Systems Engineering Analysis, Senior

At Alcon, we're passionate about enhancing sight and helping people see brilliantly. With more than 25,000 associates, we innovate fearlessly, champion progress, and act swiftly to impact global eye health. Together, we make a difference in the lives of our patients and customers. Primary Function The Senior Systems Engineer will contribute to the development of next-generation ophthalmic diagnostic, visualization, and vision science products from concept through commercialization. This role will contribute to system integration, requirements development, verification and validation, data analysis, and technology evaluation across optical, hardware, software, and clinical domains. This position is intended for a technically strong engineer or scientist who wants to grow into broader product development leadership by working across disciplines, solving system-level problems, and learning the full medical device development process.
Work alongside experts across scientific, clinical, optical, software, hardware, manufacturing, and engineering disciplines.
Support software and hardware solutions for connected diagnostic and visualization product platforms.
Execute engineering tasks related to medical device development from concept through commercialization.
Support system integration, troubleshooting, performance characterization, and system‑level tradeoff analysis.
Analyze engineering and clinical data to evaluate product performance.
Monitor relevant technology trends in ophthalmic diagnostics, imaging, AI/ML, and connected product platforms.
Develop increasing ownership of subsystem and system‑level technical workstreams, with opportunities to grow into project lead or systems lead responsibilities.
Key Requirements/Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent years of directly related experience (or high school +8 yrs. The ability to fluently read, write, understand, and communicate in English
Relocation Assistance: Not Available
D. in Physics, Optical Engineering, Photonics, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
Experience with complex system integration, such as robotics, automation, integrated medical devices, imaging systems, semiconductor tools, or aerospace systems.
Broad technical understanding of software, hardware, optics, imaging technologies, and integrated product architectures.
Experience with lasers, machine vision, computational imaging, image processing, signal processing, AI/machine learning, or related technologies.
Programming or scripting experience in Python, MATLAB, C/C++, or similar tools.
Experience with requirements development, system‑level testing, verification and validation, and technical documentation.
Familiarity with risk management, design control, and regulated medical device development.
Systems engineering experience supporting late‑stage medical device development, launch, or lifecycle support.
Experience with systems engineering tools, analysis methods, trade‑off studies, or performance modeling.
Balance experiencing new environments and working autonomously in a remote sales environment. Alcon provides robust benefits package including health, life, retirement, flexible time off for exempt associates, and much more!
Our compensation approach includes a combination of fixed and variable pay, with short‑term and long‑term incentive opportunities for eligible roles.
Our benefits offerings are designed to support associates and their families across key life events, including programs that promote health and well‑being, provide financial security, and support retirement planning.
Alcon takes pride in maintaining a diverse environment and our policies are not to discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. Alcon is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an email to alcon.Alcon, which was founded in 1945, sells its products in 180 countries worldwide.

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