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Embark on an enriching journey with PROCEPT BioRobotics, where our vision, mission, and values guide everything we do as a company. At PROCEPT, we put the patient first in everything we do and are committed to revolutionizing treatment for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH, otherwise known as prostate gland enlargement) through innovation in surgical robotics. As our company succeeds and grows, we improve the quality of life of patients, provide more effective treatment options for surgeons, uphold the trust of our shareholders. That starts with a commitment to our People with a focus on creating an evolving landscape for your career, brimming with transformative opportunities that provide continuous career growth opportunities.
Understanding PROCEPT's Culture
At PROCEPT, we believe every person matters. Every employee, every patient, every caregiver. Because we are here to create a revolution, and we believe in doing that by innovating everywhere with pathological optimism. We believe in being humble and highly engaged in the work we do, while also working together seamlessly for a common goal. At PROCEPT, curiosity, ingenuity, and conviction in the power of technology will transform the lives of our patients and providers.
And this doesn’t happen by accident. It starts with our live induction program that serves as an incubator for cross-functional team building, an immersion in PROCEPT’s history, jam-packed interactive sessions with executive leadership, and a crash course in the mission and purpose of what we do. It continues with our one-of-a-kind management program designed to build the best managers in the industry, where our people managers across functions come together to exchange ideas and grow, as both managers and learners, in an environment that challenges, supports, and broadens.
We are fueled by the opportunity to give people their lives back. And we believe that it begins with YOU! At PROCEPT, we push beyond just finding a work/life balance; we strive to find a work/life blend, a professional world that you are honored and impassioned to belong to, one that you can proudly share with your family, friends, and acquaintances.
An opportunity at PROCEPT BioRobotics won’t just be about finding a job. It will be an opportunity for you to join a community devoted to making a difference in this world!
The Opportunity That Awaits You:
We could tell you this is the opportunity of a lifetime to put your engineering skills to work improving the health and quality of life of dads, uncles, grandfathers, and countless others. But then we’d have far too many applicants!
Instead, we are looking for just the right seasoned electrical engineer to join our talented and highly collaborative team, and that might be you.
You are skilled in analog design and power electronics, enjoy getting your hands on PCBAs in the lab, and are equally comfortable improving an existing design or developing something from scratch. You thrive on technical challenges and have excellent attention to detail. You’re just as comfortable presenting a schematic and layout review to a cross-functional group as you are developing new error codes with your firmware neighbor, reviewing in-circuit test limits for a PCBA, or running a temperature study. You understand that documentation and processes come with the territory in a highly regulated medical device environment. You are the one others turn to for technical guidance, whether it’s making tough design decisions, mentoring a fellow engineer, or helping the team through a challenging problem.
And the best part? While you are solving interesting engineering problems alongside a great team, your work can make a real difference in people’s lives!
What Your Day-To-Day Will Involve:
- Design, develop, test, maintain, and document electrical systems for PROCEPT’s products in accordance with PROCEPT’s quality system.
- Work within a small R&D electrical engineering team to develop new products and support capital equipment and accessories.
- Serve as the EE subject matter expert on multiple electronics subassemblies used within PROCEPT’s electromechanical capital equipment, including controllers and interfaces with power supplies, sensors, pumps, motors, cables, and wiring harnesses.
- Serve as the technical lead for a capital equipment module, owning the electrical and power electronics design, providing coordination with the cross-functional team of firmware, mechanical, test, and manufacturing, and maintaining oversight of project schedules and BOM costs.
- Own the electrical architecture for new products and develop electrical requirements that align with user needs and system-level specifications.
- Support Supplier Engineering and/or Supply Chain with specification, evaluation, and analysis of alternate components and second-source suppliers.
- Ensure electrical designs account for mechanical and software interfaces, reliability, testability, manufacturability, and usability.
- Lead electrical design risk assessments, including design failure modes and effects analysis (dFMEA).
- Document the electrical design with hardware requirements specification, hardware design descriptions, drawings and specifications, including component specifications.
- Work with Design Quality Assurance to develop design verification plans, protocols, test methods, and test reports.
- Release documents through Engineering Change Orders via Document Control.
- Support the development of manufacturing procedures, fixtures, and test systems, ensuring suitability for production transfer.
- Participate in product design and development reviews and product phase reviews.
- Create or provide input for project schedules.
- Troubleshoot electrical and system-level issues, including debugging, root cause investigation, and failure analysis.
