Systems Engineer

Siemens Healthineers AG; Newton (MA); On-site; USD 115,000 - 158,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Paid parking/public transportation

Paid time off

Paid sick and safe time

Job summary

Siemens Healthineers in the United States seeks a Systems Engineer to define and verify system behavior for the ARIES program, collaborating with architects, software, electrical and robotics engineers, and external partners to translate concepts into clear specifications and interface descriptions.

You will develop state machines, verification tests, and execute them in simulation and hardware-in-the-loop, ensuring safety-critical performance and compliance across interfaces and workflows.

Qualifications

• Experience in systems engineering for complex technical systems, preferably robotics/medical tech
• Experience creating system specifications, interface descriptions, requirements and verification artifacts
• Experience defining system behavior across interfaces including command flows, status reporting, and fault handling
• Practical experience with state machines, workflow logic and behavior modeling for interconnected hardware and software
• Experience developing and executing test cases in simulation, hardware-in-the-loop, or real hardware setups

Responsibilities

• Translate system architecture into clear requirements, specifications, and engineering documentation
• Define and maintain interface specifications describing data exchange, commands, status, and error handling
• Specify system behavior under nominal and fault conditions and safe-state transitions
• Define and document system state machines with allowed states, transitions, and triggers
• Create and maintain verification test cases demonstrating system behavior and interfaces
• Implement and execute tests in simulation and real hardware environments to verify compliance
• Coordinate interface specifications with external partners to ensure compatibility

Skills

Systems engineering

Documentation

Requirements decomposition

State machines

Verification planning

Test execution

Cross-functional collaboration

Simulation

Hardware-in-the-loop

Interfacing with partners

Education

Bachelor's degree in Robotics/Engineering/CS/Biomedical Engineering

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Helix ALM

Polarion

Jira

Git

Job description

Join us in pioneering breakthroughs in healthcare. For everyone. Everywhere. Sustainably.

Our inspiring and caring environment forms a global community that celebrates diversity and individuality. We encourage you to step beyond your comfort zone, offering resources and flexibility to foster your professional and personal growth, all while valuing your unique contributions.

Position Summary

Support the definition, documentation, integration, and verification of system behavior for the ARIES (Autonomous Robotics & Imaging Ecosystem for Stroke) program, a multi-institutional, federally funded advanced medical technology initiative combining robotics, imaging, AI, autonomous control systems, neurovascular devices, and safety-critical software. This role works closely with system architects, software engineers, electrical engineers, robotics engineers, and external consortium partners to translate architectural concepts into clear system specifications, especially for interfaces, component communication, system states, and expected behavior during interface use.

The Systems Engineer will help define system state machines, document how components shall interact under nominal and fault conditions, create verification test cases, and implement tests in simulation and hardware environments to confirm that the system adheres to its specifications.

As a Systems Engineer you will be responsible for:

• Collaborate with system architects and engineering teams to translate system architecture into clear requirements, specifications, and engineering documentation.
• Define and maintain interface specifications that describe data exchange, commands, status information, error handling, timing expectations, and communication behavior between system components.
• Specify system behavior when interfaces are used, including nominal workflows, degraded modes, fault conditions, recovery behavior, and safe-state transitions.
• Define and document system state machines, including allowed states, transitions, triggers, guards, outputs, and expected behavior across interacting components.
• Create, review, and maintain verification test cases that demonstrate whether system behavior, interfaces, and communication between components meet the defined specifications.
• Implement and execute test cases in simulation, hardware-in-the-loop, and real hardware environments to verify that components and integrated systems adhere to their specifications.
• Coordinate interface and behavior specifications with external consortium partners to ensure that partner components, internal components, and communication pathways remain compatible and aligned.

Required experience

• Demonstrated experience in systems engineering for complex technical systems, preferably involving robotics, distributed software, real-time control, medical technology, or safety-critical environments.
• Strong experience creating technical documentation, system specifications, interface descriptions, requirements, and verification artifacts.
• Experience defining system behavior across interfaces, including command flows, status reporting, component communication, fault handling, recovery behavior, and safe-state behavior.
• Practical experience with state machines, workflow logic, system modes, and behavior modeling for interconnected hardware and software components.
• Experience developing and executing test cases in simulation, hardware-in-the-loop, or real hardware setups to verify requirements, interfaces, and system behavior.

Preferred Experience

• At least 3 years with systems engineering methodologies, interface management, requirements decomposition, behavior modeling, verification planning, traceability, and design reviews.
• At least 3 years supporting complex cyber-physical systems, autonomous robotic systems, medical robotic platforms, image-guided therapy systems, or distributed control systems.
• At least 2 years with medical device development, regulated product development, or safety-critical software and hardware integration.
• Experience with advanced healthcare technologies involving robotics, imaging, AI/ML, autonomous systems, or neurovascular applications.
• Familiarity with requirements management, interface documentation, system modeling, test management, issue tracking, version control, and simulation or hardware-in-the-loop test tools is preferred. Examples may include Helix ALM, Polarion, Jira, Git, and related engineering collaboration platforms.
• Familiarity coordinating technical specifications with external partners, subcontractors, or consortium members to ensure component compatibility and integration readiness.
• Familiarity with federally funded programs or with multi-institutional research collaborations.

Education Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Robotics, Engineering, Computer Science, Biomedical Engineering, or a related technical field.

Education Preferred

• Master’s degree in Robotics, Autonomous Systems, Control Engineering, or a related technical field.

Ideal Candidate Profile

• Can translate architectural concepts into clear, testable specifications that engineering teams and external partners can implement consistently.
• Understands how interfaces, component communication, and system state machines define reliable system behavior.
• Is hands‑on and comfortable validating specifications through simulation, hardware‑in‑the‑loop, and real hardware test environments.
• Communicates clearly with architects, engineers, and external partners and helps turn ambiguous integration topics into actionable documentation and verification steps.

Who we are

We are a team of more than 72,000 highly dedicated Healthineers in more than 70 countries. As a leader in medical technology, we constantly push the boundaries to create better outcomes and experiences for patients, no matter where they live or what health issues they are facing. Our portfolio is crucial for clinical decision-making and treatment pathways.

How we work

When you join Siemens Healthineers, you become one in a global team of scientists, clinicians, developers, researchers, professionals, and skilled specialists, who believe in each individual’s potential to contribute with diverse ideas. We are from different backgrounds, cultures, religions, political and/or sexual orientations, and work together, to fight the world’s most threatening diseases and enable access to care, united by one purpose: to pioneer breakthroughs in healthcare. For everyone. Everywhere. Sustainably.

To find out more about Siemens Healthineers businesses, please visit our company page here.

The base pay range for this position is: $114,920 - $158,015.

Factors which may affect starting pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience, and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

If this is a commission eligible position the commission eligibility will be in accordance with the terms of the Company’s plan. Commissions are based on individual performance and/or company performance.

The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan. life insurance, long-term and short-term disability insurance, paid parking/public transportation, paid time off, paid sick and safe time.

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