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Principal Systems Engineer-Hardware- Medical Device Development

HiArc
Merrimack, NH Full Time
POSTED ON 4/1/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/18/2026
Company Information

At HiArc, we believe clients don’t need another vendor; they need a strategic partner who gets it. One who listens harder, thinks deeper, and builds smarter—around their needs, products, and goals. HiArc engineers and manufactures complex medical technologies with one goal in mind: creating the perfect fit for our clients. No off-the-shelf thinking. No compromises. Just a tailored, high-performance solution our clients need, the way they need it. That’s why HiArc is the most client-centered partner in the market. We fuse design, engineering, and manufacturing into a seamless, collaborative process—crafted entirely around our clients. We operate as an extension of our clients' teams, de-risking their processes and accelerating their path to market. And the result is a solution you won’t find anywhere else.

Join our team! We hire experts in hardware and software design, robotics, optics, fluidics, chemistry integration, motion and thermal control, risk management, supply chain management, performance testing, advanced manufacturing techniques, finance, human resources, sales, and marketing.

For more information, please visit HiArc.

Job Summary

The Principal Systems Engineer must understand and capture the user needs into system requirements. The System Engineer helps to ensure that the quality targets are satisfied and mitigates technical risks as they arise on the program. The Systems Engineer maintains close interaction with customers to understand and enhance the ability to deliver customer satisfaction through higher product quality.

Responsibilities And Tasks

  • Lead effort to create system-level concepts for new project proposals. Review and critique concepts created by others
  • Ability to prepare Systems Engineering cost and schedule estimates on major design development efforts. Provide technical presentation support and consultation to marketing for proposals and during development.
  • Plan and lead experiments to evaluate operating characteristics of products or processes. Translate experimental results into design criteria.
  • Support System Integration, Verification, and Validation by defining, specifying, and supervising testing, analysis, and integration activities. Ensure reports are prepared to document the results of such activities.
  • Support the design review and phase gate process to ensure that engineering deliverables are at the appropriate level to meet FDA/ISO requirements & standards.
  • Accountable for overseeing the development of requirements for different disciplines such as Software, Electrical, Mechanical, Electro-optics, and others.

Qualifications

  • A bachelor’s degree in engineering
  • 9 years of complex electro-mechanical instrument systems engineering experience
  • Hardware/software integration experience.
  • Must be available for daily onsite presence

Preferred Requirements

  • A master’s degree in engineering.
  • Medical Device experience
  • Extensive development experience in at least one or more of the following engineering disciplines is required: software, mechanical, electrical, optics, fluidics, and should possess knowledge of advanced theories, concepts, principles, and processes.
  • Ability to provide technical leadership as required during the investigation of complex medical instrumentation products. Accountable for overseeing the development of requirements for different disciplines such as Software, Electrical, Mechanical, Electro-optics, and others.

Here Are Some Of The Great Benefits We Offer

  • Most locations offer a 9/80 schedule, providing every other Friday off
  • Competitive compensation & 401(k) program to plan for your future
  • Robust medical, dental, vision, & disability coverage with qualified wellness discounts
  • Basic Life Insurance and Additional Life & AD&D Insurances are available
  • Flexible Vacation & PTO
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Generous Employee Referral Program
  • Voluntary Benefits Available: Longer Term Care, Legal, Identify Theft, Pet Insurance, and more
  • Voluntary Tricare Supplement available for military retirees

This job description does not list all the duties of the job. You may be asked by your supervisors or managers to perform other duties. The employer has the right to revise this job description at any time. The job description is not an employment contract. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position. HiArc, an Elbit America company, is an equal opportunity employer as to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

  • If you encounter issues with your application, please email TalentAcquisition@ElbitAmerica.com***

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