- Provide support for agency testing: UL, CE, and applicable IEC 60601 standards.
- Serve as an electrical engineering subject matter expert during regulatory audits, as needed.
- Mentor and occasionally supervise more junior engineers, technicians, and consultants' work product.
- Maintain trained status for, and comply with, all relevant aspects of the PROCEPT BioRobotics Quality Management System to ensure product and support regulatory compliance.
- Understand and adhere to the PROCEPT BioRobotics Quality and EHS policies.
The Qualifications We Need You to Possess
- Bachelor's degree (B.S.) in Electrical Engineering. Advanced degrees preferred.
- Minimum of 12+ years related experience and/or training.
- Knowledge and experience with power supply, high voltage designs, motor controls.
- Skilled with mixed signal (analog and digital) design and working with Microcontroller systems.
- Excellent problem-solving skills with a flexible approach to handling multiple projects.
- Proven experience with DFx – design for signal integrity, EMI, test, manufacturing, yield, usability.
- Proficient with PCBA design with Altium Designer, OrCAD, or similar.
- Ability to work within and influence a cross-functional environment with mechanical, firmware, software, systems, manufacturing, and quality engineers.
- Excellent written and verbal communication.
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Has a positive attitude and takes initiative.
- Ability to work in a lab environment and operate typical lab instruments, such as multimeters, oscilloscopes, power supplies, waveform generators, etc.
- Comfortable with document control, requirements tracking, bug tracking.
- Work onsite.
The Qualifications We Would Like You to Possess
- Medical device, biotech, or other heavily regulated industry background strongly desired.
- Knowledge and experience with robotic systems.
- Previous experience with EMC, electrical safety testing to IEC 60601.
- Ability to operate hipot / leakage current / ground bond / ESD simulator / LISN test equipment.
- Understanding of radio regulations, common emitters, wireless coexistence.
- Ability to write embedded pseudocode.
Sr. Staff Electrical Engineer Salary Range: $194,920 - $229,320
Principle Electrical Engineer Salary Range: $225,270 - $265,020
COMPANY CULTURE
Understanding PROCEPT's Culture
At PROCEPT, we believe every person matters. Every employee, every patient, every caregiver. Because we are here to create a revolution, and we believe in doing that by innovating everywhere with pathological optimism. We believe in being humble and highly engaged in the work we do, while also working together seamlessly for a common goal. At PROCEPT, curiosity, ingenuity, and conviction in the power of technology will transform the lives of our patients and providers.
And this doesn’t happen by accident. It starts with our live induction program that serves as an incubator for cross-functional team building, an immersion in PROCEPT’s history, jam-packed interactive sessions with executive leadership, and a crash course in the mission and purpose of what we do. It continues with our one-of-a-kind management program designed to build the best managers in the industry, where our people managers across functions come together to exchange ideas and grow, as both managers and learners, in an environment that challenges, supports, and broadens.
We are fueled by the opportunity to give people their lives back. And we believe that it begins with YOU! At PROCEPT, we push beyond just finding a work/life balance; we strive to find a work/life blend, a professional world that you are honored and impassioned to belong to, one that you can proudly share with your family, friends, and acquaintances.
An opportunity at PROCEPT BioRobotics won’t just be about finding a job. It will be an opportunity for you to join a community devoted to making a difference in this world!
BENEFITS OF WORKING AT PROCEPT!
PROCEPT’s health and wellness benefits for employees are second to none in the industry. As an organization, one of our top priorities is to maintain the health and wellbeing of our employees and their families. We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes full medical coverage, wellness programs, on-site gym, a 401(k) plan with employer match, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, wellbeing benefits, flexible or paid time off, paid parental leave, paid holidays, and many more!
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT
PROCEPT BioRobotics is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, age, or any other protected status set forth in federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization.
PAY RANGE TRANSPARENCY
PROCEPT is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range(s) for this role represents a base salary range for non-commissionable roles or on-target earnings for commissionable roles. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job-related skills, depth of experience, relevant certifications and training, and specific work location. Based on the factors above, PROCEPT utilizes the full width of the range. The total compensation package for this position may also include eligibility for annual performance bonus, equity, and the benefits listed above.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
We’ll provide you training for, and ask you to maintain trained status for, and comply with, all relevant aspects of the PROCEPT BioRobotics Quality Management System to ensure product and support regulatory compliance. We would also ask you to understand and adhere to the PROCEPT BioRobotics Quality & EHS policies.
