Principal System Engineer

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As a Principal Systems Engineer within Strykers Mako / Ortho-tech division you will support the development of Strykers next-generation robotic platform. This is a hardware-focused systems engineering role supporting complex robotic systems with emphasis on the robot and robotic arm system requirements requirements decomposition integration verification validation risk management and technical documentation.

In this role you will own a portion of the robotic system from a systems engineering perspective and help drive that area through the product development lifecycle. Depending on project timing you may be working through requirements risk integration verification validation engineering studies or documentation updates. You will partner closely with cross-functional teams to ensure the robotic system performs safely accurately and reliably within the broader clinical application.

What You Will Do

• You will own a portion of the robotic system from a systems engineering perspective driving requirements risk integration verification validation and documentation activities through the design cycle.
• You will translate system-level needs into clear testable requirements for robotic hardware and related system components.
• Decompose system requirements into lower-level requirements across cross-functional engineering teams.
• Manage requirements traceability and ensure requirements are verifiable validated and aligned to system performance and safety needs.
• Partner with test and verification teams to define test approaches acceptance criteria and verification strategies for system requirements.
• Support engineering studies and system-level testing to establish or validate requirement values performance expectations accuracy and system behavior.
• Contribute to system integration activities involving robotic hardware the robotic arm related system components and the clinical application.
• Identify investigate and help resolve complex system integration performance and design issues.
• Support product risk management activities including identification of risks mitigations safety requirements documentation and design considerations.
• Create review and maintain technical documentation supporting requirements verification validation risk management and design history file content.
• Apply advanced systems engineering judgment to guide technical decisions trade-offs and cross-functional alignment.
• Mentor and guide other engineers in systems engineering best practices requirements development verification thinking risk management and technical problem solving.

Cross-Functional Responsibilities

• You will collaborate closely with R&D software electrical mechanical robotics test quality regulatory clinical and other cross-functional partners.
• You will work with teams responsible for related areas such as clinical application robotic controls kinematics dynamics navigation and other system-level functions.
• Communicate technical information risks trade-offs and recommendations clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Support lab-based and hands-on activities involving robotic systems when needed.
• Participate in product demonstrations labs cadaver labs surgeon-facing activities or voice-of-customer activities as needed.
• Contribute to process improvements documentation quality and systems engineering best practices.

What You Need

• Bachelors degree in Systems Engineering Biomedical Engineering Mechanical Engineering Electrical Engineering Software Engineering Robotics or related engineering discipline is required.
• 8 years of engineering experience is required.
• Experience with system integration verification validation risk management or requirements management for complex systems is required.

Preferred Qualifications (You do NOT need ALL of these)

• Experience developing integrating testing or supporting complex systems.
• Experience writing decomposing managing or tracing system requirements.
• Experience with system integration.
• Experience with verification and validation activities.
• Experience with risk management risk documentation hazard analysis or safety-related engineering activities.
• Experience working cross-functionally with engineering test quality regulatory clinical and/or product teams.
• Strong technical communication skills with the ability to explain complex engineering concepts requirements risks and trade-offs.
• Ability to work onsite as needed to support hands-on robotic system lab integration and testing activities.
• Experience with robotic systems robotic hardware robotic arms automation mechatronics complex electromechanical systems or safety-critical hardware systems.
• Experience in medical device surgical robotics orthopedic technology aerospace defense automotive industrial automation or another regulated/safety-critical product development environment.
• Experience supporting hardware-focused systems engineering for complex products.
• Experience working with robotic systems that include hardware software controls sensors electrical and mechanical components.
• Familiarity with robotic concepts such as kinematics dynamics accuracy system performance or robotic controls.
• Experience with medical device design controls Design History File documentation ISO 13485 or ISO 14971.
• Experience using requirements management tools such as Jama DOORS Polarion Helix Codebeamer or similar.
• Experience supporting test strategy engineering studies acceptance criteria and requirement verification.
• Experience participating in clinical labs cadaver labs product demos surgeon-facing activities or voice-of-customer activities.
• INCOSE CSEP certification or equivalent systems engineering certification.

• $135600 - $225900 USD Annual