Fortive

Senior Systems Engineer

Fortive$109K — $183K *
Healthcare
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering or equivalent technical discipline, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Minimum of 8 years of engineering experience in product and/or systems development.
  • Experience with system-level design and architecture for medical devices.
  • Knowledge of FDA, ISO, and QSR requirements for medical device development.
  • Familiarity with root cause investigation, risk management, and change management.

Responsibilities

  • Define and implement system architectures for new products and enhancements.
  • Translate business needs into clear, testable system and subsystem requirements.
  • Execute development activities throughout the product lifecycle, including validation and design transfer.
  • Maintain system-level documentation in accordance with design control requirements.
  • Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers and technicians.
  • Support system-level testing and failure investigations for manufacturability and reliability.
  • Interface with suppliers and external partners for design reviews and technical resolutions.

Benefits

  • Eligibility for bonus as part of the total compensation package.
Full Job Description
As a Senior Systems Engineer you will provide advanced systems engineering contributions to the design and development of medical device systems. The role supports system-level architecture, requirements development, and lifecycle execution, ensuring customer, regulatory, and business needs are translated into robust, compliant designs. Works independently on complex assignments while collaborating closely with cross-functional teams and senior technical leaders.

Key Responsibilities
• Contribute to the definition and implementation of system architectures for new products and product enhancements, ensuring alignment with customer needs, regulatory requirements, and business objectives.
• Translate user, customer, and business needs into clear, testable system and subsystem requirements, and support effective flow-down to mechanical, electrical, and software teams.
• Execute system development activities across the product lifecycle, including concept development, requirements definition, design support, verification and validation, and design transfer to manufacturing.
• Develop, review, and maintain system-level documentation such as development plans, architectures, requirements, traceability matrices, specifications, test plans, protocols, reports, and technical analyses in accordance with design control requirements.
• Provide technical guidance and informal mentorship to engineers and technicians, supporting cross-functional problem solving and alignment.
• Support system-level testing, failure investigations, and technical assessments, contributing to evaluations of reliability, manufacturability, serviceability, and risk.
• Interface with suppliers, external partners, and test laboratories to support design reviews, testing activities, technical issue resolution, and design transfer readiness.

Education and Experience Requirements
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or equivalent technical discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum of 8 years of progressively responsible engineering experience in product and/or systems development, including exposure to system-level design responsibilities.

Role and Competencies Requirements
• Ability to work independently on complex system development tasks with moderate oversight and guidance from senior engineers or technical leaders.
• Working knowledge of FDA, ISO, and QSR requirements applicable to medical device development and design controls.
• Experience contributing to electro-mechanical system architectures and managing requirements through verification and validation.
• Working knowledge of root cause investigation, risk management, change management, and technical documentation.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to collaborate and influence cross-functional teams and external partners.
• Working knowledge of engineering test methods, including basic statistical concepts used in development and verification.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to approximately 20% as required.

Bonus or Equity
This position is also eligible for bonus as part of the total compensation package.

Pay Range
The salary range for this position (in local currency) is 109,700.00 - 183,200.00

About Fortive

Fortive is a diversified industrial growth company comprised of Professional Instrumentation and Industrial Technologies businesses that are recognized leaders in attractive markets. With 2019 revenues of $6.3 billion, Fortive's well-known brands hold leading positions in field instrumentation, transportation, sensing, product realization, automation and specialty, and franchise distribution. Fortive is headquartered in Everett, Washington and employs a team of more than 17,000 research and development, manufacturing, sales, distribution, service and administrative employees in more than 50 countries around the world.
Learn more about Fortive
Size
18,000 employees
Market Cap
$22.6 billion
Industry
Net Income
$1.6 billion
Founded
2016
5 Year Trend
-0.5%
Revenue
$6.5 billion
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