Senior Principal Systems Engineer

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

• This role requires strong technical and leadership skills to support the design and development of innovative, new products within CST R&D .
• The Senior Principal Engineer will apply knowledge of systems engineering and experience in working on complex multidisciplinary problems and will provide leadership for product development from early phase development to market release.
• The candidate will be responsible for completing system engineering activities for ET products including Navigation & Imaging Systems and also their integration with other OEM products. These activities include a) identification of customer needs, b) system definition by translating customer needs into engineering requirements, c) system architecture, partitioning, and development, d) technical risk management activities, e) system verification and validation, and f) system support and education.
• Systems Engineering activities typically involve trade-offs between risks, benefits, and performance. Systems Engineering activities are performed within the constraints of a complex regulatory environment, in partnership with development (software, firmware, hardware, mechanical engineering), research, clinical, regulatory, product planning, and marketing groups.
• Use critical thinking skills and technical knowledge to solve complex systems interaction problems
• Work closely with cross-functional partners such as R&D Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, Regulatory, and Marketing to take a product from ideation to market release. Advise the team, with ability to clearly communicate regarding key product risk / benefit trade-offs.
• Lead cross-functional teams to make appropriate, timely decisions and recommendations that result in the successful completion of major product objectives.
• Execute multiple systems engineering activities in the product development life cycle including identification, planning, monitoring, and executing tasks for entire product life cycle
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to develop Business and Customer Needs for new product development.
• Design or support development of a systems architecture that aligns product development with the needs of the business and the customer