Senior Systems Engineer

Cochlear’s mission is to help people hear and be heard. As the global leader in implantable hearing solutions, Cochlear is dedicated to helping people with moderate to profound hearing loss experience a world full of sound. We aim to transform the way people understand and treat hearing loss and innovate to connect people with future technologies. Our employees tell us that the number one reason they enjoy working for Cochlear is the opportunity to make a difference to people’s lives. Learn and grow with us as we tackle the most complex challenges in helping more people to experience a lifetime of hearing.

The Opportunity

Cochlear has an opportunity for a full-time Senior Systems Engineer based in our Macquarie University, NSW office. In this role, the successful Senior Systems Engineer will lead systems engineering activities across sound processor product development projects, driving the design, development and delivery of innovative solutions. Working closely with cross-functional teams, you will provide technical leadership, define system architectures and requirements, support product family engineering strategies, and ensure high-quality products are delivered to meet customer and business needs.

Responsibilities include:

• Leading systems engineering activities for sound processor product development projects.
• Collaborate to define system architecture, product requirements and maintaining requirement traceability.
• Driving system-level design decisions, issue resolution and cross-functional technical alignment.
• Leading feature development, including requirements definition, design, verification and deployment.
• Supporting regulatory submissions through the creation of high-quality technical documentation.
• Contributing to product family engineering strategy, systems engineering best practices and continuous improvement initiatives.

What makes this opportunity unique?        

This role offers the opportunity to influence the future of Cochlear’s sound processor technology while working across multiple engineering disciplines. You will have direct visibility of how your work improves the lives of Cochlear recipients, contribute to strategic product family planning and architecture decisions, and further develop your future expertise in systems engineering within a highly innovative and regulated medical device environment.

About You. As we grow our operations, we are looking for people who share our passion for delivering quality hearing solutions to our customers. To add value to Cochlear in this role, you'll be able to demonstrate the following skills and experience:

Essential:

• Degree in Engineering or Science, preferably in Electrical, Software, Mechanical, Biomedical or Systems Engineering.
• Minimum 5 years' post-qualification engineering experience within an R&D environment.
• Experience working with firmware-controlled systems and/or embedded signal processing technologies.
• Understanding of systems engineering principles, methods and tools used in medical device development.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills with the ability to work effectively across cross-functional teams.
• Excellent communication skills and experience delivering outcomes in a collaborative team environment.

Ideal:

• Understanding of the technical architecture and application of Cochlear products and systems.
• Experience with Product Family Engineering principles and reference design concepts.
• Experience in sound processor development or implantable device systems.
• Experience working within highly regulated industries, particularly medical devices.
• Experience working in Agile product development environments.
• Demonstrated capability to provide technical leadership, mentoring and systems engineering guidance.

If you feel that you have the skills and experience to be successful in this role and take on new challenges to build your career with Cochlear, please start your application by clicking the apply button below.

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How we recognise your contribution

At Cochlear we value and welcome the unique contributions, perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds of our employees and aim to build a culture that celebrates and leverages these differences, creating a sense of belonging and enabling our people to realise their full potential. Through our internal programs and employee benefits, we aim to create an environment where our people will feel value and supported. Whether your focus is on continuous learning, professional development or simply finding an environment which enables you to thrive whilst balancing family or personal life commitments, then we have several programs in place to support you.

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