Senior System engineer

Job Title

Senior System engineer

Job Description

Job Responsibilities:
• Leads internal investigations into technical complaints regarding development and system integration issues, driving resolution and implementing preventive measures to mitigate future issues.
• Executes the system architecture design and implementation within the R&D group, overseeing the process from design initiation through commercial launch, while ensuring compliance with regulatory standards and company policies, working under general supervision.

• Define and own system thermal design, including heat load estimation, cooling concept selection, and thermal margin management to ensure performance, reliability, and patient/operator safety.

• Perform thermal analyses (steady‑state and transient) using simulation and analytical methods to support architectural decisions, component selection, and risk mitigation.

• Analyzes anomalies within systems and determines steps to reproduce, identify root causes, and propose solutions, effectively communicating with cross-functional teams and project management to drive resolution.

• Contributes to gathering, analyzing, and reviewing system-level and sub-system requirements, coordinating system partitioning and total system integration using systems engineering practices.
• Handles system requirements in collaboration with cross-functional teams, leads risk management activities, and facilitates system test planning, including the identification of necessary tools and resources for verification.
• Aids to improve process and work methodologies by interfacing with peers and cross-functional groups, analyzing activities to enhance workflow efficiency, and utilizing appropriate engineering tools and methodologies.
• Provides training and consultations on leveraging data and insights to inform decision-making processes, enhancing the team's capability to drive impactful decisions.
• Suggests design recommendations to improve system reliability and address conflicting requirements, ensuring optimal performance and user experience.
• Provides guidance and program-level management support to the systems organization involved in all aspects of product development, including concept exploration, system definition and design, testing, issue investigation and resolution, and continuous improvement.
• Evaluates system performance and reliability through experimentation, data analysis, and implementation of improvements, ensuring alignment with project objectives and quality standards.

Minimum required Education:
Bachelor's / Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science Engineering or equivalent.

Minimum required Experience:
Minimum 5 years of experience with Bachelor's in areas such as System Architecture, System Design, Thermal design, simulation, Hardware Engineering or equivalent OR no prior experience required with Master's Degree.

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