Senior Systems Engineer – Ophthalmic Diagnostic and Visualization Products
About The Position
The Senior Systems Engineer contributes to the development of next-generation ophthalmic diagnostic, visualization, and vision science products from concept through commercialization. The role supports system integration, requirements development, verification and validation, data analysis, and technology evaluation across optical, hardware, software, and clinical domains. It is intended for a technically strong engineer or scientist seeking to grow into broader product development leadership while working across disciplines, solving system-level problems, and learning the medical device development process. This position is onsite at Alcon’s Lake Forest, California Main Campus.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent years of directly related experience; alternatively, high school plus 8 years of experience or an associate degree plus 4 years of experience.
- Ability to fluently read, write, understand, and communicate in English.
Nice To Haves
- M.S. or Ph.D. in Physics, Optical Engineering, Photonics, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- Experience with complex system integration, such as robotics, automation, integrated medical devices, imaging systems, semiconductor tools, or aerospace systems.
- Broad technical understanding of software, hardware, optics, imaging technologies, and integrated product architectures.
- Experience with lasers, machine vision, computational imaging, image processing, signal processing, AI/machine learning, or related technologies.
- Programming or scripting experience in Python, MATLAB, C/C++, or similar tools.
- Experience with requirements development, system-level testing, verification and validation, and technical documentation.
- Familiarity with risk management, design control, and regulated medical device development.
- Systems engineering experience supporting late-stage medical device development, launch, or lifecycle support.
- Experience with systems engineering tools, analysis methods, trade-off studies, or performance modeling.
Responsibilities
- Work alongside experts across scientific, clinical, optical, software, hardware, manufacturing, and engineering disciplines.
- Support software and hardware solutions for connected diagnostic and visualization product platforms.
- Execute engineering tasks related to medical device development from concept through commercialization.
- Support system integration, troubleshooting, performance characterization, and system-level tradeoff analysis.
- Generate requirements, specifications, verification and validation protocols, technical reports, and design decision documentation.
- Analyze engineering and clinical data to evaluate product performance.
- Monitor technology trends in ophthalmic diagnostics, imaging, AI/ML, and connected product platforms.
- Understand existing clinical technologies and identify potential improvements.
- Generate product and technology concepts, evaluate feasibility, and support development of current and future products.
- Collaborate with globally distributed teams and develop communication skills to influence cross-functional technical decisions.
- Develop increasing ownership of subsystem and system-level technical workstreams, with opportunities to grow into project lead or systems lead responsibilities.
Benefits
- Health benefits
- Life benefits
- Retirement benefits
- Flexible time off for exempt associates
- Short-term and long-term incentive opportunities for eligible roles
- Programs supporting health and well-being, financial security, and retirement planning
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
