Job Summary:

The Senior Principal Systems Engineer will develop next generation optical glucose sensor platforms, build system architecture for sensor interfaces and connectivity to microcontroller based wearable systems, mobile phones, and cloud-based systems for next generation wireless sensor platforms. 

Duties and Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Analyze, evaluate, define and plan innovative solutions to complex technical problems relevant to our patients and cliniciansDevelop and apply expert knowledge in multiple technical specialties related to systems, chemical, mechanical, electrical, firmware, and software engineering for medical devices Create complex and reliable system architectures involving implantable medical devices with multiple wireless interfaces to wearable medical devices, mobile phones, and cloud-based systems. Analyze retrospective field data and prospective failure modes and create new requirements and design to mitigate these failure modes to create safe and effective medical devices.Serve as technical contributor in the development, application, implementation and evaluation of mathematical models and signal processing algorithms for processing of the data returned from Eversense glucose sensorsProvide systems engineering expertise to improve the accuracy, stability and overall performance of the Eversense glucose sensorsWork with internal staff as well as external consultants and vendors to develop and test the Eversense glucose sensor system and external control systems on mobile phones and the cloud.Employ scientific and engineering principles to foresee technical and schedule risks and to develop and implement appropriate mitigation approaches to minimize risk and maximize value to our patients and clinicians Maintain technical skills and knowledge at a high professional level 

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Requirements:

Master’s degree or Ph.D. in Engineering (Electrical, Mechanical, Biomedical, Chemical, Software or Optical), Computer Science, Physics, or math, or related or equivalent subjectExperience in performing modeling & simulation, preferably using MATLABExcellent oral and written communication skillsExtensive experience in Systems Engineering.Extensive familiarity Near Field Communication (NFC) and Bluetooth wireless communicationsTechnical expertise and experience in several of the following areas: optical sensing, optical instrumentation, biophysics, mathematical modeling, signal processing and stochastic processesMinimum of 5 years of mathematical modeling, R&D, or product development experienceProduct development experience in the medical device field