Arthrex, Inc. is a global medical device company and a leader in new product development and medical education. We are a privately held company that strives to accomplish our corporate mission of Helping Surgeons Treat Their Patients Better . We are committed to delivering uncompromising quality to the health care professionals who use our products, and ultimately, the millions of patients whose lives we impact.
Arthrex Benefits
Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
Company-Provided Life Insurance
Voluntary Life Insurance
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Supplemental Insurance Plans (Accident, Cancer, Hospital, Critical Illness)
Matching 401(k) Retirement Plan
Annual Bonus
Wellness Incentive Program
Free, Onsite Medical Clinics
Free Lunch
Tuition Reimbursement Program
Trip of a Lifetime
Paid Parental Leave
Paid Time Off
Volunteer PTO
Employee Assistance Provider (EAP)
Please note, most benefits are for regular, full time employees.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law.
Arthrex, Inc. is a global medical device company and a leader in new product development and medical education in orthopedics. Arthrex is actively searching for a Systems Engineer to join our Digital Innovation team. In this role, the successful candidate will lead cross-functional product development efforts through feasibility, planning, design, verification, and product launch activities, ensuring alignment with technical, regulatory, quality, and business objectives. This role will be responsible for developing system architectures, defining system-level requirements, integrating hardware and software components, managing product reliability initiatives, and ensuring compliance with global standards and medical device regulations. The Systems Engineer will collaborate closely with engineering, quality, regulatory, product management, manufacturing, and external development partners to deliver innovative, reliable, and compliant technology solutions that support Arthrex's strategic objectives.
Strong technical leadership, analytical problem-solving, systems thinking, and project management skills, along with experience in medical device product development and a Bachelor's degree in Engineering are essential for this position. Join our talented team at a global medical device company focused on Helping Surgeons Treat Their Patients Better .
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
* Leads multifunctional new product project teams, as assigned by Engineering Manager, through project technical feasibility analysis, initiation, planning, execution, and termination, adhering closely to project timeline and budget.
* Develop system architecture documentation
* Establish design inputs and/or system level requirements, ensuring compliance to Arthrex QMS and global standards and regulatory requirements
* Decompose product requirements into discipline specific product specifications, collaborating with other engineering functions.
* Designs components or functional systems and modifies existing designs to develop or improve products and facilitate manufacturing operations.
* Recommends alterations to development and design to improve quality of products and/or procedures.
* Develop, track, and monitor functional systems needs and reliability throughout a product s life cycle, making recommendations on corrective actions and/or potential enhancements.
* Perform and develop methods to objectively quantify system performance/function.
* Manage tradeoffs between performance, cost, schedule.
* Manage external development partners and their deliverables throughout the product development lifecycle.
* Integrate all components and subsystems into a functioning system
* Review design verification plan and procedures
* Provides Regulatory department technical support for assigned projects as needed.
* Develop and manage product compliance initiatives to relevant standards governing medical electrical equipment (IEC60601).
* Work with notified bodies (e.g. UL, TUV) to demonstrate product compliance to IEC60601
* Coordinate testing to be performed to ensure compliance to all ISO, IEC, and regulatory standards required for a given product or assignment.
* Manage completion of Design Control Documentation and maintain design history file for assigned projects, adhering to Arthrex design control procedures.
* Supports Marketing and Product Management with technical information to be used for training and marketing of assigned products.
* Support the execution of engineering changes, lifecycle changes, and/or document changes prior to release.
* Review product complaints and perform root cause failure analysis
* Identify and pursue novel technology to support future strategic opportunities.
* Support Quality System Audits conducted by external agencies, such as FDA, Notified Body and/or Regulatory Agency audits.
* Contribute to efficient and effective program management
* Ensure alignment of internal and external customers.
* 10-15% travel (domestic and international) may be required.
* Focus on Reliability
* A significant portion of this role may be involved in the following tasks concerning reliability testing and characterization with both hardware and software:
* Root cause failure analysis
* Design of Experiments (DOE) and cycle testing
* Product Complaints and field failures analysis
* Test fixture design and support
* Working with vendors and consultants on rapid prototyping and fixture design
* Reliability analytics
* Bug discovery
* Managing a reliability lab space
* Drafting and executing reliability test protocols
* Creating design and process change proposals
Knowledge and Skills:
* Knowledgeable of FDA and ISO guidelines for the development of medical devices required.
* Manufacturing process and inspection knowledge required.
* Experience with project management methods
* Strong technical communicator
* Broad knowledge of medical device product development lifecycle from concept through production release.
* Ability to lead complex, cross functional teams independently.
* Leads strategic discussion that addresses both business and technical risks
* Deep technical knowledge in development methodologies, design, and project implementation.
* Historical perspective on orthopedic surgery principals, theories, and products preferred.
* Experienced in the application of systems engineering to the medical device industry.
Education/ Experience:
* 8 years of relevant work experience is required
* Bachelor s degree in Engineering is required
* Master s Degree is preferred
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