Job Title: Principal Systems Engineer
Location: Shoreview, MN
Travel: Quarterly travel to Austin, TX (approx. once per quarter)
Contract Duration: 12 Months
Experience Requirements
• Minimum Years of Experience: 12+ years
• Industry: Strong preference for candidates with medical device experience
Must-Have Skills & Experience
• Electromechanical product development
• System architecture design
• Critical component selection
• Prototype, test, and release to production (for single-use disposables and console systems)
• Hands-on capability: Candidate must be able to work independently without relying on test engineers or technicians
Tools & Platforms
• JAMA (requirements management)
• Altium (electrical design)
• SolidWorks (mechanical design)
Screening Guidance for Recruiters
• Candidates should be able to speak in detail about project-specific experience listed on their resume
• No formal presentation required, but expect in-depth discussion of past work
Position Description: The Principal Systems Engineer will be a key technical resource. This individual will support all phases of new platform development ranging from concept and technology development through commercialization and post-market support.
The Principal Systems Engineer will collaborate with marketing and the medical affairs teams to create and improve user and design requirements for new platform development. This will include preclinical studies and formative studies with physicians and other key users and customers. The position will support marketing and user experience researchers by working directly with physicians and their teams to gather user needs and feedback on designs and design iterations (formative studies).
This position will help the team architect, design, select and evaluate critical system components, software architecture, prototype, test and release to production devices such as single use disposables and consoles used in Ablation procedures. This engineer will support mechanical, electrical and software architecture and development. Technologies in the devices may include touch screen display, electronic circuit boards, embedded microcontrollers, RF communications, application processors, sensors, data acquisition, pumps, valves and motor technologies.
Architect, design, develop, test and transfer to production electromechanical systems and
disposables for product development activities. This includes system diagrams, architecture development, GUI development, component selection and sub-system design, prototype creation, V&V activities, production tool planning and design and test fixtures for class 2 medical devices. Research product development solutions and provide analysis for product direction. Consult and solicit feedback from internal stakeholders to identify customer needs and translate these requirements into engineering designs. Optimize design and work collaboratively with other design engineers to optimize design
based on test results. Work with external vendors and partners to speed up product development and testing. Create related documentation and support materials in conjunction with design and development activities. Be a hands-on technical resource for mechanical, electrical and software engineering teams by contributing to design ideas, problem solving and leading by example. Minimum of a B.S. degree in Electrical, Software or related engineering degree. 12+ years' experience in electronics design and system design for new product development. Experience working with marketing teams to develop user needs and requirements. Technical competencies: Experience developing software driven electromechanical medical devices. Broad engineering expertise across all engineering disciplines and having previous experience with ablation devices is a strong plus. Experience with single use disposable devices. Ability to create clear product design documentation such as concept diagrams, specifications, requirements, test plans, V&V reports.