Lead Systems Engineer - System Architecture & Verification

Hologic, Inc.; Newark (DE); On-site; USD 98,000 - 153,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Competitive salary

Job summary

Hologic, Inc. is seeking a Lead Systems Engineer to own system-level definition, integration, and verification of capital hardware equipment.

You will lead cross-functional teams across hardware, software, firmware, mechanical, quality, and manufacturing to ensure well-defined, traceable requirements and robust, customer-focused solutions. You will drive system architecture, use-case development, and verification strategies, coordinating reviews, risk management, and regulatory submissions

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Software Engineering, or related field.
• 7+ years of experience in systems engineering or equivalent multi-disciplinary engineering role.
• Proven experience leading complex, cross-functional technical projects or products.
• Hands-on experience with requirements management, system architecture, and system integration/verification.

Responsibilities

• Lead the definition of system requirements, use cases, and interfaces based on customer, business, and regulatory needs.
• Develop and maintain system architecture, subsystem breakdown, and control documents.
• Ensure proper requirements flow-down and traceability from system to subsystems and components.
• Serve as the primary technical point of contact for system-level topics across cross-functional teams.
• Provide technical support and guidance to cross-functional teams to ensure alignment with system architecture and requirements.
• Lead technical reviews (requirements, design, integration, verification) and drive closure of actions and risks.
• Plan and lead system integration activities, including test strategy, test plans, and test execution at system level.
• Coordinate and perform system verification and validation to ensure compliance requirements and fitness for use.
• Analyze test results, lead troubleshooting, and drive root cause investigations and corrective actions.
• Support product sustainability, including change impact assessments.
• Identify, track, and mitigate technical risks; support FMEA and other risk management activities.
• Collaborate with cross-functional team to ensure design compliance, reliability, and sustainability.
• Collaborate with product management and marketing to translate customer needs into system capabilities.
• Contribute to project planning, effort estimation, milestones, and system-level deliverables.
• Support regulatory submissions, audits, and customer interactions as the system technical owner.
• Mentor junior systems and design engineers; promote best practices in systems engineering.
• Champion continuous improvement of requirements management, architecture, and verification processes and tools.

Job description

Hologic, Inc. is seeking a Lead Systems Engineer to own system-level definition, integration, and verification of capital hardware equipment.

You will lead cross-functional teams across hardware, software, firmware, mechanical, quality, and manufacturing to ensure well-defined, traceable requirements and robust, customer-focused solutions. You will drive system architecture, use-case development, and verification strategies, coordinating reviews, risk management, and regulatory submissions