PROCEPT BioRobotics – Applicant Privacy Notice
When you submit an application on this site, PROCEPT BioRobotics collects the personal information you provide. This may include your name, email address, phone number, résumé or CV, LinkedIn profile, and any optional demographic information you choose to share, such as gender or ethnicity. We use this information to review your application and assess your suitability for the role.
To learn more about how we handle personal information, including your rights under applicable privacy regulations, please read our full Privacy Notice at: [Privacy Policy].
Pay Range for this role:
$225,270 to $265,020
Company Overview
Embark on an enriching journey with PROCEPT BioRobotics, where our vision, mission, and values guide everything we do as a company. At PROCEPT, we put the patient first in everything we do and are committed to revolutionizing treatment for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH, otherwise known as prostate gland enlargement) through innovation in surgical robotics. As our company succeeds and grows, we improve the quality of life of patients, provide more effective treatment options for surgeons, uphold the trust of our shareholders. That starts with a commitment to our People with a focus on creating an evolving landscape for your career, brimming with transformative opportunities that provide continuous career growth opportunities.
Understanding PROCEPT's Culture
At PROCEPT, we believe every person matters. Every employee, every patient, every caregiver. Because we are here to create a revolution, and we believe in doing that by innovating everywhere with pathological optimism. We believe in being humble and highly engaged in the work we do, while also working together seamlessly for a common goal. At PROCEPT, curiosity, ingenuity, and conviction in the power of technology will transform the lives of our patients and providers.
And this doesn’t happen by accident. It starts with our live induction program that serves as an incubator for cross-functional team building, an immersion in PROCEPT’s history, jam-packed interactive sessions with executive leadership, and a crash course in the mission and purpose of what we do. It continues with our one-of-a-kind management program designed to build the best managers in the industry, where our people managers across functions come together to exchange ideas and grow, as both managers and learners, in an environment that challenges, supports, and broadens.
We are fueled by the opportunity to give people their lives back. And we believe that it begins with YOU! At PROCEPT, we push beyond just finding a work/life balance; we strive to find a work/life blend, a professional world that you are honored and impassioned to belong to, one that you can proudly share with your family, friends, and acquaintances.
An opportunity at PROCEPT BioRobotics won’t just be about finding a job. It will be an opportunity for you to join a community devoted to making a difference in this world!
The Opportunity That Awaits You:
We could tell you this is the opportunity of a lifetime to put your engineering skills to work improving the health and quality of life of dads, uncles, grandfathers, and countless others. But then we’d have far too many applicants!
Instead, we are looking for just the right seasoned electrical engineer to join our talented and highly collaborative team, and that might be you.
You are skilled in analog design and power electronics, enjoy getting your hands on PCBAs in the lab, and are equally comfortable improving an existing design or developing something from scratch. You thrive on technical challenges and have excellent attention to detail. You’re just as comfortable presenting a schematic and layout review to a cross-functional group as you are developing new error codes with your firmware neighbor, reviewing in-circuit test limits for a PCBA, or running a temperature study. You understand that documentation and processes come with the territory in a highly regulated medical device environment. You are the one others turn to for technical guidance, whether it’s making tough design decisions, mentoring a fellow engineer, or helping the team through a challenging problem.
And the best part? While you are solving interesting engineering problems alongside a great team, your work can make a real difference in people’s lives!
What Your Day-To-Day Will Involve:
- Design, develop, test, maintain, and document electrical systems for PROCEPT’s products in accordance with PROCEPT’s quality system.
- Work within a small R&D electrical engineering team to develop new products and support capital equipment and accessories.
- Serve as the EE subject matter expert on multiple electronics subassemblies used within PROCEPT’s electromechanical capital equipment, including controllers and interfaces with power supplies, sensors, pumps, motors, cables, and wiring harnesses.
- Serve as the technical lead for a capital equipment module, owning the electrical and power electronics design, providing coordination with the cross-functional team of firmware, mechanical, test, and manufacturing, and maintaining oversight of project schedules and BOM costs.
- Own the electrical architecture for new products and develop electrical requirements that align with user needs and system-level specifications.
- Support Supplier Engineering and/or Supply Chain with specification, evaluation, and analysis of alternate components and second-source suppliers.
- Ensure electrical designs account for mechanical and software interfaces, reliability, testability, manufacturability, and usability.
