Senior Systems Engineer (m/f/d)

at  Medtronic

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A DAY IN THE LIFE

In this role, you will join a world class team of mechanical, electrical and software engineers responsible for further development and enhancement of the globally launched Robotic Assisted Surgery platform within the Surgical Operating unit: https://www.medtronic.com/covidien/en-us/robotic-assisted-surgery/hugo-ras-system.html Medtronic’s Surgical Operating Unit is one new, powerful operating unit bringing together the people and product portfolio of Surgical Robotics and Surgical Innovations. With the Medtronic Mission as our North Star, we will build on our legacy of proven surgical solutions and advance the promise of robotics and digital solutions for the benefit of the customers and patients we serve. Make your impact by exploring a career with the world’s leading Medical Device company, striving “to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life.”
Medtronic is looking for a Senior Systems to join the Systems Engineering Team within the newly formed Surgical Operation Unit. This role will collaborate across the Surgical OU Research and Development organization to bring innovative new medical devices to patients. The successful candidate will work with a cross functional team to execute functional decompositions, customer and product requirement development, and system and subsystem architecture documentation. She or he will also actively participate or lead trade-off studies, prototype evaluations, and clinical acceptability studies.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant area with 4 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with 2 years of relevant experience
• Advanced knowledge of Systems Engineering principals and best practices
• Experience developing complex electromechanical medical devices
• Strong grasp of design controls and good documentation practices
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate and contribute to a cross functional team
• Experience in requirements management, risk management, and system architecture documentation
• Strong communication skills and English language proficiency

PHYSICAL JOB REQUIREMENTS

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.

• Report to a Systems Engineer Manager within the Systems Center of Excellence of the Surgical Operating Unit, R&D division
• Translate user needs and business inputs to customer and stakeholder requirements and hands-on work with the Robotic System to evaluate user facing behavior
• Analyze use cases, document product lifecycle, and define use conditions
• Perform functional analysis and functional allocation; develop and manage product requirements; document system and subsystem architecture
• Partner with design quality assurance in risk management activities including preliminary hazard analyses and risk mitigation strategies
• Employ Model Based Systems Engineering to document and communicate system design
• Oversee, and be deeply acquainted with, regulated development processes and standards for risk management, usability, and safety to ensure systems design and documentation meet relevant safety and regulatory standards
• Support Systems Engineering activities throughout the product lifecycle including design change impact analysis, labelling and packaging requirements, field issue investigation
• Investigate system integration issues to identify root cause and propose resolution