Principal Systems Engineer

About Mozarc Medical

At Mozarc Medical, our vision is to reimagine the future of holistic kidney health technology. Established in 2023 out of equal investments from DaVita, a leading provider of kidney care services, and Medtronic, one of the world’s largest medical device companies, Mozarc Medical offers an exciting and unique start-up experience backed by the support of two long-time industry and market leaders.

Driven by our mission and values, we put our patients at the center of all we do. Our employees play a key role in developing technology solutions that enrich patients’ lives and create meaningful progress in the treatment of kidney disease. Find your purpose and passion at Mozarc Medical.

Position Title: Principal Systems Engineer

A Day in the Life

Mozarc Medical is uniquely poised to transform renal care and dialysis, building on innovation and technology pipeline. The business will have the singular focus, financial commitment, deep domain expertise, and global footprint needed to accelerate the development and commercialization of affordable and scalable life-saving renal care technologies — particularly our transformative home dialysis platform technologies.

This engineering position requires strong technical skills and an ability to support the design and development of innovative, new products within the Renal Care Solutions business.   Will:

• Explore, define and refine solution concepts from stakeholder needs
• Translate product requirements into functional and physical architectures involving software, hardware and mechanical sub-systems
• Design control and protective algorithms applying functional safety principles and document them with the use of activity diagrams, state machine diagrams and/or other model patterns.
• Perform systems analysis, simulation and characterizations applying predictive engineering approaches, model-based design and tests on prototypes
• Work closely with cross-functional team, including design reviews with various engineering disciplines to ensure the design meets the product requirements, including safety, reliability and manufacturability
• About 10-20% travel involved.

The position is based in Mirandola, Italy,

The successful candidate must have:

• MS or PhD in Biomedical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electronic Engineering or Mechanical Engineering with 5+ years’ experience in system and subsystem level hardware and software design & development.
• Fluent English
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with others on cross-functional and global teams

It will be nice to have one or more of these skills:

• Proficiency in Model Based Systems Engineering methods and tools for requirement engineering, concept engineering and systems architectures (Enterprise Architect or similar and SysML language)
• Proficiency in modeling and simulation with Matlab/Simulink
• Proficiency in AI and expertise in the design of artificial intelligence algorithms
• Proficiency in application of Functional Safety in Medical Devices (IEC 60601, IEC 62304)
• Familiarity with Design for Six Sigma or related product development processes
• Familiarity with medical device regulatory environment including FDA regulations and guidance such as QSR, GMP, Usability
• Familiarity with intellectual property and patent analysis and application
• Knowledge of statistical tools for prediction and data analysis (Minitab or similar)
• Knowledge of SVN versioning tools (Svn, Git or similar)
• Knowledge of issue tracking tools (JIRA or similar)

Why Work with Us? 

Working here is highly rewarding – we have the privilege of helping kidney patients experience greater freedom, improved outcomes and a renewed passion for life. 

It’s essential our team members feel valued, supported and empowered too. That’s why we provide a comprehensive total rewards package and opportunities to grow, develop and give back to the communities where we live and work – helping you reach your potential and enjoy a career full of life-changing possibilities.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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