Engineering Specialist- Systems Engineer, Lead Systems Design

Vantive: A New Company Built On Our Legacy

Baxter is on a journey to separate our ~$5B Kidney Care segment into a standalone company. Vantive* will build on our nearly 70-year legacy in acute therapies and home and in-center dialysis to provide best-in-class care to the people we serve. We believe Vantive will not only build our leadership in the kidney care space, it will also offer meaningful work to those who join us.

At Vantive, you will become part of a community of people who are focused, courageous and don't settle for the mediocre. Each of us are driven to help improve patients' lives worldwide. Join us as we revolutionize kidney care and other vital organ support.

*Completion of the proposed separation of Kidney Care from Baxter into a standalone company (to be named Vantive) remains subject to the satisfaction of customary conditions.

As a Systems Engineer in the Lead Systems Design (LSD) role, you will be responsible for supporting releases, updates, and feature additions to our existing Acute (CRRT) Therapy products as well as helping create new products. Based on both your technical and program management skills, you will implement expansion opportunities into our Acute product portfolio. This role will require you to review and approve design concepts/changes and provide general direction to technical staff, including ensuring that quality is built into the design during development and subsequent implementation. This position is cross-functional in nature, so you will be interacting directly with hardware, software, compliance, marketing/commercial, and operations. Proactively supervising the program and developing strategies to mitigate technical risks are expected as well as reporting on the progress to senior management during routine cadence meetings.

What you'll be doing

• Key member of the Acute Therapy Systems Engineering team
• Ability to lead a cross-functional team through the application of deep technical expertise and experience in critical and strategic product or process domain areas
• Perform activities associated with the Systems Engineering of one or more products in different stages of the product development cycle
• Gather inputs for Requirements from various sources such as Standards, Usability, Regulatory, Quality, Human factors, Manufacturing, Service, etc.
• Use knowledge of technology, process, and/or therapy domains to drive solutions and product design realization from a Systems perspective
• Understand clinical and user needs to ensure safety and efficacy of product releases
• Give to technical and design feasibility analysis of complex design concepts within area of expertise and then advise management regarding appropriate action
• Independently plan and implement a series of design and/or technical tasks that may not be well-defined, have multiple variables, and require advanced execution strategies
• Play a lead role in the evaluation, selection, and adaptation of various techniques to accomplish business objectives (e.g. quality, cost, and cycle-time)
• Routinely provide advice and assistance to team members regarding unique problems
• Devise innovative approaches to sophisticated problems through adaptation and modification of standard technical and design principles, then incorporate these new methods as appropriate
• Build and maintain Design History File elements and ensure traceability to requirements
• Influence partners and multi-functional team members within the project
• Facilitate an improved understanding of the interrelationship between Requirements, Risk and Reliability
• Anticipate technical challenges and risk scenarios and then prepare, lead, and complete mitigation strategies to ensure safe and effective results
• Perform impact assessments on the Requirements on an ongoing basis for any proposed design/material/process change or an observation in the field/service or manufacturing to resolve impact and need for any mitigations, then propose recommended mitigations with the rationale
• Drive consistency to FDA, ISO and IEC design control procedures, regulations, and standards
• Use various software tools and programs (e.g. DOORS) to complete the above responsibilities
• Maintain current knowledge of relevant Quality Management System (QMS) regulations and other regulatory requirements related to research and development (product development, design and safety) to ensure compliance in all research, data collection and reporting activities
• Implement engineering change control efforts per established processes and manage the deliverables per QMS requirements
• Coordinate design change implementation in production and into markets
• Write and coordinate the design and development of system level requirements to meet service, marketing, engineering, commercial, regulatory, and compliance needs
• Guide and mentor others in life cycle management methodologies
• Engaged and influential throughout the organization, including being recognized outside the immediate team for broad technical expertise as evidenced by solicitation for input on a variety of complex issues

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Biomedical, Controls, Systems, Software or other related technical/engineering field
• 15+ years of industry work experience with minimum of 5 years in the medical device industry
• Must possess sound knowledge of systems engineering and related areas such as electro-mechanical and software engineering as well as relevant standards (e.g. ISO 13485, IEC 60601, MDR)
• Proficiency in electromechanical system development, preferably medical devices or other highly regulated products such as military hardware
• Experience using Product Development and Lifecycle Management (PDLM) tools and processes
• Success in working with multi-functional, global teams
• Excellent interpersonal/communication/influencing skills, including applying creative thinking and partnership to resolve conflicts
• Adopt accountability for critical strategic and operational decisions (e.g. program landmarks, technical design reviews, due diligence, etc.)
• Demonstrate good business judgment in balancing budget, profitability, and vendor relationships; have strong understanding of business financials; think holistically about the business' products

Baxter is committed to supporting the needs for flexibility in the workplace. We do so through our flexible workplace policy which includes a minimum of 3 days a week onsite. This policy provides the benefits of connecting and collaborating in-person in support of our Mission.

We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. At Baxter, we are committed to equitable pay for all employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices. The estimated base salary for this position is $144,000 to $198,000 annually. The estimated range is meant to reflect an anticipated salary range for the position. We may pay more or less than of the anticipated range based upon market data and other factors, all of which are subject to change. Individual pay is based on upon location, skills and expertise, experience, and other relevant factors.This position may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses, and/or long-term incentive. For questions about this, our pay philosophy, and available benefits, please speak to the recruiter if you decide to apply and are selected for an interview.

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