- Lead electrical design risk assessments, including design failure modes and effects analysis (dFMEA).
- Document the electrical design with hardware requirements specification, hardware design descriptions, drawings and specifications, including component specifications.
- Work with Design Quality Assurance to develop design verification plans, protocols, test methods, and test reports.
- Release documents through Engineering Change Orders via Document Control.
- Support the development of manufacturing procedures, fixtures, and test systems, ensuring suitability for production transfer.
- Participate in product design and development reviews and product phase reviews.
- Create or provide input for project schedules.
- Troubleshoot electrical and system-level issues, including debugging, root cause investigation, and failure analysis.
- Provide support for agency testing: UL, CE, and applicable IEC 60601 standards.
- Serve as an electrical engineering subject matter expert during regulatory audits, as needed.
- Mentor and occasionally supervise more junior engineers, technicians, and consultants' work product.
- Maintain trained status for, and comply with, all relevant aspects of the PROCEPT BioRobotics Quality Management System to ensure product and support regulatory compliance.
- Understand and adhere to the PROCEPT BioRobotics Quality and EHS policies.
The Qualifications We Need You to Possess
- Bachelor's degree (B.S.) in Electrical Engineering. Advanced degrees preferred.
- Minimum of 12+ years related experience and/or training.
- Knowledge and experience with power supply, high voltage designs, motor controls.
- Skilled with mixed signal (analog and digital) design and working with Microcontroller systems.
- Excellent problem-solving skills with a flexible approach to handling multiple projects.
- Proven experience with DFx – design for signal integrity, EMI, test, manufacturing, yield, usability.
- Proficient with PCBA design with Altium Designer, OrCAD, or similar.
- Ability to work within and influence a cross-functional environment with mechanical, firmware, software, systems, manufacturing, and quality engineers.
- Excellent written and verbal communication.
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Has a positive attitude and takes initiative.
- Ability to work in a lab environment and operate typical lab instruments, such as multimeters, oscilloscopes, power supplies, waveform generators, etc.
- Comfortable with document control, requirements tracking, bug tracking.
- Work onsite.
The Qualifications We Would Like You to Possess
- Medical device, biotech, or other heavily regulated industry background strongly desired.
- Knowledge and experience with robotic systems.
- Previous experience with EMC, electrical safety testing to IEC 60601.
- Ability to operate hipot / leakage current / ground bond / ESD simulator / LISN test equipment.
- Understanding of radio regulations, common emitters, wireless coexistence.
- Ability to write embedded pseudocode.
Sr. Staff Electrical Engineer Salary Range: $194,920 - $229,320
Principle Electrical Engineer Salary Range: $225,270 - $265,020
COMPANY CULTURE
Understanding PROCEPT's Culture
At PROCEPT, we believe every person matters. Every employee, every patient, every caregiver. Because we are here to create a revolution, and we believe in doing that by innovating everywhere with pathological optimism. We believe in being humble and highly engaged in the work we do, while also working together seamlessly for a common goal. At PROCEPT, curiosity, ingenuity, and conviction in the power of technology will transform the lives of our patients and providers.
And this doesn’t happen by accident. It starts with our live induction program that serves as an incubator for cross-functional team building, an immersion in PROCEPT’s history, jam-packed interactive sessions with executive leadership, and a crash course in the mission and purpose of what we do. It continues with our one-of-a-kind management program designed to build the best managers in the industry, where our people managers across functions come together to exchange ideas and grow, as both managers and learners, in an environment that challenges, supports, and broadens.
We are fueled by the opportunity to give people their lives back. And we believe that it begins with YOU! At PROCEPT, we push beyond just finding a work/life balance; we strive to find a work/life blend, a professional world that you are honored and impassioned to belong to, one that you can proudly share with your family, friends, and acquaintances.
An opportunity at PROCEPT BioRobotics won’t just be about finding a job. It will be an opportunity for you to join a community devoted to making a difference in this world!
BENEFITS OF WORKING AT PROCEPT!
PROCEPT’s health and wellness benefits for employees are second to none in the industry. As an organization, one of our top priorities is to maintain the health and wellbeing of our employees and their families. We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes full medical coverage, wellness programs, on-site gym, a 401(k) plan with employer match, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, wellbeing benefits, flexible or paid time off, paid parental leave, paid holidays, and many more!
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT
PROCEPT BioRobotics is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, age, or any other protected status set forth in federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization.
