Principal Systems Engineer — MedTech Product Integration

Velarc; Baguio; Hybrid; PHP 11,023,000 - 14,697,000; Full time

Job summary

Velarc Sciences is seeking a hands-on Principal Systems Engineer to lead system integration across a medical-device platform. You will own critical architecture and interface decisions across mechanical, electrical, sensing, software, controls, safety, and human-factors workstreams.

During the initial 90 days you will establish the system baseline, prioritize significant risks, and deliver a focused technical plan for continued development.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Robotics, or a related technical discipline.
• Approximately 10 or more years of progressively responsible engineering experience, including meaningful medical-device or similarly regulated product-development experience.
• Demonstrated experience integrating a complex electromechanical product across hardware and software disciplines.
• Experience moving a medical device or comparable regulated product from subsystem development into an integrated and testable system.
• Hands-on experience with physical hardware, sensors, data-acquisition systems, and bench instrumentation.
• Experience with system requirements, interface management, design controls, risk management, traceability, and verification planning.
• Working knowledge of FDA design controls, ISO 13485/QMSR, and ISO 14971.
• Ability to communicate technical decisions clearly across engineering, clinical, executive, and external-partner teams.
• Ability to participate onsite in Irvine during critical integration and test periods.

Responsibilities

• Own system architecture, interface definitions, and significant cross-functional technical decisions.
• Translate product and user needs into clear, testable system requirements and engineering constraints.
• Lead technical tradeoffs across hardware, software, sensing, controls, safety, and human-interface considerations.
• Define and maintain mechanical, electrical, power, data, timing, and safety interfaces.
• Guide hands-on integration, bench troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and technical risk reduction.
• Ensure that sensing, control, and data subsystems operate as a coordinated and auditable system.
• Partner with mechanical, electrical, software, industrial-design, clinical, quality, regulatory, and supplier contributors.
• Establish lean, development-stage-appropriate practices for requirements, risk management, design review, configuration control, traceability, and verification readiness.
• Provide clear technical recommendations to company leadership and translate decisions into focused engineering execution.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Robotics, or a related technical discipline.

Job description

Velarc Sciences is an early-stage medical technology company developing a multidisciplinary platform that combines electromechanical engineering, physiological sensing, real-time data acquisition, and software.

Our team is focused on translating rigorous engineering into practical, human-centered medical technology. Additional information regarding the product application and system architecture will be shared with qualified candidates under NDA.

The Role

We are seeking a hands-on Principal Systems Engineer to lead system integration and design maturation across our medical-device platform.

You will own critical architecture and interface decisions across mechanical, electrical, sensing, software, controls, safety, and human-factors workstreams. You will work directly with engineers, physical hardware, external development partners, and company leadership to resolve cross-system issues and maintain a coherent, testable, serviceable product architecture.

During the initial 90-day engagement, you will establish the system baseline, prioritize the most significant integration risks, resolve critical interface questions, and provide a focused technical plan for continued development. This is a hands-on integration role—not a documentation-only, program-management-only, or occasional advisory position.

Responsibilities

• Own system architecture, interface definitions, and significant cross-functional technical decisions.
• Translate product and user needs into clear, testable system requirements and engineering constraints.
• Lead technical tradeoffs across hardware, software, sensing, controls, safety, and human-interface considerations.
• Define and maintain mechanical, electrical, power, data, timing, and safety interfaces.
• Guide hands-on integration, bench troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and technical risk reduction.
• Ensure that sensing, control, and data subsystems operate as a coordinated and auditable system.
• Partner with mechanical, electrical, software, industrial-design, clinical, quality, regulatory, and supplier contributors.
• Establish lean, development-stage-appropriate practices for requirements, risk management, design review, configuration control, traceability, and verification readiness.
• Provide clear technical recommendations to company leadership and translate decisions into focused engineering execution.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Robotics, or a related technical discipline.
• Approximately 10 or more years of progressively responsible engineering experience, including meaningful medical-device or similarly regulated product-development experience.
• Demonstrated experience integrating a complex electromechanical product across hardware and software disciplines.
• Experience moving a medical device or comparable regulated product from subsystem development into an integrated and testable system.
• Hands-on experience with physical hardware, sensors, data-acquisition systems, and bench instrumentation.
• Experience with system requirements, interface management, design controls, risk management, traceability, and verification planning.
• Working knowledge of FDA design controls, ISO 13485/QMSR, and ISO 14971.
• Ability to communicate technical decisions clearly across engineering, clinical, executive, and external-partner teams.
• Ability to participate onsite in Irvine during critical integration and test periods.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in an applicable engineering or technical discipline.
• Experience with surface electromyography (sEMG), electrophysiological sensing, or other physiological signal-acquisition systems.
• Experience with neurotechnology, neurorobotics, rehabilitation robotics, assistive robotics, or human-machine interfaces.
• Experience integrating synchronized multi-sensor or real-time data-acquisition systems.
• Understanding of signal quality, noise, motion artifacts, grounding, isolation, and data integrity.
• Experience working with early-stage medical-device teams and industrial-design partners.

The initial engagement is expected to last approximately 90 days, with potential to continue as the product advances. Remote work is appropriate for planning and analysis, but onsite participation in Irvine is required during important build, integration, and test periods.