Job DescriptionPosition Summary The Lead Systems Engineer is responsible for owning and driving the system-level definition, integration, and verification of capital/hardware equipment. This role provides technical leadership across disciplines (hardware, software, firmware, mechanical, quality, manufacturing), ensures that system requirements are well-defined and traceable, and leads the team to deliver compliant, robust, and customer-focused solutions throughout the product lifecycle.
Key Responsibilities- System Definition & Architecture
- Lead the definition of system requirements, use cases, and interfaces based on customer, business, and regulatory needs.
- Develop and maintain system architecture, subsystem breakdown, and control documents.
- Ensure proper requirements flow-down and traceability from system to subsystems and components.
- Technical Leadership
- Serve as the primary technical point of contact for system-level topics across cross-functional teams.
- Provide technical support and guidance to cross-functional teams to ensure alignment with system architecture and requirements.
- Lead technical reviews (requirements, design, integration, verification) and drive closure of actions and risks.
- Integration & Verification
- Plan and lead system integration activities, including test strategy, test plans, and test execution at system level.
- Coordinate and perform system verification and validation to ensure compliance requirements and fitness for use.
- Analyze test results, lead troubleshooting, and drive root cause investigations and corrective actions.
- Lifecycle & Risk Management
- Support product sustainability, including change impact assessments.
- Identify, track, and mitigate technical risks; support FMEA and other risk management activities.
- Collaborate with cross-functional team to ensure design compliance, reliability, and sustainability.
- Stakeholder & Project Support
- Collaborate with product management and marketing to translate customer needs into system capabilities.
- Contribute to project planning, effort estimation, milestones, and system-level deliverables.
- Support regulatory submissions, audits, and customer interactions as the system technical owner.
- Mentoring & Continuous Improvement
- Mentor junior systems and design engineers; promote best practices in systems engineering.
- Champion continuous improvement of requirements management, architecture, and verification processes and tools.
Required Qualifications- Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Software Engineering, or related field.
- 5+ years of experience in systems engineering or equivalent multi-disciplinary engineering role.
- Proven experience leading complex, cross-functional technical projects or products.
- Hands-on experience with requirements management, system architecture, and system integration/verification.
Preferred Qualifications- Master's degree in Systems Engineering or related discipline.
- Experience in a regulated industry (e.g., medical devices, aerospace, automotive, industrial).
- Familiarity with systems engineering standards and practices (e.g., INCOSE, V-model, MBSE, SysML, etc.).
- Experience with requirements management tools (e.g., DOORS, Jama, Polarion, etc.).
Key Skills and Competencies- Strong system-level thinking and ability to understand interactions across hardware, software, and mechanical components.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills.
- Strong leadership, influence, and communication skills across all organizational levels.
- Ability to drive alignment, make trade-off decisions, and manage ambiguity.
- Organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple priorities in parallel.
The annualized base salary range for this role is $97,600 - $152,700 and is bonus eligible. Final compensation packages will ultimately depend on factors including relevant experience, skillset, knowledge, geography, education, business needs and market demand.
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