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A Day in the LifeMedtronic is looking for a Principal Systems to join the Systems Engineering Team within Surgical Operation Unit. Responsible for both leading and contributing to investigations and root causing of issues associated with the Hugo™ Robotically Assisted Surgical System, the successful candidate will work with a cross functional team to support sustaining activities, perform impact assessments, evaluate requirements, and document system and subsystem architectures. The individual will own the planning, execution, and documentation of sustaining-supporting systems activities. In this role, he or she will be a critical member of projects in a visible and fast-paced role.
Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:
- Understand, evaluate, and communicate system performance, desired behavior, and usability in the context of clinical use.
- Investigate internally and externally reported issues to determine root cause and propose process or technical resolution.
- Lead and contribute to Corrective and Preventative Action (CAPA) and field Issue Investigation processes.
- Evaluate functional and performance impact of proposed design changes related to enhancements, cost-down, and component end-of-life issues and others.
- Perform customer, system and subsystem requirement impact assessments, changes, review, and reconciliation.
- Work with engineers to develop an understanding of the technological underpinnings of system architecture and detailed design.
- Employ Model Based Systems Engineering best practices to document and communicate system design changes.
- Oversee, and be deeply acquainted with, regulated development processes and standards for risk management, usability, and safety to ensure systems design changes and documentation meet relevant safety and regulatory standards.
- Provide leadership and mentoring to junior engineers.
- Track and communicate status of deliverables.
Must Have: Minimum Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (Electrical/ Electronics & Communication/ Instrumentation/ Mechatronics, Mechanical) with 14 to 18 years of relevant experience.
- Expert knowledge of Systems Engineering principals and best practices.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Experience developing complex electromechanical medical devices.
- Prior experience in Released Product Engineering or product sustaining activities.
- Expert understanding of design controls and good documentation practices.
- Demonstrated cross functional leadership experience.
- Experience in requirements management, risk management, and system architecture documentation.
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.
Benefits & CompensationMedtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
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