Principal Test Engineer

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.

This is where your work saves lives

The research we do and the products we develop improve outcomes for patients around the world. As a Principal Test Engineer at Baxter, your work contributes directly to making a significant impact on others. It's challenging work-and you're not on your own. Our teams collaborate cross-functionally and lead by influence. Whether guiding a team through a project or managing direct reports, our research and development team is responsible for influencing others to achieve results.

Our colleagues within our R&D organization desire to work on products that make a meaningful difference in others' lives. We are motivated by the power of teamwork and are natural leaders who are skilled at influencing others.

While everyone at Baxter has a shared passion for our mission, the R&D teams play a critical role in our ability to save and sustain lives. Scientists and engineers in R&D work together to develop, test, and launch products that enhance patient care.

We courage teamwork and collaboration and prioritize building relationships with each other. It's easy to do because we all share common traits of reliability, ethical, and caring. We lean on our colleagues for their expertise and hold each other accountable.

What you'll be doing

As a member of the Acute Therapies Verification and Validation engineering team, you would be responsible for supporting product verification, validation, and compliance test activities on electrical and mechanical medical device components/systems. Your test expertise will be applied to all levels of product development from prototypes to final design. This will include developing, executing, and validating test methods/creating associated documentation. Interface with/support different groups, e.g., R&D, Project Management, Quality, and manufacturing.

• Develop/execute verification test methods, protocols, and reports for verification of requirements on components and systems
• Drive quality into product development through analysis, test, and timely feedback of test results to the cross functional team
• Design test cases to include test methodology, test setups, materials, equipment, procedure, and acceptance criteria based on requirement and standard
• Functional testing of mechanical assemblies, electrical circuits, and systems
• Key contributor to cross-functional team meetings/design reviews
• Review/analyze requirements and compliance standards as part of test development
• Support hardware team in product development, concept feasibility, pre compliance and change activities by developing test, collecting, and providing test data
• Perform failure mode analysis and root cause investigations; contribute to developing solutions
• Review, understand and characterize electrical/mechanical designs to develop test methods and ensure coverage of requirements
• Lead test activities for electromechanical products
• Read/understand medical compliance standards and requirements, evaluate risk, and develop test procedures the ensure requirements are met
• Perform/lead test execution including being onsite at third party medical device safety test labs
• Develop and implement feasibility and characterization testing on design concepts and prototypes

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering with 5+ years of experience or Masters and 3+ years of experience in test engineering
• Experience with system and component level V&V testing, plans/procedures/reports, equipment, and test methods
• Demonstrated results in both Troubleshooting/resourcefulness; use own expertise/guidance from others to identify/resolve critical issues. Understanding/application of root cause analysis methods.
• Knowledge of electrical/mechanical engineering disciplines with ability to read, understand and analyze electrical schematics/ mechanical drawings
• Experience using electrical/mechanical lab equipment. e.g., oscilloscope, DMM, power supply, force/pressure gauge, caliper, thermometer, flow meter and scales
• Takes a hands-on approach to testing, fault diagnosis and isolation
• Experience creating detailed, clear, and complete documentation and records
• Demonstrated experience collaboratively and effectively across disciplines/project teams
• Comfortable/effective in a fast-paced environment, where small teams share a broad variety of duties
• Self-starter that takes ownership of their work, manages ambiguity, has initiative, and aim to accomplish team and department goals and objectives

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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