Senior Systems Engineer

Distalmotion is a medical device company founded in 2012 as a spin-off from the Robotics Lab of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), aiming to deliver the benefits of robotic surgery to more surgeons, hospitals, and patients globally.
1066 Épalinges, Switzerland
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Senior Software Engineer
In-Person
101 - 500 Employees
5+ years of experience
Healthcare · Robotics

Description For Senior Systems Engineer

At Distalmotion, we aim to deliver the benefits of robotic surgery to more surgeons, more hospitals, and more patients globally. Our vision is to establish a new standard of care, removing traditional barriers and complexities of robotics to ensure greater access to best-in-class minimally invasive surgery.

As Senior Systems Engineer at Distalmotion, you will play a critical role in the development and life cycle management of a complex medical device. You will be responsible for defining and maintaining product requirements and system architecture, ensuring the integrity of the Design History File (DHF) across all stages, from Regulatory Requirements to subsystem-level activities.

Your role will also contribute to a wide range of system-level activities of our Dexter surgical platform. These activities comprise validation efforts, usability testing, and complaints investigation.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Define system-level requirements and user interface requirements
  • Develop system-level architecture
  • Monitor consistency between sub-system and system-level activities
  • Contribute to regulatory requirements and DHF consistency
  • Participate in system-level development planning, reviews, and reports
  • Contribute to stakeholder requirements definition
  • Support product releases and roadmapping activities
  • Contribute to risk management, design validation, and usability engineering activities

We are a diverse, international team of over 150 members from more than 25 nationalities, speaking over 15 languages, all united by the goal of bringing patients the best in minimally invasive surgical care.

Join us in empowering robotic surgery and be part of the medical revolution!

Last updated 4 months ago

Responsibilities For Senior Systems Engineer

  • Define system-level requirements and user interface requirements
  • Develop system-level architecture
  • Monitor consistency between sub-system and system-level activities
  • Contribute to regulatory requirements and DHF consistency
  • Participate in system-level development planning, reviews, and reports
  • Contribute to stakeholder requirements definition
  • Support product releases and roadmapping activities
  • Contribute to risk management activities
  • Contribute to design validation activities
  • Contribute to usability engineering activities
  • Support internal product-level investigations when needed

Requirements For Senior Systems Engineer

  • Master's degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, microengineering (or similar)
  • 5+ years' experience in a similar position in the medical device field
  • Familiar with applicable standards for medical devices: e.g. IEC 60601-1, ISO 14971, IEC 62366
  • Detail oriented with strong analytical skills
  • Experience working with other engineering disciplines and company functions
  • Proficiency with requirements management tools (e.g. Polarion, JAMA, Doors or similar)
  • Strong verbal and written communication, and documentation skills
  • Professional oral and written English; French and German a nice to have

Benefits For Senior Systems Engineer

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401k
  • Opportunity to work in a fast-growing company in robotic surgery
  • Dynamic atmosphere in an internationally minded environment
  • Permanent contract with 25 days of paid vacation
  • 1-2 days per week remote work flexibility
  • Attractive talent development programs
  • Mobility plan
  • Competitive company pension plan
  • Support for gym memberships
  • Regular team building events

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