Director, Systems Engineering

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Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?

At Masimo, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact. 

You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.

Masimo is a global medical technology company that develops and produces a wide array of industry-leading monitoring technologies, including non-invasive measurements, sensors, patient monitors, and automation and connectivity solutions. Our mission is, Masimo innovations empower clinicians to transform patient care. When you join our team, you’ll be part of a culture that’s driven by passion, challenging the status quo, and making an impact in the lives of others.

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The Director, Systems Engineering is responsible for defining the systems engineering strategy, establishing scalable processes and best practices, and driving cross-functional integration across software, test, mechanical, and electrical engineering. This role is critical to translating complex system requirements into innovative, integrated solutions that deliver exceptional performance, quality, and value for patients and clinicians.

The position reports to the Director of Software Solutions Engineering and is part of the Software Solutions Engineering team. The position is in Irvine, CA and will be an on-site role.

In This Role, You Will Have the Opportunity To:

• Build a highly skilled, professional Systems Engineering & Integration function within Masimo’s Solutions Engineering team.
• Drive systems engineering strategy and integration planning for next-generation patient monitoring solutions, enabling the successful delivery of innovative, differentiated products.
• Partner with Software, Test, Mechanical, and Electrical Engineering leaders to define systems engineering workflows, establish clear system requirements, and develop and execute robust integration plans.
• Establish scalable approaches to requirements management, systems architecture, traceability, interface definition, and systems verification and validation to ensure integrated solutions meet performance, quality, and reliability expectations.
• Build a culture of systems thinking, data-driven decision-making, risk management, and continuous improvement to enhance engineering effectiveness and accelerate delivery of market leading patient monitoring solutions.

The Essential Requirements of the Job Include:

• Bachelor’s Degree in systems engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, software engineering, biomedical engineering, computer engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 10+ years of progressive engineering experience in complex product development, systems engineering, systems integration, or a related field including 4+ years of experience in engineering management roles.
• Proven ability to translate product and customer needs into clear system requirements, workflows, interfaces, and integration plans.
• Experience building a new systems engineering organization, establishing a systems integration function, or scaling engineering capabilities within a growing organization.
• Demonstrated success leading Systems Engineering activities for multidisciplinary product development projects from early concept and requirements definition through integration, verification, and product delivery.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, collaboration and influencing skills, with the ability to align technical teams and executive leadership around shared priorities.
• Ability to attract and build engineering talent, strategically deploy resources, and enable positive team culture.

It Would Be a Plus If You Also Possess Previous Experience In:

• Medical devices, patient monitoring, healthcare technology, or other highly regulated product development environments. Familiarity with medical device quality systems, design controls, risk management, and applicable regulatory standards, such as FDA QMSR, ISO 13485/14071/80601-2-61, and IEC 62304.
• Establishing or improving engineering processes, workflows, requirements management, and systems verification and validation practices.
• Systems engineering methodologies and tools for requirements management, traceability, architecture modeling, interface management, and verification and validation.
• Applying Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), system modeling, or digital engineering practices to complex product development.
• Agile product development, software product ownership, and coordination of hardware and software development lifecycles.

Masimo, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info.

The annual salary range for this role is $200,000 - $250,000. This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future. 

This job is also eligible for up to a 20% annual bonus.  

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees. 

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law. 

Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

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