job_112222a: Electrical Engineer, Medical, Part Time or Full Time Work - Petal Surgical (Redwood City, CA)

From: Kristin Burns <kburns_at_stanford.edu>
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2022 18:06:53 +0000

Petal Surgical agrees with Stanford's employer recruiting guidelines.

For centuries now, surgery has been about invasive and painful manipulation of tissue
with one or more tools. Even the most recent advances in the field have not been able to
break this fundamental constraint. We are changing that. At Petal, we are on a mission to
make incisionless surgery the standard of interventional care, for everyone, everywhere.
We are founded and backed by some of the most innovative and credible surgeons and
business leaders. Through this job description, we look forward to onboarding yet another
individual of unmatched skill and undying grit to our world class team.

Internal designation: R&D Engineer, Electrical Engineering.
Operational supervisor: Staff, Hardware.

Responsibilities
● Administrative
○ Serve as the Company’s inaugural R&D Engineer.
○ Uphold the organization's vision, mission and culture in his/her job.
○ Inspire the relentless and rapid pursuit of audacious goals to enable insanely great Electrical Engineering innovations in the domain of incisionless surgery
○ Manage the Electrical function and make major technical decisions in consultation with the CEO, executives, and peers.
○ Set objectives and key results for the Electrical function to meet the Company’s R&D & Product Development goals.
○ Evaluate and track the Company’s success in meeting its Electrical Engineering goals and objectives.

● Product Development
○ Define the Electrical function’s R&D and Product Development strategy.
○ Design, build, test and debug custom electronic boards and systems.
○ Build prototype high voltage, high frequency systems.

● People Operations
○ Setup and manage the Electrical function’s collaboration structure with internal & external people resources.
○ Attract, retain and grow some of the world's best Electrical R&D talent.

Job Qualifications.
Minimum qualifications:
● Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering.
● At least 3 years of relevant technical leadership experience in a regulated
environment.
● Practical experience using tools such as oscilloscopes, impedance analyzers, volt
meters, etc.
● Industry experience using eCAD tools that resulted in functional boards that met requirements.
● Ability to work with minimal supervision within an environment rich with unsolved science and technology challenges, hazy requirements, and a dynamic team committed to changing the fundamentals of surgery.

Preferred qualifications:
● Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering.
● At least 5 years of relevant technical leadership experience in a regulated environment.
● Expert in eCAD tools.
● Versed in the state of the art for electronic component design and methodologies.
● Ability to use first principles to optimize circuit design
● Ability to work independently and autonomously within an environment rich with unsolved science and technology challenges, hazy requirements, and a dynamic team committed to changing the fundamentals of surgery.
Measures of Success.
You will have achieved success in this role if:
● The Company has released an incisionless surgery platform ready for human trials.
● The organization has consistently met at least 85% of its planned Electrical Engineering goals & objectives for 3 consecutive years.
● You’ve contributed to a majority of the company’s IP in the Electrical engineering domain.
● You’ve achieved a “Managing Staff” level of expertise in your area of work at the
Company, and are leading a team of at least three (3) Electrical engineers.
● The phrase “incisionless surgery” has become synonymous with the Company’s name.
Received on 2022-11-22 10:07:01