Solta Medical, Inc. is a global leader in the medical aesthetics market providing innovative, safe, and effective solutions for patients that enhance and expand the practice of medical aesthetics for physicians. The company offers products to address a range of skin issues under the industry's six premier brands: Thermage®, Fraxel®, Isolaz®, CLARO®, Clear + Brilliant™ and Liposonix®. Thermage is an innovative, non-invasive radiofrequency procedure for tightening and contouring skin. As the leader in fractional laser technology, Fraxel delivers minimally invasive clinical solutions to resurface aging and sun damaged skin. Isolaz was the first light based system indicated for the treatment of inflammatory acne, comedonal acne, pustular acne, and mild-to-moderate inflammatory acne. CLARO is a personal care acne system that is the first FDA cleared over-the-counter IPL device that uses a powerful combination of both heat and light to clear skin quickly and naturally. Clear + Brilliant is a unique, cost-effective treatment that utilizes safe, fractional laser technology to prevent and maintain early signs of aging. Liposonix is a non-surgical treatment to reduce waist circumference with advanced high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) technology to permanently destroy targeted fat beneath the skin. Since 2002, approximately one million Thermage, Fraxel and Isolaz procedures have been performed in over 100 countries.

Our mission is to be the leader in developing transformational aesthetic products, procedures and services; building world class brands; and providing long term value for our stakeholders.

Solta Medical is looking for dedicated individuals who thrive in a creative, challenging and professional environment - where respect for the energy of new ideas, diversity and teamwork can be found at every level of the organization. We create new opportunities for physicians and the patients they serve. And, of course, opportunities for our employees to grow and thrive.

Position Title: Principal Electrical Engineer

FLSA Status: Exempt

Description: This individual is responsible for creating innovative electronic/electrical embedded solutions for the new medical products and processes.
 
Reports To: Director of Electrical Engineering

Principle Responsibilities and Duties:
Note: The following are meant to be representative but not necessarily all inclusive of the duties and responsibilities for this position title.

•Electrical architecture definition and requirements generation for Class II medical devices.
•Design, simulation, and debugging of analog and digital circuits incorporating FPGAs and microcontrollers for RF and optical energy measurement and control.
•DFM and EMC analysis of existing and new medical device designs.
•Assure compliance of equipment to IEC medical device standards (60601-1, 60601-1-2, etc).
•Requirements definition and implementation of FPGA and microcontroller code for new devices using standard design tools (Quartus, Xilinx IDE, IAR Embedded Workbench, KEIL MDK, etc)
•Documentation and maintenance of legacy FPGA code and board designs.
•Failure mode, Safety, and Hazard analysis and documentation of new and legacy device designs.
•Assist Manufacturing and Service departments in reliability and failure analysis investigations and solutions.
•Simulation of circuits and systems (using SPICE, Microwave Office, Matlab, ModelSim, HyperLynx, etc) to assure product performance.
•Mentor junior engineers in best practices in design, debugging, and documentation.

Experience Education Training Traits:

•MS in Electrical or Software Engineering and 10+ years in real-time systems engineering, including experience in the development of embedded analog and digital distributed control systems and high-speed communications, and architectures.
•Analog and digital hardware and firmware design experience for distributed embedded systems is essential for this position along with expert knowledge of embedded software design and debugging.
•Candidate must have substantial experience with system-level electrical design and integration, design for EMC and signal integrity, and RF immunity.
•Experience with microcontroller-based real-time distributed systems as well as standards-based serial communication (CAN, ProfiBus, I2C, SPI, high-speed LVDS) is essential. Must have a good knowledge of embedded development tools such as IAR, Keil, Code Composer, Eclipse, and the GNU toolchain.
•The candidate should be well-versed in circuit and system design tools, such as OrCAD, Altium, SPICE, and Matlab as well as statistical analysis for experimental design and reliability estimation. Knowledge of FPGA design using Xilinx or Altera components is a plus.
•Experience with electro-optical systems analog signal sensing in high-noise environments, signal integrity, and noise filtering techniques are desired.
•Demonstrated experience in design best practices including risk management and design for EMC, safety, and manufacturability.
•Outstanding requirements and specification writing skills for regulated products/applications, including design traceability and verification and validation plans.
•Experience with IEC 60601 or similar regulatory standards or design in a regulated environment (SEMI, MIL-STD, FAA ) which requires fulfilling quality systems regulations in the design and development lifecycle.
•Ability to work in a fast-paced multidisciplinary environment including software, optical, RF, and mechanical engineers and project managers.
•Skilled in problem definition, data collection and analysis, generating solid conclusions and recommendations. Knowledge of SPC and six-sigma desirable.
•Technically creative and motivated to explore design trade-offs in the development of complex electrical and electro-mechanical systems designs.
•Ability to multi-task, and capable of executing multiple assignments on time.

Language and Verbal Skills:

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret engineering specifications, general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, specifications, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public. Ability to clearly and concisely convey project accomplishments, obstacles, issues, and status to project team members.

Math Skills:

Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations. Ability to use MS Excel to perform calculations and interpret project results/data.

Analytical and Reading Skills:

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables. Ability to read regulatory, technical and clinical literature and documents and extract important concepts.

Physical Requirements:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be required to perform lifting tasks of up to 30 pounds for short durations. Duties of this job may involve standing and/or walking for extended periods of time. Duties also involve daily keyboard data entry. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

Work Environment:

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Some work will be required to be performed in animal and clinical laboratories, where the employee must employ standard techniques to protect against chemical and biological hazards. Some light machining and prototyping activities will involve moderate noise levels (i.e. power drill) and moderate dust or debris exposure.

Safety:

Solta Medical is committed to the health and safety of our employees. We expect that all employees will perform their responsibilities while maintaining a safe cooperative and productive work environment thus ensuring the health and safety of themselves and others.

Solta Medical, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.