at Starkey Laboratories, Inc. in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States
Job Description
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JOB SUMMARY DESCRIPTION / PRIMARY PURPOSE OF JOB (Provide 2-5 sentences of primary focus of job)
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
The Senior Systems Design Engineer is responsible for leading the design of new products and ensuring that they meet associated requirements for total hearing system including, but not limited to; hearing aids, accessories, manufacturing software, fitting software, mobile applications, programmers, their components and sub-systems. S/He also is responsible for risk analysis, problem solving, and issue resolution along with support of other engineering design teams. 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 Senior Systems Design Engineer is primarily responsible for interacting with new product development groups; however, may also be responsible for supporting continuation engineering and technology development, as needed. S/He is expected to develop a working knowledge of patient and clinician needs, through establishing relationships with Product Management, Marketing, and /or Sales.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES/RESULTS
Provide leadership for the definition of the system architecture, the system level requirements for hardware, software, features, accessories, and mobile apps and their flow down requirements to relevant subsystems of current and future products
Provide execution of requirements development and management, including identification of best practices and use of requirement management tools.
Support interaction with cross functional customer facing groups to ensure desired product capabilities are reflected accurately in the architecture description
Own Systems Impact Analysis and drive system design options and recommendations for product change requests, scope change requests, and Charter approvals, as appropriate.
Drive, document, and deliver high-level system architecture, design, interfaces, risks, and tradeoffs that support product development schedules.
Support creation of system / subsystem architecture design documents (e.g. operational concept, system functionality description, state transition description, sequence diagrams, systems interface description, use cases, verification matrices, etc.).
Use requirement management techniques to translate user requirements, design guidelines, and standards into system level requirements.
Ensure system requirements are accurate, complete and delivered on time throughout the entire product life 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.
Support derivation of system requirements into subsystem requirements.
Generate and maintain traceability from user requirements to system requirements.
Own and drive risk analysis and mitigation plans in collaboration with the program / project team per the risk register or DFMEA process.
Understand and provide direction on system-level design tradeoffs.
Facilitate cross-functional peer review of requirements; own and drive resulting action items.
Ensure that all system requirements are met.
Drive compliance assessments for each design review during the product lifecycle
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, analyze, own, and drive system-level technical issues
Ensure technical issues identified during system development and verification are documented with clear descriptions of steps to... For full info follow application link.
Starkey Hearing Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer Minority/Female/Vet/Disabled.
