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Principal Systems Engineer

SPECTRAFORCE
Bellevue, WA Contractor
POSTED ON 7/7/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 8/5/2026

Title: Principal Systems Engineer

Duration: 12 months

Location: Bellevue, WA 98005 (hybrid role that allows a flexible schedule for remote and onsite work. Hours will be 8AM to 5PM but could vary)


Job Description:

What you'll be doing:

• Evaluate system integration points and lead the team in integration planning and testing between wearable devices, mobile applications, software algorithms, cloud software applications, and user portals.

• Develop and execute comprehensive test plans to verify and validate system performance, safety, and security across the entire end-to-end ecosystem, including test protocol and report write-up.

• Develop comprehensive system models, risk analyses, and mitigation strategies, addressing the unique challenges of each component in the end-to-end system.

• Work with development engineers to analyze system performance, reliability, and data integrity across the entire data pipeline, from wearable device data collection to cloud storage and processing.

• Act as a subject matter expert for project teams in applying systems engineering standards and best practices to the Client Product Development process.


What you'll bring:

• Demonstrated success in leading the development of end-to-end systems, ideally in the medical device or healthcare industry.

• Proven expertise in systems modeling, requirements management, risk analysis, verification, and validation.

• Strong understanding of medical device regulations, quality systems, and data privacy regulations.

• Broad technical knowledge encompassing hardware (such as embedded systems and sensors), software (such as algorithms, cloud and mobile applications), and data engineering.

• Experience in requirements management, validation, and verification practices.

• Experience in developing system design verification and validation plans and functional test procedures.

• Demonstrated ability to work across disciplines to build consensus and drive complex systems to completion.

• Critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

• An autonomous self-starter personality with a culture of collaboration.

• Detail oriented with strong organization and time management skills and the ability to multi-task across a diverse scope of responsibilities, projects, and people.

• Effective verbal and written communication skills and the ability to facilitate and work effectively in diverse, multi-functional teams.


Required Background

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, or other technical or science disciplines.

• 5 – 8 years of experience in systems engineering, with a significant focus on connected medical devices or other complex, end-to-end systems involving hardware and software integration.

• Intermediate knowledge of electro-mechanical hardware qualification and statistics. Knowledge of CAD is a plus.

• Experience in automation and programming/scripting (Python, RESTful API). Familiarity with Azure DevOps (ADO) or similar CI/CD tools is a plus.

• Debugging skills – ability to trace and resolve hardware and software issues.

• Familiarity with design/version control and requirement tool is a plus.


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