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Sr. Systems Engineer
Pleasanton, California, USA
$168,900-$228,500 / year
full-timeseniorBiotechnology
Tech Stack
Description
You will be involved in all aspects of the product development process, from ideation to launch, developing instrument architectures and modeling system-level tradeoffs. You will collaborate closely with hardware, software, and biology teams to design and test custom hardware systems and metrology approaches.
Requirements
- Bachelors in an engineering discipline (Comp Sci, Mechanical, Electrical, etc); masters preferred
- 5+ years working with the design, integration, or testing of hardware systems or instruments
- Direct experience in a cross-functional role (e.g., systems engineer, project lead)
- Experience in system modeling for performance/cost tradeoffs, including prior experience with product cost modeling
- Proficiency in Python; comfort implementing moderately complex in silico models and visualizations (e.g., Jupyter notebooks)
- Fluency with modern AI tools (chat platforms and software development tools)
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills
- Excellent visual, oral, and written communication and presentation skills
- Ability to pick up new technologies quickly
- Self-motivated; able to work independently in a fast paced, dynamic environment
Responsibilities
- Develop, model, document, and refine platform and instrument architectures
- Support architecture implementation with subject matter experts and engineers in sub-system teams
- Develop models for data-driven decisions on products, simulating tradeoffs between performance and COGS
- Conceive and implement system-level tests for new instruments
- Engage with technical team members to identify and resolve key technical challenges
- Facilitate cross-functional interactions throughout the product development life cycle
- Collaborate with stakeholders and technical teams to develop end user workflows
- Conduct routine risk assessments (e.g., FMEAs) and define risk mitigation plans
- Provide technical leadership, run design reviews, and lead technical efforts at project and platform levels
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