R&D Systems Engineer

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Job Function:

R&D Product Development

Job Sub Function:

R&D Software/Systems Engineering

Job Category:

Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Job Description:

About Orthopaedics

Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments.

Are you passionate about improving and expanding the possibilities of Orthopaedics? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how we heal? Our Orthopaedics teams help keep more than 6 million people moving each year while delivering clinical and economic value to surgeons and healthcare systems. Our teams build solutions for joint reconstruction; trauma and craniomaxillofacial; sports, extremities, and elective foot and ankle; spine; and robotics and digital surgery.

Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/medtech

We are searching for System Engineer to be based out of Boston, Massachusetts, USA with in office expectations of a minimum of 3 days per week.

Purpose:

This position will play a key role in the forefront of digital and robotic technology for the orthopedic medical device industry. You will participate in system requirements generation and risk analysis for orthopedic robotic platforms. As a Systems Engineer you will work with cross-disciplinary teams, to develop system requirements, perform risk management, review and update system architectures, and support subsystem coordination. Communication and collaboration with cross-disciplinary teams will be essential for success.

Job Responsibilities:

· Perform system-level risk management activities, including use-related risk analysis, in a highly regulated environment.

· Collaborate with subsystem teams on requirements and risk decomposition and cascade.

· Collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams in developing design strategies, system architectures, functional diagrams, and system concepts.

· Participate in system development, implementation, and integration to support successful verification, validation, and product launch.

· Identify, evaluate, and communicate system requirements and risks in concert with design teams throughout the system lifecycle.

· Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to develop use cases and user stories that further define system user needs, design requirements, and system risks.

· Support requirements traceability and change impact assessments across user needs, system requirements, subsystem requirements, and risk controls.

· Participate in system integration activities, including evaluation and troubleshooting of interactions across hardware, software, and subsystems.

· Participate in system verification, validation, and usability activities, including protocol development, test execution, analysis, and documentation of results.

· Support development and improvement of system workflows, usability, and instructions for use.

· Support regulatory submissions.

· Perform appropriate analyses to evaluate and support the safety and effectiveness of the system architecture.

· Generate and present technical material necessary for the understanding of stakeholders and users at all levels.

Qualifications/Requirements:

· 1-2 years of experience in a medical device new product development environment.

· BS in Systems, Biomedical Engineering, Robotics, or Mechatronics.

· Advanced/Graduate degree in engineering preferred.

· Experience with orthopedic medical device product development.

· Experience with surgical navigation or robotics.

· Experience with Design Controls and requirements management in a medical device development environment.

· Experience with sustaining engineering and change management of medical devices.

· Experience executing system design verification and validation testing.

· Knowledge of standards including IEC 60601, ISO 14971, ISO 13485 and 62366.

· Experience in an operating room setting supporting surgeons in the use of digital technology.

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