experience with microcontroller and FPGA based designs
• Experience with serial data communication (SPI, I2C, UART, etc)
• Experience with power electronics (SMPS, battery charger, motor drivers, etc)
• Experience with data acquisition (ADC, filters, amplification, etc)
• Ability to diagnose electrical problems and offer solutions
• Medical Device experience preferred
• Experience with electronic lab equipment
• Good written and verbal communication skills

Knowledge & Abilities:

• Sensor implementation and communication
• Microcontroller based designs
• Analog and digital circuit design
• PCB design and layout toolsets 
• Best practices for medical device electronics safety, IEC 60601-1, IEC 60601-1-2
• Show high initiative, be self-motivated, and have ability to act independently on technical matters

Physical Demands:

• Standing for periods of time
• Lifting equipment up to 40 lbs.

Working Environment:

Office and Laboratory

Travel:

Up to 5%