PAY RANGE TRANSPARENCY
PROCEPT is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range(s) for this role represents a base salary range for non-commissionable roles or on-target earnings for commissionable roles. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job-related skills, depth of experience, relevant certifications and training, and specific work location. Based on the factors above, PROCEPT utilizes the full width of the range. The total compensation package for this position may also include eligibility for annual performance bonus, equity, and the benefits listed above.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
We’ll provide you training for, and ask you to maintain trained status for, and comply with, all relevant aspects of the PROCEPT BioRobotics Quality Management System to ensure product and support regulatory compliance. We would also ask you to understand and adhere to the PROCEPT BioRobotics Quality & EHS policies.
PROCEPT BioRobotics – Applicant Privacy Notice
When you submit an application on this site, PROCEPT BioRobotics collects the personal information you provide. This may include your name, email address, phone number, résumé or CV, LinkedIn profile, and any optional demographic information you choose to share, such as gender or ethnicity. We use this information to review your application and assess your suitability for the role.
To learn more about how we handle personal information, including your rights under applicable privacy regulations, please read our full Privacy Notice at: [Privacy Policy].
Pay Range for this role:
$225,270 to $265,020
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Align your credentials to SOC classification
Principal Electrical Engineer roles typically map to SOC 17-2071 in O*NET. Confirm your degree, licensure, and experience align with that classification before applying, since USCIS evaluates specialty occupation against the specific duties in that code.
Verify prevailing wage before negotiating offers
Use the OFLC Wage Search to look up the prevailing wage for your target metro before you receive an offer. Your employer's LCA must certify a wage at or above that level, so knowing it protects you from underpayment and avoids filing complications.
Find sponsors with active LCA filing history
Search Migrate Mate to identify employers with verified H-1B LCA filings for electrical engineering roles. This shows you which companies have actually sponsored the visa for this occupation, not just which ones claim to be open to sponsorship.
Confirm each worksite gets its own LCA
If you'll work across multiple project sites or client locations, your employer must file a certified LCA for each worksite. Raise this during offer negotiations so the sponsor understands the requirement before your I-129 petition goes to USCIS.
Account for cap timing in your job search
H-1B cap selection rules have changed recently, so plan your search to understand whether a role is cap-subject or cap-exempt. Utilities, national labs, and university-affiliated research employers often qualify for cap-exempt status, giving you more filing flexibility.
Document PE licensure and project scope clearly
Many Principal Electrical Engineer roles require or prefer a Professional Engineer license. Include your PE credential, the state it covers, and specific project scope in your resume, since USCIS scrutinizes whether duties genuinely require a specialized degree at this level.
H-1B Visa Principal Electrical Engineer: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Principal Electrical Engineer role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
Yes, Principal Electrical Engineer roles typically qualify as a specialty occupation. USCIS looks for roles requiring at least a bachelor's degree in a directly related field, and electrical engineering positions at the principal level consistently meet that standard. The employer documents the degree requirement in the LCA and I-129 petition, and duties involving system design, power analysis, or technical leadership at this level reinforce the classification.
How do I find employers who sponsor H-1B visas for Principal Electrical Engineer roles?
Search Migrate Mate to browse employers with verified H-1B LCA filing history for electrical engineering positions. This surfaces companies that have actually gone through the DOL and USCIS process for this occupation, which is more reliable than relying on job postings that simply say they're open to sponsorship.
How long does H-1B status last for a Principal Electrical Engineer, and can it be extended?
USCIS grants initial H-1B status for up to three years, with one extension available to reach a six-year maximum. Extensions beyond six years are possible only if your employer has an approved I-140 immigrant petition or a PERM labor certification that has been pending for at least 365 days, allowing you to stay in status while pursuing permanent residency.
What happens to my H-1B if I change employers or move to a new project site?
Changing employers requires a new H-1B petition filed by the new sponsor before you begin work there. Relocating to a different worksite requires your current employer to file a new certified LCA covering that location, since each worksite must have its own DOL-certified LCA. Neither situation uses your existing approval from a prior employer or location.
Does a Professional Engineer license strengthen an H-1B petition for this role?
A PE license can reinforce the specialty occupation argument because it demonstrates that the role demands specialized theoretical and practical knowledge at a level above general engineering practice. USCIS does not require a PE license for H-1B approval, but including it in your petition package, alongside your degree transcripts and a detailed duties description, adds credibility to the employer's specialty occupation claim.