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Systems Principal Designer IZimmer Biomet • Montreal (administrative region), Quebec, CA
Systems Principal Designer I

Systems Principal Designer I

Zimmer Biomet • Montreal (administrative region), Quebec, CA
6 days ago
Salary
CA$105,000.00 yearly
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

At Zimmer Biomet, we believe in pushing the boundaries of innovation and driving our mission forward. As a global medical technology leader for nearly 100 years, a patient’s mobility is enhanced by a Zimmer Biomet product or technology every 8 seconds.

As a Zimmer Biomet team member, you will share in our commitment to providing mobility and renewed life to people around the world. To support our talent team, we focus on development opportunities, robust employee resource groups (ERGs), a flexible working environment, location specific competitive total rewards, wellness incentives and a culture of recognition and performance awards. We are committed to creating an environment where every team member feels included, respected, empowered and recognised.

What You Can Expect

Responsible for principal-level technical leadership and discipline advancement for New Product Introduction (NPI) projects involving computer-assisted surgical and robotic systems. This role shapes system design strategy, technical standards, architecture strategy, cross-project consistency, quality-system effectiveness, and organizational capability within the System Design discipline.

The Principal Systems Designer is a recognized technical leader who guides complex system architecture, requirements strategy, risk management, verification and validation strategy, usability engineering strategy, Design Changes, and Design History File (DHF) practices across multiple projects or platforms. The role remains directly engaged in hands-on robotic testing, integration, troubleshooting, and technical investigations while also influencing long‑term engineering practices.

The Principal Systems Designer may serve in project and discipline leadership roles such as Product Owner, Product Owner Proxy, Scrum Master, system architect, SME, or equivalent technical leadership role as required by project and organizational needs. The role mentors all applicable lower levels, advances the System Design craft, represents the discipline in strategic internal and external engagements, and helps foster a collaborative work environment where team members can raise issues, challenge ideas respectfully, and actively seek solutions.

This is a hybrid role with a minimum expectation of three days per week in office.

Responsable du leadership technique de niveau principal et de l’avancement disciplinaire pour les projets d’introduction de nouveaux produits (NPI) impliquant des systèmes chirurgicaux et robotiques assistés par ordinateur. Ce rôle façonne la stratégie de conception du système, les normes techniques, la stratégie d’architecture, la cohérence entre les projets, l’efficacité du système qualité et la capacité organisationnelle au sein de la discipline de la conception du système.

Le concepteur système principal est un leader technique reconnu qui guide l’architecture système complexe, la stratégie des exigences, la gestion des risques, la stratégie de vérification et de validation, la stratégie d’ingénierie d’utilisabilité, les modifications de conception et le fichier d’historique de conception (DHF) pratiques sur plusieurs projets ou plateformes. Le rôle reste directement impliqué dans les tests robotiques pratiques, l’intégration, le dépannage et les enquêtes techniques, tout en influençant également les pratiques d’ingénierie à long terme.

Le concepteur système principal peut occuper des postes de direction de projet et de discipline, tels que propriétaire de produit, mandataire propriétaire de produit, scrum master, architecte système, PME, ou un poste équivalent de direction technique, selon les besoins du projet et de l’organisation. Le rôle encadre tous les niveaux inférieurs applicables, fait progresser l’art de la conception de systèmes, représente la discipline dans les engagements stratégiques internes et externes, et contribue à favoriser un environnement de travail collaboratif où les membres de l’équipe peuvent soulever des problèmes, contester les idées avec respect et rechercher activement des solutions.

Il s’agit d’un poste hybride avec une attente minimale de trois jours par semaine au bureau.

NPI Responsibilities Include

  • Lead complex system design activities for NPI projects, including user needs strategy, requirements, architecture, risk management, V&V strategy, usability, Design Changes, and DHF documentation.
  • Influence user needs strategy and ensure end‑to‑end traceability and system‑level alignment from user needs and clinical workflow inputs through requirements, design inputs, verification, validation, and risk controls.
  • Lead architecture definition, interface strategy, system trade studies, integration strategy, and major technical decision records for complex products or project scopes.
  • Lead technical interactions during surgeon evaluations, customer feedback assessments, usability studies, system demonstrations, and clinical evaluations as assigned.
  • Lead or support hands‑on robotic system testing, integration, troubleshooting, root cause investigations, usability evaluations, and verification activities.
  • Lead evaluation and system‑level integration of supplier components, third‑party technologies, externally developed software, or externally developed subsystems.
  • Coordinate technical activities with cross‑functional stakeholders and serve as an independent reviewer for significant deliverables.

Quality And Compliance Responsibilities Include

  • Lead or own quality‑related technical investigations, including issue evaluations, complaints, non‑conformities, and CAPAs.
  • Improve procedures, design controls, engineering documentation, DHF quality, audit readiness, and decision rationale practices.
  • Promote compliance with applicable procedures, regulatory expectations, and sound engineering judgment.

