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About Danaher Corporation
Danaher Corporation is a leading global science and technology innovator focused on biotechnology, diagnostics, and life sciences.
Danaher Corporation currently has
61 open roles
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Listed pay typically runs
$140,000–$170,000
across 42 roles with salary data.
The Staff Engineer, Systems joins the Engineering team to provide technical leadership for the design, development, integration, and validation of complex hardware and software systems for medical devices. This role involves leading system-level activities including user needs, architecture, requirements, risk management, usability, verification, validation, and regulatory compliance. The engineer will translate customer, clinical, business, and regulatory inputs into system architectures, technical requirements, integration plans, and verification strategies. Key responsibilities include lifecycle management, change control, and mentoring engineers on systems engineering tools and best practices. Required skills include experience in requirements management, system architecture, risk analysis, usability engineering, and system verification and validation. The work focuses on solving technical challenges within the life sciences, diagnostics, and biotechnology sectors to improve patient outcomes in breast cancer diagnostics.
What does a Engineer earn?
Median $185000 from 253 postings across 59 companies.
Lead the development and lifecycle management of user needs, system requirements, traceability, and change control for medical device projects.
Translate customer, clinical, business, and regulatory inputs into system architectures and technical requirements.
Lead system-level design, product risk management, usability engineering, verification, and validation activities.
Provide systems engineering leadership during product development, commercialization, design transfer, and manufacturing readiness.
Resolve complex cross-functional technical issues and provide technical direction to engineering teams.
Mentor engineers and advance systems engineering tools, processes, and best practices.
Support regulatory submissions, audits, and overall product lifecycle management.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related field such as systems, mechanical, or biomedical engineering.
Minimum of 10 years of relevant engineering experience.
Minimum of 5 years of systems engineering experience within the medical device industry.
Demonstrated experience with requirements management, system architecture, risk analysis, usability engineering, and system verification and validation.
Experience translating customer, clinical, business, and regulatory inputs into system-level requirements, architectures, and verification strategies.
Experience providing technical direction to cross-functional teams and resolving complex system-level issues.
Ability to travel up to 15% of the time, including domestic and international travel.
Master's degree in engineering or a related field (preferred).
INCOSE Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP), Project Management Professional (PMP), or a comparable relevant certification (preferred).
Systems Engineering
System Integration
System Architecture
Python
MATLAB
Embedded Software
Firmware
Hardware-Abstraction Layer
Data Mining
Data Analysis
Medical Devices
Product Development
Systems Engineering
Model-Based Systems Engineering
requirements-management
Embedded Firmware
Signal Processing
Data Analysis
Electrical Hardware
Mixed-Signal Hardware
Sensors
ISO 14971
IEC 60601
ISO 14708
Risk Management
Design Controls
Systems Engineering
V&V
Design of Experiment (DOE)
FMEA
Hazard Analysis
Requirements Management
Six Sigma
DFSS
PCR
Next Generation Sequencing
Instrument Automation
Human Factors Engineering
System Architecture