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Responsible for senior-level system design leadership within New Product Introduction (NPI) projects for computer-assisted surgical and robotic systems, including user needs strategy, system architecture, requirements strategy, design inputs, risk management, verification and validation, usability engineering, Design Changes, and Design History File (DHF) documentation.

This role independently drives complex project work, contributes to major technical decisions,participatesin hands-on robotic system testing and integration, and provides technical leadership in multidisciplinary project teams. The Senior Systems Designer may serve in project leadership roles such as Scrum Master, Product Owner Proxy, or Product Owner as required by project needs.

The Senior Systems Designer also contributes to quality-related work, procedure improvement, mentorship of lower levels, advancement of the System Design craft, cross-team practice consistency, and a collaborative work environment where team members can raise issues, challenge ideas respectfully, and actively seek solutions.

This is a hybrid role with a minimum expectation of three days per week in office

Responsable du leadership de la conception des systemes au niveau superieur dans les projets d'introduction de nouveaux produits (NPI) pour les systemes chirurgicaux et robotiques assistes par ordinateur, y compris la strategie des besoins des utilisateurs, l'architecture du systeme, la strategie des exigences, les donnees de conception, la gestion des risques, la verification et la validation, l'ingenierie d'utilisabilite, les modifications de conception et la documentation du fichier d'historique de conception (DHF).

Ce role pilote de maniere independante des projets complexes, contribue a des decisions techniques majeures, participe aux tests et a l'integration pratiques de systemes robotiques et assure un leadership technique au sein d'equipes de projet multidisciplinaires. Le Senior Systems Designer peut assumer des roles de leadership de projet tels que Scrum Master, Product Owner Proxy ou Product Owner selon les besoins du projet.

Le concepteur systeme senior contribue egalement au travail lie a la qualite, a l'amelioration des procedures, au mentorat des niveaux inferieurs, a l'avancement du metier de conception de systemes, a la coherence des pratiques inter-equipes et a un environnement de travail collaboratif ou les membres de l'equipe peuvent soulever des questions et contester des idees avec respect, et chercher activement des solutions.

Il s'agit d'un poste hybride avec une attente minimale de trois jours par semaine au bureau.

NPI responsibilities include:

• Lead complex system design activities for NPI projects, including user needs strategy, requirements, architecture, risk management, V&V strategy, usability, Design Changes, and DHF documentation.

• Influence user needs strategy and ensure end-to-end traceability and system-level alignment from user needs and clinical workflow inputs through requirements, design inputs, verification, validation, and risk controls.

• Lead architecture definition, interface strategy, system trade studies, integration strategy, and major technical decision records for complex products or project scopes.

• Lead technical interactions during surgeon evaluations, customer feedback assessments, usability studies, system demonstrations, and clinical evaluations as assigned.

• Lead or support hands-on robotic system testing, integration, troubleshooting, root cause investigations, usability evaluations, and verification activities.

• Lead evaluation and system-level integration of supplier components, third-party technologies, externally developed software, or externally developed subsystems.

• Coordinate technical activities with cross-functional stakeholders and serve as an independent reviewer for significant deliverables.

Quality and compliance responsibilities include:

• Lead or own quality-related technical investigations, includingissueevaluations, complaints, non-conformities, and CAPAs.

• Improve procedures, design controls, engineering documentation, DHF quality, audit readiness, and decision rationale practices.

• Promote compliance with applicable procedures, regulatory expectations, and sound engineering judgment.

Agile and project responsibilities include:

• Drive project outcomes with minimal supervision while managing priorities, dependencies, technical risks, and stakeholder expectations.

• Resolve ambiguity, remove impediments, and support Agile/SAFe-aligned planning and continuous improvement.

• Establish technical rationale, lead trade studies, evaluate competing solutions, and document system-level decisions using sound systems engineering principles.

Leadership and mentorship responsibilities include:

• Mentor and coach lower-level Systems Designers on System Design practices, tools, and procedures.

• Advance the System Design craft through best practices, training, lessons learned, and process improvements.

• Influence practices across multiple project teams and support harmonization of System Design methods where appropriate.
• Model clear communication, accountability, constructive challenge, knowledge sharing, and respectful collaboration

• Strong experience in system design within a multidisciplinary engineering organization.
• Advanced knowledge of medical device design controls, user needs, requirements engineering, system architecture, interface definition, risk management, V&V, usability engineering, DHF documentation, and quality system procedures.
• Ability to apply sound technical reasoning, analytical judgment, documented decision rationale, trade-off analysis, and creative problem-solving tocomplex system-level challenges.
• Ability to work independently, drive clarity through ambiguity, and influence stakeholders across functions, project teams, and technical disciplines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience with Microsoft Office, requirements management tools, Agile tools, and SolidWorks; MATLAB, Python, or C++ is an asset.
• Written and spoken French is an asset.

Forte experience en conception de systemes au sein d'une organisation d'ingenierie multidisciplinaire.
Connaissance approfondie des controles de conception des dispositifs medicaux, des besoins des utilisateurs, de l'ingenierie des exigences, de l'architecture systeme, de la definition des interfaces, de la gestion des risques, du V&V, de l'ingenierie d'utilisabilite, de la documentation DHF et des procedures du systeme qualite.
Capacite a appliquer un raisonnement technique solide, un jugement analytique, une justification de decision documentee, une analyse comparative et une resolution creative des problemes aux defis complexes au niveau du systeme.
Capacite a travailler de maniere autonome, a faire preuve de clarte malgre l'ambiguite et a influencer les parties prenantes dans toutes les fonctions, equipes de projet et disciplines techniques.
Excellentes competences en communication ecrite et verbale.
Experience avec Microsoft Office, les outils de gestion des exigences, les outils Agile et SolidWorks ; MATLAB, Python ou C++ est un atout.
Le francais ecrit et parle est un atout.

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, science, biomedical engineering, computer engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, ora relatedtechnical field. Biomedical engineering is an asset.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant engineering experience.
• Experience or exposure to medical device development, robotics, software-controlled systems, or regulated industries is an asset.
• Experience with SolidWorks, MATLAB, Python, C++, requirements management tools, or Agile development tools is an asset

• Baccalaureat en ingenierie, sciences, genie biomedical, genie informatique, genie mecanique, genie electrique ou dans un domaine technique connexe. L'ingenierie biomedicale est un atout.
• Minimum de 5 ans d'experience pertinente en ingenierie.
• L'experience ou l'exposition au developpement de dispositifs medicaux, a la robotique, aux systemes controles par logiciel ou aux industries reglementees est un atout.
• Une experience avec SolidWorks, MATLAB, Python, C++, les outils de gestion des exigences ou les outils de developpement Agile est un atout.

Jusqu'a 25%. Poste hybride avec une attente minimale de trois jours par semaine au bureau.

Up to 25%. Hybrid role with a minimum expectation of three days per week in office.

Salary Expectations:

$95,000 - $115,000 CAD