Principal Engineer, Electrical

Vantive: A New Company Built On Our Legacy

Baxter is on a journey to separate our ~$5B Kidney Care segment into a standalone company. Vantive* will build on our nearly 70-year legacy in acute therapies and home and in-center dialysis to provide best-in-class care to the people we serve. We believe Vantive will not only build our leadership in the kidney care space, it will also offer meaningful work to those who join us.

At Vantive, you will become part of a community of people who are focused, courageous and don’t settle for the mediocre. Each of us are driven to help improve patients’ lives worldwide. Join us as we revolutionize kidney care and other vital organ support.

*Completion of the proposed separation of Kidney Care from Baxter into a standalone company (to be named Vantive) remains subject to the satisfaction of customary conditions.

The Principal Engineer will be responsible for design, design verification and design documentation.  The position requires skills in schematic capture, layout techniques, mathematical modeling, and simulation along with hands-on lab skills including troubleshooting and prototype building.  This individual will be a self-starter with both a theoretical and hands on approach to design.  This role requires involvement as a member of in-house and global cross-functional Baxter teams.

Responsibilities:

Perform design, schematic capture and layout of electronic circuits for medical device use.

• Design and prototype digital systems including microprocessors, FPGAs and other supporting digital circuits.
• Design of analog circuits, including audio, instrumentation and optical circuits.
• Design of high speed signal lines involving transmission line techniques.
• Mathematical analysis of circuit designs.
• Schematic capture input, including component selection.
• Layout implementation, including routing PCBs.
• Generation of PCBA build files, including boms, gerbers, assembly and fab drawings, etc.
• Bench level testing and verification.
• Working with contract manufacturers to deliver PCBA design packages that will meet manufacturability and yield requirements as well as solving component end-of-life and procurement issues.
• Documentation of design requirements, design analysis and design descriptions.

Qualifications:

• B.S. and 5+ years of experience or M.S. and 3+ years of experience.
• 3+ years’ experience designing digital, analog and mixed signal circuits.
  • Schematic capture experience.
  • PCB implementation, including performing and/or overseeing layout and generating PCBA build files.
• Board level debug and diagnosis using oscilloscopes, power supplies, DMMs and other bench test equipment.
• Experience in Board level design verification.
• Experience in digital and analog circuit modeling.
• Design for manufacturing/manufacturability experience.
• Experience in design documentation, including design requirements, design analysis and design descriptions. 

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.

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