Fellow Systems Engineer

Boston Scientific • Santa Clarita, CA

1d • $131,700 - $250,200 • Hybrid

About The Position

As a Fellow Systems Engineer on Boston Scientific's Neuromodulation R&D team, you will serve as a senior technical lead driving systems engineering strategy, architecture, and design for complex implantable medical devices and connected cloud and mobile technologies. You will use deep technical expertise and systems-level thinking to solve complex engineering challenges, influence technology direction, and ensure successful integration of hardware, firmware, and software in highly regulated medical device systems. The role is hybrid and requires working in the Valencia, California office at least three days per week.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 10 or more years of engineering experience; a master’s degree may substitute for two years of experience.
• Seven or more years of engineering experience in mixed hardware/software systems.
• Five or more years in the design, development, and testing of embedded systems and/or active implantable medical devices.
• Demonstrated expertise defining, developing, and evaluating complex system requirements, specifications, and architectures for multidisciplinary engineering systems.
• Extensive hands-on experience with system integration, troubleshooting, and verification of complex hardware and software systems in laboratory environments.

Nice To Haves

• Ability to independently navigate ambiguous technical challenges, develop innovative solutions, and influence technical direction.
• Extensive knowledge of systems engineering life-cycle processes, including requirements development, architecture, integration, verification, and validation.
• Ability to interpret and apply regulations and standards relevant to Class II/III medical devices.
• Familiarity with requirements management or PLM tools.
• Experience in product concept development, customer interaction, verification of engineering requirements, and validation of customer needs and design requirements.
• Strong written and verbal communication, judgment, decision-making, and critical thinking skills.
• Ability to build strategic relationships and influence technical decisions across engineering teams, business functions, and external stakeholders.
• Ability to lead complex technical initiatives, mentor engineers, and drive alignment across multidisciplinary teams without direct reporting authority.
• Experience influencing technical priorities, managing engineering trade-offs, and guiding execution across complex product development initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic engineering leadership as a technical lead across multidisciplinary teams and complex product development initiatives.
• Define and analyze system requirements, clinical workflows, and input/output processes using systems engineering methods and techniques.
• Resolve highly complex system integration challenges, evaluating trade-offs and influencing critical technical decisions.
• Define and guide system architecture, including critical interfaces, design trade-offs, and interactions across hardware, firmware, software, and connected technologies.
• Establish and guide system-level design documentation, requirements traceability, and change impact assessments to maintain technical rigor and compliance with quality system requirements.
• Partner with regulatory and quality teams to provide technical expertise and support regulatory strategies, submissions, and compliance activities.
• Influence technical priorities, development strategies, and execution plans across complex engineering initiatives, balancing technical risk, business objectives, and project timelines.
• Provide technical leadership in system risk management, including FMEA, hazard analysis, and mitigation strategies for complex medical device systems.

Benefits

• Core and optional employee benefits are offered; details are available at www.bscbenefitsconnect.com.
• Eligible exempt, non-sales roles may include an annual bonus target and long-term incentives, subject to plan eligibility and other requirements.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior