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Posted 59 days agoVerified live 4h ago
Systems Engineer II
Brief overview
Remote
UndergradOr in progress
3+ yrsMinimum
Systems EngineeringProduct DevelopmentSystem ArchitectureRequirements EngineeringSystem IntegrationVerification and ValidationHPLCUHPLCLiquid ChromatographyAnalytical InstrumentationLaboratory AutomationFluidicsRisk ManagementRoot Cause Analysis
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Job description
Summary
Waters Corporation is a global leader in life sciences and diagnostics, dedicated to advancing scientific discovery through analytical technologies. The Systems Engineer will play a crucial role in developing innovative chromatography solutions, collaborating with various teams to define product capabilities and ensure successful commercialization.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with Product Management, Marketing, and Engineering teams to define next-generation liquid chromatography products and customer solutions
- Translate customer, business, and market needs into clear, testable, and traceable system requirements
- Develop and maintain system requirements, product requirements, interface definitions, and traceability documentation throughout the product development lifecycle
- Partner with software, electrical, mechanical, scientific, and manufacturing teams to develop innovative system-level solutions
- Support system architecture development and technical decision-making by evaluating design alternatives, tradeoffs, and risks
- Lead cross-functional discussions to align requirements, resolve technical challenges, and drive project execution
- Develop system verification and validation strategies, test plans, and acceptance criteria
- Perform hands-on testing, integration, troubleshooting, and performance characterization of prototype and production systems
- Investigate system-level issues, perform root cause analysis, and drive corrective actions to resolution
- Support risk management activities by identifying technical risks and developing mitigation strategies
- Promote systems engineering best practices including requirements management, systems integration, design verification, and traceability
- Provide technical leadership within project teams and mentor junior engineers in systems engineering methodologies
- Support successful commercialization of industry-leading chromatography solutions from concept through product launch
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Physical Sciences, Chemistry, or a related technical discipline
- 3+ years of experience in systems engineering, product development, analytical instrumentation, or multidisciplinary engineering environments
- Demonstrated experience developing complex hardware and software products from concept through commercialization
- Experience translating customer needs and business objectives into system requirements and product capabilities
- Experience working across multiple engineering disciplines, including software, electrical, mechanical, and scientific teams
- Strong understanding of systems engineering principles, including requirements development, requirements decomposition, traceability, integration, verification, validation, and risk management
- Experience planning and executing system-level testing and troubleshooting activities
- Excellent problem-solving and root-cause analysis skills
- Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to effectively collaborate across organizational boundaries
- Demonstrated ability to lead technical initiatives and influence outcomes without direct authority
- Master's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Physical Sciences, Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, or a related technical field
- Direct experience designing, developing, integrating, servicing, supporting, or operating HPLC, UHPLC, liquid chromatography, mass spectrometry, or other analytical instrumentation platforms strongly preferred
- Strong understanding of chromatography workflows, laboratory operations, and customer applications in pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, chemical, food, environmental, or clinical markets
- Experience developing complex electromechanical products involving fluidics, sensors, automation, software, firmware, and data systems
- Experience with system architecture, technology development, and new product introduction activities
- Familiarity with cybersecurity, connectivity, cloud-enabled products, laboratory informatics, and data management platforms
- Experience with Design Controls, Risk Management, Verification & Validation, and regulated product development processes
- Experience using requirements management and systems engineering tools such as Jama, DOORS, Polarion, Azure DevOps, or equivalent
- Experience mentoring engineers and leading cross-functional technical activities
- Knowledge of liquid chromatography system design considerations such as solvent delivery, sample management, detector technologies, thermal management, and laboratory workflow integration
Qualifications
Must Haves
- Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Physical Sciences, Chemistry, or a related technical discipline
- 3+ years of experience in systems engineering, product development, analytical instrumentation, or multidisciplinary engineering environments
- Demonstrated experience developing complex hardware and software products from concept through commercialization
- Experience translating customer needs and business objectives into system requirements and product capabilities
- Experience working across multiple engineering disciplines, including software, electrical, mechanical, and scientific teams
- Strong understanding of systems engineering principles, including requirements development, requirements decomposition, traceability, integration, verification, validation, and risk management
- Experience planning and executing system-level testing and troubleshooting activities
- Excellent problem-solving and root-cause analysis skills
- Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to effectively collaborate across organizational boundaries
- Demonstrated ability to lead technical initiatives and influence outcomes without direct authority
Nice to Haves
- Master's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Physical Sciences, Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, or a related technical field
- Direct experience designing, developing, integrating, servicing, supporting, or operating HPLC, UHPLC, liquid chromatography, mass spectrometry, or other analytical instrumentation platforms strongly preferred
- Strong understanding of chromatography workflows, laboratory operations, and customer applications in pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, chemical, food, environmental, or clinical markets
- Experience developing complex electromechanical products involving fluidics, sensors, automation, software, firmware, and data systems
- Experience with system architecture, technology development, and new product introduction activities
- Familiarity with cybersecurity, connectivity, cloud-enabled products, laboratory informatics, and data management platforms
- Experience with Design Controls, Risk Management, Verification & Validation, and regulated product development processes
- Experience using requirements management and systems engineering tools such as Jama, DOORS, Polarion, Azure DevOps, or equivalent
- Experience mentoring engineers and leading cross-functional technical activities
- Knowledge of liquid chromatography system design considerations such as solvent delivery, sample management, detector technologies, thermal management, and laboratory workflow integration