This is where you save and sustain lives

At Baxter, we are deeply connected by our mission. No matter your role at Baxter, your work makes a positive impact on people around the world. You’ll feel a sense of purpose throughout the organization, as we know our work improves outcomes for millions of patients.

Baxter’s products and therapies are found in almost every hospital worldwide, in clinics and in the home. For over 85 years, we have pioneered significant medical innovations that transform healthcare.

Together, we create a place where we are happy, successful and inspire each other. This is where you can do your best work.

Join us at the intersection of saving and sustaining lives— where your purpose accelerates our mission.

Your Role at Baxter
As part of an R&D project team, the Principal Electrical Engineer owns the design of modules, circuit boards, and sub-assemblies, from conception to production. Incumbent will work as part of a team and ensure that the project progresses in the defined manner.

This is a hybrid role. Our team works Mondays and Fridays remotely and Tuesday through Thursday onsite at our Batesville, IN location.

What you’ll be doing

Willing to learn from expert engineers, receive mentorship on technical issues, engage in design reviews, and help resolves sophisticated problems.
This position will give you the opportunity to design circuit boards that run motors, control touch screen displays, monitor patient weight, heart rate, and respiratory rate, control blowers for air mattresses and communicate with the hospital network through Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.
You will be involved in every part of the process, from working with Hospitals to understanding user needs, developing requirement, setting schedules, designing circuit boards, testing your designs, supporting circuit board manufacturing, supporting product assembly procedures and test systems, and supporting the initial deliveries to customers.

What You’ll Bring

BS Electrical Engineering for accredited college/university or equivalent
5 year of engineering experience working of circuit board design
Strong organizational and communication skills
Proficient problem-solving skills
Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work collaboratively with others in a team environment
Working knowledge of Microsoft Office and applicable Engineering Software
Experience in the medical device industry and FDA Regulations is preferred

Preferred Experience:

Design of circuit boards with embedded processors (ARM is preferred)
Experience working with schematics (DxDesigner), layouts (Mentor Graphics Xpedition), design analysis (Mentor Graphics HyperLynx)
Experience with digital design and basic software development for testing hardware designs.
Experience with documenting designs and analysis including hardware requirements, hardware detailed design, DFMEA, Risk Analysis, and testing requirements.
Experience designing communication interfaces between circuit boards including, CAN, USB, SPI, I2C, LVDS, and display boards.
Experience interfacing both analog and digital sensors to embedded processors including air pressure, temperature, load cells, current measurement, and others.
Experience designing DC to DC switching power supplies.
Experience with designing for radiated emissions, ESD, cost, reliability, and DFM

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 employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices. The estimated base salary for this position is $68,000 to $156,000 annually. The estimated range is meant to reflect an anticipated salary range for the position. We may pay more or less than of the anticipated range based upon market data and other factors, all of which are subject to change. Individual pay is based on upon location, skills and expertise, experience, and other relevant factors. This position may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses. For questions about this, our pay philosophy, and available benefits, please speak to the recruiter if you decide to apply and are selected for an interview

The successful candidate for this job may be required to verify that he or she has been vaccinated against COVID-19, subject to reasonable accommodations for individuals with medical conditions or religious beliefs that prevent vaccination, and in accordance with applicable law.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Baxter is an equal opportunity employer. Baxter evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.

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