Systems Design Engineer II

Are you passionate about shaping the future of innovative medical devices? We're looking for a Systems Design Engineer II to take on a technical leadership role in defining groundbreaking products, technologies, and features that elevate user experiences. In this role, you'll collaborate across disciplines-partnering with Product Management to understand user needs, working with Advanced Development to integrate cutting-edge technologies, and aligning with Engineering to drive seamless product design. If you thrive in a dynamic environment, enjoy solving complex system challenges, and want to make a tangible impact in the medical device industry, we want to hear from you!

Starkey is a world leader in the manufacturing and distribution of advanced hearing technologies. We are in the business of connecting people and changing lives. Our teams come to work each day focused on ensuring people everywhere have the products and services they need to hear better and live better.

Founded in 1967 by Bill Austin, Starkey is known for our cutting-edge hearing health innovations, industry-leading research and development, and not being afraid to push the edge of what's possible.

We are headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, have over 5,000 employees in 29 facilities across the globe, and do business in more than 100 markets worldwide.

Watch this video to see more of what sets Starkey apart: https://youtu.be/9cUYwTlCepg?si=wkovx8_R_iINfrc6

JOB SUMMARY DESCRIPTION / PRIMARY PURPOSE OF JOB
The Systems Design Engineer II, under general supervision, is responsible for the system level design of new products and ensuring that they meet associated requirements for hearing aids, accessories, manufacturing software, fitting software, mobile applications, programmers, their components and sub-systems. S/He also contributes to risk analysis, problem solving, and issue resolution along with support of other engineering design teams and Senior Systems Engineers. S/He must possess effective communication skills, technical expertise, creativity, and internal drive to lead the creation of designs that are recognized as best-in-class in the hearing aid industry. S/He must be able to work well both independently and in a team environment. The Systems Design Engineer II is primarily responsible for interacting with new product development groups; however, may also be responsible for supporting continuation engineering and technology development, as needed.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES/RESULTS

Define and document system level requirements for hardware, software, features, accessories, and mobile apps and flow down requirements to relevant subsystems.

• Create system requirements specifications

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  • Use requirement management tools to translate user requirements, design guidelines, and standards into system level requirements.
  • Ensure system requirements are accurate and complete and delivered on time throughout the design cycle.
  • Create / update requirements based on lessons learned (including gaps in legacy requirements), manufacturing data, field data (Customer First, Rework and Repair), quality data, and regulatory or standards updates.
  • Facilitate cross-functional peer review of requirements; own and drive resulting action items.
  
  
  
  

• Support derivation of system requirements into subsystem requirements.
• Generate and maintain traceability from user requirements to system requirements.
• Contribute to risk analysis and mitigation plans in collaboration with the program / project team per the risk register or DFMEA process.
• Understand and provide recommendations for system-level design tradeoffs.

Collaborate with Systems Verification Engineers to ensure that all system requirements are met.

• Support Systems Verification Engineers to ensure they have valid verification plans for each integration point of a program / project.
• Collaborate with Systems Verification Engineers to create the Systems Verification Allocation matrix to ensure verification of the integrated system design.
• Ensure generation and maintain traceability from system verification test results for the program / project to system requirements.

Identify and analyze system-level technical issues

• Ensure technical issues identified during system verification are documented with clear descriptions of steps to reproduce and configuration under test in relevant tools.
• Ensure technical issues are analyzed and that the results are clearly documented in relevant tools with support from a Senior Engineer.
• Provide regular updates on issues assigned in relevant tools.
• Own technical issues with support from a Sr. Systems Design or Verification Engineer.

Perform other duties commensurate with an engineer role.

• Perform work with general supervision as department professional
• Provide work direction to technicians and interns.
• Support process improvements and lean product development efforts.
• Use critical thinking skills to make appropriate design decisions and design tradeoff recommendations in Systems Engineering and Program / Project design and peer reviews.
• Participate in creation and/or updating of Systems Engineering's Budget, Scorecard and Objectives for the upcoming year.

Education

• Bachelors of Science degree in Systems Engineering or related field
• Masters in lieu of Bachelors with minimum of 3 years of industry experience in a product and /or technology development environment

Experience

• Minimum of 5 years professional experience in a product or technology development environment

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Basic to intermediate knowledge of system engineering principles, including: requirement generation, system architecture, system design, risk management, verification, use cases, configuration management, issue tracking
• Basic working knowledge hearing aid architecture and design, hearing aid audiological features, programming software, manufacturing software, and hearing aid mobile applications.
• Basic to intermediate working knowledge of one or more of the following:

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  • analog, digital, mixed signal circuits
  • multi-component electrical devices, PC interfaces, communication protocols, digital design, DSP, wired and wireless communication
  • signal processing concepts, including: block diagrams, filters, Fourier analysis, audio, acoustics
  
  
  
  

• General working knowledge of software development process, source code control, version control, high and low level programming languages.
• Working knowledge of Systems Engineering tools like Polarion

Competencies, Skills & Abilities

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability in problem solving and troubleshooting
• Strong attention to detail
• Proficiency in using typical bench-top equipment (e.g. oscilloscopes, signal generators, audio analyzers, spectrum analyzers, voltmeters, etc.)
• Must be self-motivated and able to work in fast-paced team environment
• Ability to perform complex engineering analysis and calculations
• Ability to effectively and efficiently manage time

Salary and Other Compensation:

The target pay rate for this position is between$78,540.00 - $110,250.00 annually. Factors which may affect starting pay within this range may include: geography/market, skills, education, experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

This position is eligible for a bonus based upon performance results. There is no guarantee of payout.

Benefits: The following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements, include medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan with company match, company-paid life and short-term disability insurance, long-term disability insurance, employee assistance plan, hearing aid benefits, Paid Time Off, paid holidays, paid floating holidays, paid volunteer service day, paid paternity and maternity leave and tuition reimbursement.

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