Principal Systems Engineer (Medical Device)
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About The Position
The R&D Lead Principal Systems Engineer acts as the lead R&D representative for large, multi-disciplinary, surgical equipment platform development teams. The role is established to provide centralized technical leadership, strategic inputs, and a consolidated voice for the design and development sub-team during initial development, launch, and post launch monitoring as part of the product life cycle management process. They serve as the official representative of Design and Development sub-teams on cross-functional, new product introduction (NPI), Strategy Boards. In this capacity, they provide regular updates to the program Strategy Board, using data and analysis to demonstrate design and development process execution status, to identify execution risks, and to establish alignment behind execution plans, including resourcing and prioritization. They communicate and defend technical recommendations of the design and development team relative to product features, performance targets, system scope, and program stage gate decisions. They offer strategic and planning support to other NPI sub-team leaders on the NPI Strategy Board. Within the Design and Development team, the R&D Lead Principal Engineer promotes a strong culture of collaboration and teamwork. They schedule and moderate technical and strategic meetings to address issues of disagreement among other leading contributors or to select the best direction when faced with multiple options. They integrate the inputs and perspectives from project management and cross-functional contributors within the design and development sub-team to develop a team position and they cultivate alignment to the position. They escalate critical matters to functional leadership when teams are unable to reach consensus. As a tactical leader within the systems engineering function, the R&D Lead Principal System Engineer further provides system-level oversight and high-level management of all design control, risk management, and usability engineering deliverables. They offer high-level individual contributions as an author and approver of planning documents, architecture specifications, design input documents, verification and validation plan and report documents, risk analysis documents, traceability reports and other system related deliverables. They contribute technical expertise, collaboration, guidance, and direction to other systems engineers.
