Staff Engineer, Systems

Danaher Corporation•Cincinnati, OH

7d•$130,000 - $155,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Staff Engineer, Systems is responsible for providing technical leadership in the design, development, integration, and validation of complex hardware and software systems for medical devices. This role leads system-level activities across user needs, architecture, requirements, risk management, usability, verification, validation, and regulatory compliance while providing technical direction and mentorship to cross-functional teams. This position reports to the Director of Engineering and is part of the Engineering team located in Cincinnati, Ohio and will be an On-site role.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related field, such as systems, mechanical, or biomedical engineering.
Minimum of 10 years of relevant engineering experience, including at least 5 years in systems engineering within the medical device industry.
Demonstrated experience with requirements management, system architecture, risk analysis, usability engineering, and system verification and validation.
Experience translating customer, clinical, business, and regulatory inputs into system-level requirements, architectures, and verification strategies.
Experience providing technical direction to cross-functional teams and resolving complex system-level issues.
Ability to travel up to 15% of the time, including domestic and international travel and overnight, out-of-town assignments typically lasting 2 to 5 days.
Ability to work in a typical office environment and occasionally visit laboratory, manufacturing, or clinical sites.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in engineering or a related field.
INCOSE Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP), Project Management Professional (PMP), or a comparable relevant certification.

Responsibilities

Lead the development and lifecycle management of user needs, system requirements, traceability, and change control for complex medical device projects.
Translate customer, clinical, business, and regulatory inputs into system architectures, technical requirements, integration plans, and verification strategies.
Lead system-level design, product risk management, usability engineering, verification, and validation activities, including resolution of complex cross-functional technical issues.
Provide systems engineering leadership throughout product development, commercialization, design transfer, manufacturing readiness, regulatory submissions, audits, and lifecycle management.
Mentor engineers and advance systems engineering tools, processes, and best practices while contributing to project planning, resource management, and technical decision-making.