
Senior Engineer, Electrical Sustaining
Sonova Group
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Valencia • California • United States
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Salary
💰 $82,000 - $100,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Lead electrical design solutions for sustaining and continuous improvement projects, from concept through implementation.
- Manage project schedules, risks, and communication to ensure alignment with strategic objectives.
- Conduct root‑cause analysis and implement electrical design improvements to enhance reliability and performance.
- Drive PCB/PCBA cost, quality, and manufacturability improvements, including supplier collaboration and DFM activities.
- Create and manage Engineering Change Orders, including schematic, layout, drawing, and BOM updates.
- Develop and execute test procedures and reports to support verification and validation activities.
- Partner with cross‑functional teams—including R&D, Design Assurance, Manufacturing, and suppliers—to support ongoing operations and product enhancements
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent; master’s degree preferred
- 5+ years of experience in product development and/or manufacturing, ideally in medical devices, electromechanical systems, or small consumer electronics
- Strong ability to design, analyze, and troubleshoot hybrid RF/analog/digital electronic systems
- Hands‑on experience with PCB/PCBA design, fabrication processes, and microelectronics
- Proficiency with test equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, spectrum analyzers, and related tools
- Familiarity with programming environments (e.g., C, C#, LabView, Python) for automation and hardware debugging
- Experience with FMEA, CAPA, and DFM processes
- Proficient in Altium and Microsoft Office; experience with Oracle PLM preferred
- Strong communication, teamwork, and problem‑solving skills; able to adapt to shifting priorities
- A minimum of 200Mb/sec download and 10Mb/sec upload speed internet connectivity is required to support any remote/hybrid employee functionality at Sonova
Benefits
- Medical, dental and vision coverage*
- Health Savings, Health Reimbursement, Flexible Spending/Dependent Care Accounts
- TeleHealth options
- 401k plan with company match*
- Company paid life/ad&d insurance
- Additional supplemental life/ad&d coverage available
- Company paid Short/Long-Term Disability coverage (STD/LTD)
- STD LTD Buy-ups available
- Accident/Hospital Indemnity coverage
- Legal/ID Theft Assistance
- PTO (or sick and vacation time), floating Diversity Day, & paid holidays*
- Paid parental bonding leave
- Employee Assistance Program (24/7 mental health support hotline, 5 company paid counseling sessions and more)
- Robust Internal Career Growth opportunities
- Tuition reimbursement
- Hearing aid discount for employees and family
- Internal social recognition platform
- D&I focused: D&I council and employee resource groups
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
electrical designroot-cause analysisPCB designPCBA designhybrid RF systemsanalog systemsdigital systemstest proceduresFMEADFM
Soft Skills
communicationteamworkproblem-solvingadaptabilityproject management
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in Electrical EngineeringMaster’s degree in Electrical Engineering