Agile And Project Responsibilities Include

  • Drive project outcomes with minimal supervision while managing priorities, dependencies, technical risks, and stakeholder expectations.
  • Resolve ambiguity, remove impediments, and support Agile/SAFe‑aligned planning and continuous improvement.
  • Establish technical rationale, lead trade studies, evaluate competing solutions, and document system‑level decisions using sound systems engineering principles.

Leadership And Mentorship Responsibilities Include

  • Mentor and coach lower‑level Systems Designers on System Design practices, tools, and procedures.
  • Advance the System Design craft through best practices, training, lessons learned, and process improvements.
  • Influence practices across multiple project teams and support harmonization of System Design methods where appropriate.
  • Model clear communication, accountability, constructive challenge, knowledge sharing, and respectful collaboration.

What Makes You Stand Out

  • Recognized expertise in systems engineering for complex multidisciplinary products, preferably robotic or software‑controlled medical device systems.
  • Strong knowledge of medical device design controls, user needs, clinical workflow inputs, requirements engineering, system architecture, interface strategy, risk management, verification and validation, usability engineering, DHF documentation, and quality system procedures.
  • Exceptional analytical skills, technical judgment, trade‑off analysis, decision facilitation, and ability to simplify complex topics for diverse audiences.
  • Ability to lead through influence across projects, stakeholders, functions, sites, and organizational levels.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including stakeholder alignment, ambiguity resolution, and decision facilitation.
  • Ability to support surgeon evaluations, usability studies, technical demonstrations, hands‑on robotic testing, and system integration activities.
  • Experience with Microsoft Office, requirements management tools, Agile tools, and SolidWorks; MATLAB, Python, or C++ is an asset.
  • Written and spoken French is an asset.
  • Expertise reconnue en ingénierie des systèmes pour les produits multidisciplinaires complexes, de préférence les systèmes de dispositifs médicaux robotisés ou contrôlés par logiciel.
  • Solide connaissance des contrôles de conception des dispositifs médicaux, des besoins des utilisateurs, des entrées du flux de travail clinique, de l’ingénierie des exigences, de l’architecture système, de la stratégie d’interface, de la gestion des risques, de la vérification et de la validation, de l’ingénierie de l’utilisabilité, de la documentation DHF et des procédures du système qualité.
  • Compétences analytiques exceptionnelles, jugement technique, analyse des compromis, facilitation de la décision et capacité à simplifier des sujets complexes pour divers publics.
  • Capacité à diriger grâce à l’influence entre les projets, les parties prenantes, les fonctions, les sites et les niveaux organisationnels.
  • Excellentes compétences en communication écrite et verbale, y compris l’alignement avec les parties prenantes, la résolution des ambiguïtés et la facilitation de la décision.
  • Capacité à soutenir les évaluations des chirurgiens, les études d’utilisabilité, les démonstrations techniques, les tests robotiques pratiques et les activités d’intégration de systèmes.
  • Expérience avec Microsoft Office, les outils de gestion des exigences, les outils Agile et SolidWorks ; MATLAB, Python ou C++ est un atout.
  • Le français écrit et parlé est un atout.

Your Background

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering, science, biomedical engineering, computer engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, or a related technical field. Biomedical engineering is an asset.
  • Graduate studies in a related field are preferred.
  • Minimum 7 years of relevant engineering experience.
  • Demonstrated technical leadership across multiple complex programs, platforms, or cross‑functional initiatives.
  • Experience working in a highly regulated industry such as medical devices, aerospace, automotive, or a similar regulated environment is an asset.
  • Experience with robotic systems, software‑controlled systems, complex multidisciplinary products, Agile/SAFe‑aligned development, SolidWorks, MATLAB, Python, C++, requirements management tools, or Agile development tools is an asset.
  • Baccalauréat en ingénierie, sciences, génie biomédical, génie informatique, génie mécanique, génie électrique ou dans un domaine technique connexe. L’ingénierie biomédicale est un atout.
  • Les études supérieures dans un domaine connexe sont préférées.
  • Minimum de 7 ans d’expérience pertinente en ingénierie.
  • Démontré un leadership technique à travers plusieurs programmes, plateformes ou initiatives interfonctionnelles complexes.
  • Une expérience de travail dans un secteur hautement réglementé tel que les dispositifs médicaux, l’aérospatiale, l’automobile ou un environnement réglementé similaire est un atout.
  • Une expérience avec les systèmes robotiques, les systèmes contrôlés par logiciel, les produits multidisciplinaires complexes, le développement aligné sur Agile/SAFe, SolidWorks, MATLAB, Python, C++, les outils de gestion des exigences ou les outils de développement Agile est un atout.

Physical Requirements

Travel Expectations

Jusqu’à 25 %. Poste hybride avec une attente minimale de trois jours par semaine au bureau

Salary Expectations

$105,000-$131,000 CAD

EOE/M/F/Vet/Disability

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