Senior Systems Engineer

Responsibilities

Enable transformation of R&D team to drive rapid growth and challenge norms resulting in improved product outcomes.
Contribute with deep technical expertise in the area of requirements development and verification processes that follows stringent compliance to FDA and other regulated bodies.
Create systems architecture documentation for products to ensure proper subsystem definition and interfaces.
Conduct FMEA and other system risk assessment collaborations.
Manage product requirements input and traceability using a requirements management tool (JAMA)
Interact with clinical and marketing teams on development and translation of user and stakeholder inputs to system (product) requirements for use by development teams.
Effectively collaborate with engineers, program managers, marketing, and business leaders on system level issues.
Support product validation and verification strategies.
Serve as primary contact for system level designs across various stakeholder groups in the product development process.
Support change analyses from a system’s perspective for current product portfolio based on field complaints and continuous improvement efforts.
Participate in project planning by providing timelines for systems deliverables, ensuring assigned tasks are completed on schedule.
Provide mentorship for junior engineers and review their work for accuracy and completeness.
Modify established Systems Engineering procedures and drive related continuous improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering or Applied Physics is required; Master’s preferred
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to translate complex technical concepts for diverse audiences; strong interpersonal and collaboration skills to build effective working relationships across engineering, clinical, regulatory, and business teams
• 8+ years of technical product development
• Experience in all areas of system level design, testing, and qualification
• Experience identifying product functionality and constraints
• Experience performing risk analyses
• Experience in writing technical documentation
• Experience with Systems Engineering standards such as INCOSE
• Experience with Medical Device Development and Risk Management standards such as ISO 13485 and ISO 14971 is preferred
• Ability to define project goals and delivery dates to meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to make independent decisions using sound judgment, engineering principles, and techniques
• Travel up to 15% of the time is required including out of country
• Experience with requirements management tools (JAMA preferred) and project management tools (JIRA); familiarity with Microsoft Suite and ERP Systems

Pay

$149,061 - $184,716 (Compensation will vary based on skills, experience and location; it is not typical to be hired at or above the top of the salary range).

Schedule

Full-time employees who are not on a commission plan are eligible for Verathon’s annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance.

Benefits

Verathon provides a competitive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, basic life insurance, paid holidays, paid time off and a 401(k) matching plan. For more information, please visit our complete Benefits Summary at here.