Senior Hardware System Architect

Job Title

Senior Hardware System Architect

Job Description

CT HW System Architect Engineer

An experienced CT Hardware Subsystem Architect Engineer to define, develop, and govern the architecture of critical hardware subsystems for next-generation CT HW platforms. The architect will be responsible for establishing subsystem architecture, defining technical roadmaps, driving key technology decisions, managing subsystem interfaces, and ensuring that subsystem performance, reliability, safety, manufacturability, serviceability, and cost targets are achieved.

Your role:

• Own the end-to-end architecture of the assigned CT HW subsystem.

• Lead architecture reviews and critical design reviews, Serve as primary technical authority for the subsystem.

• Define subsystem architecture strategy aligned with platform roadmap.

• Develop subsystem technical requirements and architecture specifications.

• Ensure architecture supports future scalability and platform reuse.

• Drive architectural trade-offs for balancing performance, reliability, complexity, cost, and schedule.

• Ensure architecture supports future platform scalability and technology evolution.

• Analyze system requirements, clinical needs, product requirements, and regulatory requirements, flow down to subsystem and critical components.

• Allocate subsystem performance budgets and margins, establish and maintain complete end-to-end traceability throughout the development lifecycle.

• Establish and maintain complete end-to-end traceability throughout the development of lifecycle.

• Define subsystem interfaces, lead interface reviews, and integration planning.

• Ensure subsystem architecture supports lifetime reliability and field performance requirements.

You're the right fit if:

• Master or Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Electrical, Electronics, Systems Engineering, or related discipline).

• 10+ years of system engineering experience.

• 6+ years of architecture ownership or technical leadership and demonstrated experience for complex medical devices (CT, MR, X-ray, Radiation Therapy), imaging systems, industrial automation, aerospace, automotive, or other highly regulated systems.

• Solid working knowledge of ISO13485, EU MDR, FDA 21 CFR, ISO14971.

• Ability to translate regulatory and safety requirements into subsystem architecture, requirements, risk controls, and verification plans.

• Strong and practical knowledge on DFMEA, problem solving, prefer Design For Six Sigma (GB/BB) certified candidates.

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