Principal Systems Engineer

Location : US-MO-Saint Louis Kirkwood, Missouri, US

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Bausch Lomb (NYSE / TSX : BLCO) is a leading global eye health company dedicated to protecting and enhancing the gift of sight for millions of people around the world—from the moment of birth through every phase of life. Our mission is simple, yet powerful : helping you see better, to live better.

Our comprehensive portfolio of over 400 products is fully integrated and built to serve our customers across the full spectrum of their eye health needs throughout their lives. Our iconic brand is built on the deep trust and loyalty of our customers established over our 170-year history. We have a significant global research, development, manufacturing and commercial footprint of approximately 13,000 employees and a presence in approximately 100 countries, extending our reach to billions of potential customers across the globe.

Objective :

The R&D Lead Principal Systems Engineer acts as the lead R&D representative for large, multi-disciplinary, surgical equipment platform development teams. The role is established to provide centralized technical leadership, strategic inputs, and a consolidated voice for the design and development sub-team during initial development, launch, and post-launch monitoring as part of the product life cycle management process.

They serve as the official representative of Design and Development sub-teams on cross-functional, new product introduction (NPI), Strategy Boards. In this capacity, they provide regular updates to the program Strategy Board, using data and analysis to demonstrate design and development process execution status, to identify execution risks, and to establish alignment behind execution plans, including resourcing and prioritization.

Within the Design and Development team, the R&D Lead Principal Engineer promotes a strong culture of collaboration and teamwork. They schedule and moderate technical and strategic meetings to address issues of disagreement among other leading contributors or to select the best direction when faced with multiple options.

Responsibilities :

• Strategic Leadership Responsibilities – Representation of Design & Development Tactical Sub-Teams via Membership on the Project Strategy Board.
• Provide the consolidated strategic perspective for the R&D function relative to product-focused decisions including : feature set scoping, preferred design concepts, requirement tradeoffs / design optimization, technology implementation decisions, and associated cost and timing concerns.
• Assess / Demonstrate that design and development activities are fulfilling relevant commercial goals and design for six sigma requirements at applicable product development cycle stage gates.
• Propose directives (e.g. go / no go / rework / hold) relative to continued commercialization of the selected product detailed design at associated gate review meetings.
• Communicate relevant information to the NPI Governance Board at major program stage gates to facilitate effective decision making.
• Assess / Demonstrate, via the Design History File, that all Medical Design Control process requirements have been addressed by the Design and Development process in accordance with the Design and Development plan.
• Assess / Demonstrate, via the Device Master Record, that relevant production specifications have been formally released to appropriate development lifecycle states at appropriate project review gate junctures in accordance with the Design and Development plan.
• Assess / Demonstrate, via the Risk Management File, that all relevant Risk Management Process requirements are fulfilled at appropriate gate reviews per both the Risk Management process SOP and the product / system specific Risk Management plan.
• Assess / Demonstrate, via the Usability Engineering File, that all relevant Usability Engineering Process requirements are fulfilled at appropriate gate reviews per both the usability engineering process SOP and the product / system specific usability engineering plan.
• Communicate the R&D functional perspective for strategic and gate approval decisions for other product development sub-team deliverables including : supply chain and manufacturing process development; global registration; product positioning and commercial launch, scientific / industry publications; intellectual property; and clinical studies.
• Assess and communicate appropriate information concerning design and development execution risks, competitive threats, resource risks, disruptive technology advancements, and related aspects with potential adverse effect on the viability of the product development effort.
• Communicate relevant information to facilitate effective planning and monitoring at the program level by identifying and tracking key interdependencies and shared deliverables between the design and development process and other product development sub-processes (e.g. registration, supply chain development).
• Identify and communicate the R&D strategic perspective relative to systems and tools that will be used throughout the product life cycle to manage design control (DHF / DMR), risk management, and usability engineering documents and specifications.
• Identify and communicate systemic obstacles and threats to the execution of the Design and Development plan.

Requirements :

Preferred Qualifications :

We offer competitive salary & excellent benefits including :

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

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