Principal Engineer- Systems and V&V

Baxter International Inc. • Batesville, IN

19h • $104,000 - $143,000

About The Position

This is where your work makes a difference. At Baxter, we believe every person—regardless of who they are or where they are from—deserves a chance to live a healthy life. It was our founding belief in 1931 and continues to be our guiding principle. We are redefining healthcare delivery to make a greater impact today, tomorrow, and beyond. Our Baxter colleagues are united by our Mission to Save and Sustain Lives. Together, our community is driven by a culture of courage, trust, and collaboration. Every individual is empowered to take ownership and make a meaningful impact. We strive for efficient and effective operations, and we hold each other accountable for delivering exceptional results. Here, you will find more than just a job—you will find purpose and pride. Your Role at Baxter This is where your work saves lives As part of an R&D project team, the Principal Engineer Systems/V&V provides technical contributions to the system design and Verification/Validation of a complex medical device from concept through commercialization and through the full life cycle of the product. A principal engineer focuses on understanding/defining the customer needs; creates product functional/performance requirements and architecture necessary to meet those needs; evaluates constraints and makes trade off decisions; creates system design requirements and contributes to the development of the module level design requirements; contributes to the product safety and security risk management activities including DFMEA’s; contributes to the identification of technical risks and mitigations, develops the verification and validation plans, protocols, scripts, execution, regression, and reports. The principal engineer works in close collaboration with the Lead engineer, project manager, and other functional team members to ensure the project/product success. The principal engineer provides guidance to other engineers on technical issues, engages in design reviews and help resolves complex problems. This Principal engineer will be at the forefront of driving systems engineering methodology and V&V, best practices, and continuous improvement in R&D processes and projects. This position will include using model-based design for systems engineering, Mathworks-Matlab, Simulink, System Composer, and DOORS/Polarion. What you'll be doing Identify technical problems, provides innovative, creative solutions; shares technical knowledge with team. Incorporate business, market, industry and competitive knowledge into technical solutions that can be readily adapted to changes in technology and/or clinical use. Generate alternatives and takes reasonable risks while solving technical problems. Complete detailed, high quality technical documentation to capture and communicate designs. Seek knowledge of the business, market, industry and competitive environment. Use existing tools and best practices to report and track product and process metrics. Challenge project teams and established work processes and proactively finds creative methods to reach desired performance levels Inform others proactively about developments or issues that affect their work, and their ability to meet commitments. Primary focus of role will be in Systems and V&V Engineering for Sustaining legacy product portfolio and/or new product development responsible for all systems and/or V&V engineering deliverables.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or related fields
• 5+ years of experience
• Ability to generate alternative solutions to problems or processes.
• Strong Interpersonal skills with the ability to work collaboratively with others in a team environment
• Ability to adapt to Change
• Excellent judgment in selection methods and techniques to acquire results.
• Deep knowledge of Medical Device Regulations and Standards including design control and risk management is preferred
• Proficient in systems engineering tools such as DOORS, Polarion, Mathworks- Matlab, Simulink, and System Composer
• Knowledge of different subject areas making up sophisticated systems electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, software, materials, and/or wireless connectivity
• Strong technical writing skills

Responsibilities

• Identify technical problems, provides innovative, creative solutions; shares technical knowledge with team.
• Incorporate business, market, industry and competitive knowledge into technical solutions that can be readily adapted to changes in technology and/or clinical use.
• Generate alternatives and takes reasonable risks while solving technical problems.
• Complete detailed, high quality technical documentation to capture and communicate designs.
• Seek knowledge of the business, market, industry and competitive environment.
• Use existing tools and best practices to report and track product and process metrics.
• Challenge project teams and established work processes and proactively finds creative methods to reach desired performance levels
• Inform others proactively about developments or issues that affect their work, and their ability to meet commitments.
• Primary focus of role will be in Systems and V&V Engineering for Sustaining legacy product portfolio and/or new product development responsible for all systems and/or V&V engineering deliverables.

Benefits

• Baxter offers comprehensive compensation and benefits packages for eligible roles.
• Our health and well-being benefits include medical and dental coverage that start on day one, as well as insurance coverage for basic life, accident, short-term and long-term disability, and business travel accident insurance.
• Financial and retirement benefits include the Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), with the ability to purchase company stock at a discount, and the 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (RSP), with options for employee contributions and company matching.
• We also offer Flexible Spending Accounts, educational assistance programs, and time-off benefits such as paid holidays, paid time off ranging from 20 to 35 days based on length of service, family and medical leaves of absence, and paid parental leave.
• Additional benefits include commuting benefits, the Employee Discount Program, the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and childcare benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees