Principal Systems Engineer (Remote)

This is where you save and sustain lives

At Baxter, we are deeply connected by our mission. No matter your role at Baxter, your work makes a positive impact on people around the world. You'll feel a sense of purpose throughout the organization, as we know our work improves outcomes for millions of patients.

Baxter's products and therapies are found in almost every hospital worldwide, in clinics and in the home. For over 85 years, we have pioneered significant medical innovations that transform healthcare.

Together, we create a place where we are happy, successful and inspire each other. This is where you can do your best work.

Join us at the intersection of saving and sustaining lives- where your purpose accelerates our mission.

Your role at Baxter

This is where your expertise helps people

The Principal Systems Engineer is an exciting position that helps shape how our products work in the complex hospital IT environment. This person provides leadership and guidance in translating business, customer, and regulatory needs into detailed product requirements that ensure our solutions are robust, performant, and functional. The Principal Systems Engineer will apply analytical rigor to proposed solutions to determine failure cases, assess impact to existing functionality, and define overall system performance needs. This person will also conduct design reviews and assess our products for technical and patient risk.

While there is a benefit for in-person collaboration, this position can be remotely from anywhere in the country.

What you'll be doing

• Interact with business stakeholders and customers to understand their problems and needs
• Define the product from a requirements perspective and analyze it for risk
• Translate customer needs, business constraints, and regulatory requirements into functional and performance requirements
• Collaborate with system architects and engineers to ensure the requirements define major modules, concepts, intended environments and the relationships between them
• Ensure robust, reliable, and secure system interfaces and integrations
• Create and maintain the functional specification documentation in a lightweight and concise format, while still being very thorough and detailed
• Oversee maintenance of the risk management plan, including the risk analysis, by identifying and mitigating hazards associated with a design
• Evaluate risk by using methodologies such as DFMEA and Risk/Hazard Analysis
• Collaborate with product management, clinicians, UX designers, and customers to explain the technical workings of the system, estimate new features, and provide solution options
• Conduct impact analysis for design changes and implement necessary actions
• Conduct and integrate in-depth design reviews throughout the product development process
• Effectively work with test engineering, throughout the project to drive efficiency in V&V

What you'll bring

• 5 years experience in a Systems Engineer, Business Analyst, System Analyst or similar requirements definition role
• BS Degree in a technical discipline (Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Electrical Engineering, etc.)
• Experience working on complex hardware and software projects involving embedded systems, network communications and web services
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Skilled at leading meetings, conflict resolution, and making presentations
• Strategic thinker, but can execute with great attention to detail
• Experience in the medical device industry and FDA regulations is preferred

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 our employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices. To that end, this position has a base salary range of $68,000 to $156,000 plus an annual incentive bonus. The above range represents the expected base salary range for this position. The actual salary may vary based upon several factors including, but not limited to, relevant skills/experience, time in the role, business line, and geographic/office location.

The successful candidate for this job may be required to verify that he or she has been vaccinated against COVID-19, subject to reasonable accommodations for individuals with medical conditions or religious beliefs that prevent vaccination, and in accordance with applicable law.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Baxter is an equal opportunity employer. Baxter evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.

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