Principal Systems Engineer

This is whereyour work makes a difference.

At Baxter we believe every personregardless of who they are or where they are fromdeserves a chance to live a healthy life. It was our founding belief in 1931 and continues to be our guiding principle. We are redefining healthcare delivery to make a greater impact today tomorrow and beyond.

Our Baxter colleagues are united by our Mission to Save and Sustain Lives. Together our community is driven by a culture of courage trust and collaboration. Every individual is empowered to take ownership and make a meaningful impact. We strive for efficient and effective operations and we hold each other accountable for delivering exceptional results.

Here you will find more than just a jobyou will find purpose and pride.

Your Role at Baxter:

This is where your work saves lives

The research we do and the products we develop improve outcomes for patients around the world. As a Principal Systems Engineer at Baxter your work contributes directly to making a significant impact on others. Its exciting workand youre not on your own. Our teams collaborate cross-functionally and lead by influence.

Our colleagues within our R&D organization desire to work on products that make a meaningful difference in others lives. We are motivated by the power of teamwork and are natural leaders who are skilled at influencing others!

In this role you will be a part of a multidisciplinary new product development team! This position will understand and define customer needs; product functionality and performance requirements; product architecture constraints and trade-offs; design and interface requirements of new products being developed. You will support the overall design of the final product and responsible for all risk management activities to ensure a safe and effective product.

Your Team

While everyone at Baxter has a shared passion for our mission the R&D teams play a meaningful role in our ability to save and sustain lives. The team in R&D work together to develop test and launch products to improve patient care.

A Principal Systems Engineer will be responsible for development of products and providing creative solutions associated with the design development and sustaining engineering for our new and existing product portfolio. The successful candidate will possess solid hands-on technical abilities an excitement and energy for product development and a passion for their work and the impact it has on meeting the needs of patients.

What you will be doing:

• Accountable for the entire product development process - from engaging with customers and marketing to compose and develop user needs to the eventual product launch.
• Plays a critical role in product development making sure the product meets all the functional and performance requirements and ensuring the manufacturing and service requirements are translated into product design.
• Lead the development and documentation of the product systems architecture and systems level design including the decomposition of the system architecture and requirements into subsystem and interface specifications.
• Provide technical leadership to the development team to ensure that the project successfully meets cost quality and schedule targets throughout the product life cycle.
• Resolve competing constraints between interrelated functions (engineering manufacturing regulatory marketing etc.) required to deliver the product to market.
• Plan and carry out system integration tasks to reduce problems in systems verification and validation.
• Document traceability from requirements to verification activities and from requirements to design entities.
• Resolve systems-related technical issues by applying problem solving tools such as cause and effect diagrams Pareto charts etc.
• As lead integrator for the product proactively look out for integration issues during development tests and ensure module/system development is successful.
• Adheres to Baxter Quality Management system & supports the quality audits.

What you will bring:

• Graduate or Post-Graduate in Electrical Mechanical Biomedical or related Engineering.
• 8 years of relevant technical experience including some previous mentoring experience.
• A demonstrated track record in system development covering requirements management risk management cybersecurity usability performance and reliability.
• Experience in using tools/practices like QFD Pugh Matrix CTQ DFR DFX.
• Systems development experience in diagnostic cardiology medical devices or any other medical device is a definite plus.
• Agile product development experience preferred.
• Excellent communication inter-personal and leadership skills
• Firm decision maker and shall possess good influencing skills
• Openness to collaborate in interest of project/organization.
• Mentoring capabilities.

Baxter is committed to supporting the needs for flexibility in the workplace. We do so through our flexible workplace policy which includes a required minimum number of days a week onsite. This policy provides the benefits of connecting and collaborating in-person in support of our Mission. The flexible workplace policy is subject to local laws and legal its discretion Baxter may decide to adjust suspend or discontinue as business needs change.

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 $104000 to $143000 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.

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US Benefits at Baxter (except for Puerto Rico)

This is where your well-being matters. Baxter offers comprehensive compensation and benefits packages for eligible roles. Our health and well-being benefits include medical and dental coverage that start on day one as well as insurance coverage for basic life accident short-term and long-term disability and business travel accident insurance. Financial and retirement benefits include the Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) with the ability to purchase company stock at a discount and the 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (RSP) with options for employee contributions and company matching. We also offer Flexible Spending Accounts educational assistance programs and time-off benefits such as paid holidays paid time off ranging from 20 to 35 days based on length of service family and medical leaves of absence and paid parental leave. Additional benefits include commuting benefits the Employee Discount Program the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and childcare benefits. Join us and enjoy the competitive compensation and benefits we offer to our additional information regarding Baxter US Benefits please speak with your recruiter or visit our Benefits site: Benefits Baxter

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