Systems Engineer 3

Our client, a leading Medical Device Manufacturing Company is looking for Systems Engineer 3 and This is for an initial duration of 12 Months Contract - San Diego, CA

Job Title: Systems Engineer 3
Job Id: 26-04814
Location: San Diego, CA
Duration: 12 Months Contract
Position Type: Hourly Contract Position (W2 only)

Job Description

• The Senior Systems Engineer serves as a key technical leader throughout the product lifecycle, translating customer and stakeholder needs into system requirements, managing technical risk, coordinating system integration activities, and ensuring successful verification and validation.
• This individual partners closely with cross-functional teams to drive product development, resolve complex system-level challenges, and continuously improve engineering processes and product performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead system-level engineering activities throughout the product lifecycle, from concept through launch and sustaining.
• Translate customer and stakeholder needs into clear, testable, and traceable system and product requirements.
• Lead requirements development, management, and traceability activities across complex hardware, software, and integrated systems.
• Plan, facilitate, and document system-level risk assessments, hazard analyses, and design reviews to ensure risks are identified and appropriately mitigated.
• Lead system integration planning and execution, identifying and resolving system-level issues throughout development and sustaining activities.
• Own verification and validation strategy, planning, coordination, execution oversight, and traceability to ensure product requirements are met.
• Develop and execute reliability planning activities and support data-driven product quality improvements.
• Facilitate cross-functional collaboration among Reliability, Statistics, Software, Electrical, Mechanical, Quality, Regulatory, Manufacturing, Clinical, Marketing, and Operations teams.
• Serve as a technical leader on project core teams, helping identify technical risks, resource needs, and critical path activities required to achieve project milestones.
• Investigate and resolve complex system behavior issues, product performance concerns, and technical challenges across development and commercialized products.
• Mentor and guide less experienced engineers in systems engineering processes, tools, and best practices.
• Identify, champion, and implement continuous improvement initiatives to enhance engineering effectiveness, product quality, and development efficiency.
• Apply Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) methodologies and engineering best practices across all projects.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Science, or a related technical discipline. A postgraduate degree is preferred.
• 3-5+ years of relevant engineering experience, or an equivalent combination of advanced education and engineering experience.
• Demonstrated experience leading systems engineering activities for complex products or integrated systems.
• Strong understanding of the product development lifecycle from concept through launch.
• Experience with requirements development, requirements management, and requirements traceability.
• Experience planning and executing system-level verification and validation activities.
• Experience leading risk management activities, including FMEA, hazard analysis, and risk mitigation planning.
• Familiarity with system integration, reliability engineering, design reviews, and technical problem-solving.
• Excellent technical writing, communication, and presentation skills.
• Ability to influence and collaborate effectively across multiple engineering disciplines and business functions.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently while providing technical leadership within cross-functional teams.
• Strong attention to detail.

Preferred

• Experience developing medical devices or products within a regulated industry.
• Experience leading systems engineering efforts on software-enabled or connected products.
• Experience with requirements management tools and model-based systems engineering concepts.
• Experience with statistical methods, Design for Six Sigma (DFSS), reliability engineering, or design optimization techniques.
• Experience driving technical leadership within cross-functional product development teams.
• Experience working in Agile or hybrid product development environments.

Leadership Expectations

• Successful Senior Systems Engineers are recognized as technical leaders who:
• Drive systems thinking across complex product development efforts.
• Influence technical direction through data-driven decision making.
• Proactively identify and mitigate technical risks.
• Build strong cross-functional partnerships.
• Mentor and develop other engineers.
• Champion engineering excellence and continuous improvement.
• Balance customer needs, business objectives, technical feasibility, and regulatory requirements to deliver successful products.

Compensation: The hourly rate for this position is between $74.00-$76.00 per hour.

Factors which may affect starting pay within this range may include [geography/market, skills, education, experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate].

Qualified candidates please send your word format updated resume at the earliest to Pavan: View email address on click.appcast.io View phone number on click.appcast.io].

Thank You.