Senior or Staff System Engineer

About the role

Activ Surgical, a digital surgery company founded in 2017, builds a platform that brings sensing technology to minimally invasive surgery so surgeons can visualize the invisible and make better decisions. As a Senior or Staff System Engineer, you will own system-level requirements, architecture and integration across the hardware and software of the platform, translating clinical and product needs into verifiable requirements and driving end-to-end integration and verification testing.

Key responsibilities

• Translate clinical and product needs into verifiable system requirements
• Define and maintain interfaces between subsystems
• Drive end-to-end integration and verification testing so the platform performs safely and reliably
• Own system-level requirements, architecture and integration across hardware and software

Required profile

• BS/MS in Electrical, Mechanical, Biomedical Engineering or a related discipline, with 5+ years of relevant experience
• Proven experience producing systems engineering artifacts such as requirements documents, system architecture diagrams, interface control documents (ICDs) and requirements traceability matrices
• Experience integrating multi-disciplinary subsystems (hardware, software, optics, AI) into a working product
• Familiarity with medical device development processes and standards (IEC 62304, IEC 60601, ISO 13485, ISO 14971)
• Experience planning and executing system-level verification and validation activities
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, and excellent communication with hardware, software and clinical teams

Preferred qualification

• Experience in surgical robotics, medical imaging or another regulated medical device industry
• Familiarity with cybersecurity and/or laser technology
• Experience with risk management and FMEA processes
• Background in optics, computer vision or embedded systems
• Support for design reviews, regulatory submissions or design history file (DHF) documentation

What we offer

• Fortune 500 health and wellness benefits
• 401(k)
• Flexible vacation