What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Systems Engineer position at Cutera, Inc.?
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Description
Position Summary:
The Senior Systems Engineer will lead and support the integration and verification of complex electro-mechanical systems within our product portfolio. This role serves as a key technical contributor and project lead, responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing system-level integration, verification, and validation (V&V) activities. The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise with strong organizational and leadership skills to ensure product performance, reliability, and compliance with design and regulatory requirements.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Lead system integration efforts across hardware, software, and firmware components to ensure cohesive product performance.
- Plan, manage, and execute system verification and validation (V&V) activities, including test planning, test case development, and test execution.
- Develop and maintain system-level requirements, traceability matrices, and verification documentation in compliance with quality and regulatory standards.
- Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including R&D, Quality, Manufacturing, and Product Management to ensure smooth system transitions from concept to production.
- Drive technical problem-solving and root cause analysis during system integration and test phases.
- Define and manage system test environments, tools, and equipment to support efficient testing and troubleshooting.
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior engineers and support management in coordinating team resources.
- Serve as a technical project manager for system-level development activities, maintaining schedules, resource plans, and risk assessments.
- Support design reviews, design verification reports, and formal product qualification testing.
- Identify opportunities for process improvement in systems engineering and V&V practices.
- Other duties as needed or required.
Qualifications
Minimum Requirements & Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related discipline; Master’s or other graduate degree preferred.
- 3-5 years of experience in systems engineering, integration, and/or verification and validation of complex electro-mechanical or mechatronic systems.
- Experience managing and coordinating multi-disciplinary engineering projects. Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities and deliver high-quality results in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong familiarity with systems engineering principles (requirements management, risk analysis, interface control, traceability).
- Proven track record in planning and executing system-level V&V activities.
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
- Experience with configuration management and test documentation tools.
- Effective communicator with the ability to lead cross-functional discussions and report clearly to stakeholders.
- Knowledge of medical device or regulated product development (e.g., FDA, ISO 13485, IEC 60601) is highly desirable.
Salary : $100,000 - $120,000