Sr. Pr. Biomedical Systems Engineer
Northridge, CA

Job Description

Careers that Change Lives

Medtronic Diabetes helps people gain better control and awareness over their diabetes. We work in the challenging space where medical devices are in the hands of everyday people, and those people expect state-of-the-art technology to help make managing their diabetes easier and more connected.

Join the Medtronic Systems Engineering team in designing a connected ecosystem of insulin pumps, glucose sensors, mobile apps, and cloud computing systems. In Systems Engineering, we manage complexity; technical product design and cross functional team collaboration. We work in the space between marketing, engineering (mechanical/electrical/software), clinical, UI/UX, regulatory, and quality to bring these experts together to collaboratively design medical device products.

You will lead, direct, and organize Systems Engineering activities in converting business and customer needs into solutions through concept ideation, system designs, trade studies, data analysis and modeling. You will also serve as the Systems Engineering lead on some projects. After driving concept designs, you will take concepts from ideas to products, through defining architectures, requirements, features, interfaces, and user workflows for how all these devices work together in the system. Your participation will also be instrumental in helping the Core Team Leader organize the project's execution.

About - Diabetes Business Group

The Diabetes Group is working with the global community to change the way people manage diabetes. Together, we will transform diabetes care by expanding access, integrating care, and improving outcomes, so people with diabetes can enjoy greater freedom and better health.

We value what makes you unique. Be a part of a company that thinks differently to solve problems, make progress, and deliver meaningful innovations.

A Day in the Life

* Serve as the technical project lead over a group of Systems Engineers on a project
* Lead and drive collaborative design and development of medical devices; mobile apps, insulin pumps and glucose sensors
* Lead and drive collaborative design and development of features in apps connected to cloud data systems with machine learning
* Lead technical analysis such as functional analysis, timeline analysis, and trade studies
* Develop system concepts, capture user needs, and create use cases or user stories
* Develop and manage multiple levels of requirements
* Develop and document interface designs and protocols
* Define, plan, and conduct formal technical design and test reviews
* Guide, develop, and review verification strategies, test designs, test tools, planned execution and documentation

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.

* Performs technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, evaluates alternatives including cost and risk, supportability and analyses for total systems.
* Analyses are performed at all levels of total system product to include: concept, design, fabrication, test, installation, operation, maintenance and disposal.
* Ensures the logical and systematic conversion of product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints.
* Performs functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

* Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Scientific discipline and 10+ years of technical engineering professional experience

or

* Master's degree in Engineering or Scientific discipline and 8+ year of technical engineering professional experience

Nice to Have

* Experience capturing architectures, system designs, or product definitions
* Writing technical documentation
* Requirements Management Tools such as DOORS or PTC Integrity
* Experience leading projects
* Experience in technical design techniques such as use cases, functional analysis, timeline analysis, and sequence diagrams
* Experience working with the business in developing a technology portfolio and strategy
* Knowledge in building hardware and software products robust in cybersecurity
* Experience in managing product and systems configuration management
* Experience in mobile app or web-based systems design, development, verification, and documentation
* Experience with mobile apps deployment and post launch maintenance
* Experience working with communications protocol design, definition and documentation
* Experience working in a regulated industry such as medical device, defense, or automotive.

About Medtronic

Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology, therapies and services can do to help alleviate pain, restore health and extend life. We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be.

We want to accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations - but we will only succeed with the right people on our team. Let's work together to address universal healthcare needs and improve patients' lives. Help us shape the future.

Physical Job Requirements

The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role. (ADA-United States of America)