Principal Systems Engineer

This is where your work makes a difference.

At Baxter, we believe every person—regardless of who they are or where they are from—deserves a chance to live a healthy life. It was our founding belief in 1931 and continues to be our guiding principle. We are redefining healthcare delivery to make a greater impact today, tomorrow, and beyond.

Our Baxter colleagues are united by our Mission to Save and Sustain Lives. Together, our community is driven by a culture of courage, trust, and collaboration. Every individual is empowered to take ownership and make a meaningful impact. We strive for efficient and effective operations, and we hold each other accountable for delivering exceptional results.

Here, you will find more than just a job—you will find purpose and pride. 

Your Role at Baxter:

This is where your work saves lives

The research we do and the products we develop improve outcomes for patients around the world. As a Principal Systems Engineer at Baxter, your work contributes directly to making a significant impact on others. It's exciting work—and you're not on your own. Our teams collaborate cross-functionally and lead by influence.

Our colleagues within our R&D organization desire to work on products that make a meaningful difference in others lives. We are motivated by the power of teamwork and are natural leaders who are skilled at influencing others!

In this role, you will be a part of a multidisciplinary new product development team! This position will understand and define customer needs; product functionality and performance requirements; product architecture, constraints and trade-offs; design and interface requirements, of new products being developed. You will support the overall design of the final product and responsible for all risk management activities to ensure a safe and effective product.

Your Team

While everyone at Baxter has a shared passion for our mission, the R&D teams play a meaningful role in our ability to save and sustain lives. The team in R&D work together to develop, test, and launch products to improve patient care.

A Principal Systems Engineer will be responsible for development of products and providing creative solutions associated with the design, development, and sustaining engineering for our new and existing product portfolio. The successful candidate will possess solid “hands-on” technical abilities, an excitement and energy for product development, and a passion for their work and the impact it has on meeting the needs of patients.

What you will be doing:

• Interact with all business and customer stakeholders to understand their problems and needs. Translate customer needs, business constraints, and regulatory requirements into product functional and performance system requirements
• Lead the engineering team through the development of system architecture options. Objectively and communicate tradeoffs during the architecture selection process
• Applying, systems engineering skills to drive a holistic approach to systems development and design.
• Development of and participation in internal and external research opportunities as it relates to new technologies or innovation projects. Apply Systems and Design thinking principles to guide development of Agile innovation process.
• Conduct risk management activities including planning, risk analysis, risk evaluation and control.
• Decompose and allocate system level requirements into module level requirements
• Plan and oversee reliability and robustness activities
• Leads cross-functional teams, works directly with platform architects and other leaders to drive work to completion and resolve issues. Successfully influences stakeholders. Communicates effectively with cross-functional teams and senior management. Keeps leadership informed of progress and issues.
• Lead the technical team through technical risk identification and management as well as issue and test defect resolution
• Ensure changes are analyzed holistically and impacts are fully understood
• Support all Company initiatives as identified by management and in support of Quality Management Systems (QMS), and other regulatory requirements.
• Complies with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations, other regulatory requirements, company policies, operating procedures, processes, and task assignments as applicable.

What you will bring

• Bachelor’s Degree (Mechanical, Electrical, Software Engineering or comparable technical subject area)
• 5+ years of engineering experience including fundamental understanding of Hardware, Software and application engineering
• Knowledge in ISO 14971 Application of Risk Management to Medical Devices where applicable
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to lead and work collaboratively with others multi-functionally team environment
• Ability to work in the absence of complete information and make timely decisions
• Strategic problem solver and can execute with excellent attention to detail
• Organization & ability to progress on many different tasks in parallel
• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Strategic thinker but can execute with great attention to detail
• Organized and able to progress on many different tasks in parallel
• Proficient problem-solving skills
• Able to plan, estimate and accurately track deliverables
• Fundamental understanding of HW and SW engineering disciplines
• Able to write clear, concise and verifiable requirements
• Adaptive, open to change and continuously looks for ways to improve and simplify complex work

Baxter is committed to supporting the needs for flexibility in the workplace. We do so through our flexible workplace policy which includes a required minimum number of days a week onsite. This policy provides the benefits of connecting and collaborating in-person in support of our Mission. The flexible workplace policy is subject to local laws and legal requirements. At its discretion, Baxter may decide to adjust, suspend, or discontinue as business needs change.

We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. At Baxter, we are committed to equitable pay for all employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices. The estimated base salary for this position is $120,000 to $165,000 annually. The estimated range is meant to reflect an anticipated salary range for the position. We may pay more or less than of the anticipated range based upon market data and other factors, all of which are subject to change. Individual pay is based on upon location, skills and expertise, experience, and other relevant factors. This position may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses. For questions about this, our pay philosophy, and available benefits, please speak to the recruiter if you decide to apply and are selected for an interview.

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.

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US Benefits at Baxter (except for Puerto Rico)

This is where your well-being matters. Baxter offers comprehensive compensation and benefits packages for eligible roles. Our health and well-being benefits include medical and dental coverage that start on day one, as well as insurance coverage for basic life, accident, short-term and long-term disability, and business travel accident insurance. Financial and retirement benefits include the Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), with the ability to purchase company stock at a discount, and the 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (RSP), with options for employee contributions and company matching. We also offer Flexible Spending Accounts, educational assistance programs, and time-off benefits such as paid holidays, paid time off ranging from 20 to 35 days based on length of service, family and medical leaves of absence, and paid parental leave. Additional benefits include commuting benefits, the Employee Discount Program, the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and childcare benefits. Join us and enjoy the competitive compensation and benefits we offer to our employees. For additional information regarding Baxter US Benefits, please speak with your recruiter or visit our Benefits site: Benefits | Baxter

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