System Architect

About the role

The System Architect is a highly influential technical leader who will define the end-to-end system architecture and product vision for next-generation clinical solutions. In this role, you will transform unmet customer needs and emerging technologies into scalable, high-impact product designs—establishing the frameworks, requirements, and integration strategies that bring complex, multi-disciplinary systems to life. As a key driver of innovation, you will collaborate across engineering and cross-functional teams to turn bold ideas into reality—bridging vision with hands-on execution. You’ll help shape transformative solutions that enable clinicians to see with greater clarity, work more ergonomically, and deliver more efficient, high-quality patient care.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Define system architecture and product direction
• Lead the definition of system architecture and product vision for complex, multi-disciplinary solutions
• Translate customer needs, clinical workflows, and emerging technologies into clear system requirements and performance targets
• Break down high-level concepts into actionable subsystem requirements with end-to-end traceability
• Drive subsystem integration and interoperability
• Establish system boundaries, interfaces, and integration strategies to ensure seamless interoperability across electrical, mechanical, optical, and software domains
• Drive architectural trade-off studies and make informed decisions that balance performance, cost, usability, and scalability
• Identify and proactively mitigate system-level risks, dependencies, and integration challenges
• Lead hands-on system design and rapid prototyping
• Build and guide rapid prototypes to validate architecture, de-risk key technologies, and accelerate learning
• Define and evaluate system performance across critical dimensions such as responsiveness, accuracy, reliability, and user experience
• Stay close to the hardware and software—leading from the front during integration, debug, and iteration cycles
• Provide technical leadership and execution discipline
• Lead and mentor a cross-functional team of engineers, fostering strong system thinking and engineering rigor
• Operate within an Agile development model—driving sprint planning, prioritization, and incremental delivery of working solutions
• Facilitate design and architecture reviews that promote alignment, clarity, and high-quality decision-making
• Collaborate across the organization
• Partner closely with Product Management, Clinical/Voice-of-Customer teams, Quality/Regulatory, Manufacturing, and external partners
• Ensure solutions are not only innovative, but also feasible, manufacturable, and scalable
• Support the transition from concept through development into validation and production

Required Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field (e.g., Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Biomedical Engineering, or similar)
• 15+ years of experience designing and developing complex products that integrate multiple engineering disciplines
• 5+ years of system-level architecture experience, including ownership of system design, subsystem definition, and integration
• Proven track record of bringing innovative products from concept through development and into market
• Willingness to travel 10–15% to support ideation, voice-of-customer, and supplier development activities

Preferred Experience

• Experience with products that require tight integration of hardware and software
• Experience in regulated industries (medical device preferred)
• Systems thinker at your core: You naturally connect the dots across disciplines and understand how decisions at one level impact the entire system
• Deep technical breadth: Strong experience across electro-mechanical systems, optics, and software-enabled products
• Architectural leadership: You bring structure to ambiguity—defining clear architectures, interfaces, and design frameworks that teams can execute against
• Bias for action: You move quickly from concept to prototype, using rapid iteration to learn, refine, and improve
• Agile mindset: Comfortable working in sprint-based environments, breaking complex problems into manageable increments that deliver real progress
• Influence and leadership: You lead through expertise and clarity, aligning teams and driving decisions without formal authority when needed
• Strong communicator: You can clearly articulate complex technical concepts to engineers, cross-functional teams, and leadership
• Customer-focused: You are motivated by solving real-world problems and creating solutions that meaningfully improve user outcomes
• Comfortable working in a hands-on prototyping and lab environment
• Ability to handle sensitive information with professionalism and discretion

Pay

$170,000 - $190,000

Schedule

N/A