Systems Engineer

Position                         : Systems Engineer

Location                       : San Diego, CA

Duration                       : 12 Months 

Total Hours/week        : 40.00

Client: Medical Device Company

Job Category: Business Professional

Employment Type: Contract on W2 (Need US Citizens or GC Holders Only)

• Description:
   
• A Systems Engineer in this role is responsible for using their broad technical expertise, leadership skills, and product development knowledge to provide Systems leadership through various phases of product life cycle.
• This Systems Engineer translates voice of customer and stakeholder needs into system and product requirements, identifies potential hazards and assesse requirements to ensure that the product meets the user/business needs, develops design and process specifications for new hardware and software products, aids in product verification and validation, and provides support in sustaining activities.
• The expectation for an Engineer II, Systems Engineer is that they regularly serve on smaller project core teams, act as a leader of technical excellence, and participate as an agent for continuous improvement within the Systems Engineering function.
• As such they are expected to help identify tasks/resources to ensure that critical project milestones are met and systems integration activities are identified and fulfilled.

Roles & Responsibilities

• What is expected of you for success in your role?
• Working knowledge of product development lifecycle
• Leads system/product-level feasibility and risks assessments
• Facilitates cross-functional knowledge and experiences to promote the understanding and resolution of in-market and product development issues
• Responsible for coordination of system-level product development and its integration
• Serves as a resource to examine system behavior issues and bring to resolution for on-market products
• Identifies opportunities and drives continuous improvement efforts
• Applies DFSS best practices on all projects.

Experience Required

• At least 5 years related work experience required (combination of work experience and advanced degrees).
• Experience with Systems Engineering and requirements management.
• Experience working within an agile environment a plus.

Skills & Certifications

• Ability to work independently and as a member of a team.
• Ability to lead multi-discipline engineering teams.
• A strong technical background within Systems Engineering, medical device development, or similar
• Familiar with systems integration and testing, system architectural planning and design, Reliability Engineering, Project Management, and Failure Modes Effects Analysis.
• DFSS knowledge and experience or statistical test design and analysis knowledge or Critical Parameter Management.
• Excellent communication skills with the following departments: interdepartmental (with fellow engineers), cross-functional (with Marketing, Clinical Representatives, Software Engineers, Test Engineers, and Quality Engineers)
• Must have very strong writing skills.
• Attention to detail paramount.
• Identified opportunities for continuous improvement projects/efforts.

Eligibilities & qualifications

• Must have a Bachelor’s degree in Science or Engineering. A post graduate degree is preferred.