Sr. Systems Engineer I (Mobile)

GROW WITH US:

Tandem Diabetes Care creates new possibilities for people living with diabetes, their loved ones, and their healthcare providers through a positively different experience. We’d love for you to team up with us to “innovate every day,” put “people first,” and take a “no-shortcuts” approach that has propelled us to become a leader in the diabetes technology industry.

STAY AWESOME:

Tandem Diabetes Care is proud to manufacture and sell the t:slim X2 insulin pump with Control-IQ technology. We’re also so much more than that. Our company’s human-centered approach to design, development, and support delivers innovative products and services for people who use insulin. Since many of our own team members live with type 1 diabetes, or have a loved one impacted by diabetes, the work is personal, and we are committed to the cause. Learn more at tandemdiabetes.com.\

A DAY IN THE LIFE:

This position entails supporting system engineering activities within new or ongoing product development projects. The Sr. Systems Engineer I will work cross-functionally to enhance the definition, design, and development of Tandem’s products. The position will focus on designing end-to-end solutions to enable clinical and non-clinical customer workflows and user experience across the product lifecycle by working with a broad spectrum of internal and external stakeholders. Specifically, the Sr. Systems Engineer I will define and/or supervise the development of system level requirements, interface definitions and subsystem design under the guidance of the systems engineering team’s leadership.  This role is open to either 100% remote or hybrid work environment, however, ideal candidate will be within commutable distance to our San Diego headquarters. 

• Develops and documents system designs and requirements to meet user and business needs for Tandem’s mobile applications for iOS and Android platforms.
• Develops system designs that meet predefined business needs related to demand, cost, and performance.
• Develops, documents, maintains, and communicates system and subsystem requirements and design, in coordination with various stakeholders such as Engineering, Product Management, Cybersecurity and Information Technology.
• Contributes to the development and maintenance of inter-system interface specifications and contracts, considering cross-subsystem impacts.
• Provides system expertise to support on-market-products technical support troubleshooting, failure analysis, and triage of system level issues.
• Maintains tight collaboration with the teams responsible for product V&V, reviews test plans and protocols, and helps triage issues uncovered during testing activities.
• Traces system and subsystem requirements to the user and business needs defined for the product.
• Serves as a key member of a cross-functional project team consisting of product managers, test/quality engineers, development engineers, and other stakeholders.
• Identifies and document system interdependencies to mitigate hazards, failure modes, and other risks.
• Supports other departments as needed and considers project-wide impacts in decision making.
• Ensures compliance with company policies, including Privacy/HIPAA, and other legal and regulatory requirements.
• Mentors more junior system engineers in the performance of their duties.

YOU’RE AWESOME AT:

• Demonstrated ability to design system level solutions to meet the user and business needs for mobile applications interacting with Tandem’s pumps, other Bluetooth devices, Tandem’s cloud digital services and 3rd party cloud services.
• Demonstrated capability in Systems Engineering practices such as requirements management, design trade-off and cost-benefit analysis, hazard analysis and risk assessments.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate on complex customer workflows across stakeholders and translate that to an underlying solution across various development and IT subsystems.
• Demonstrated ability to work with third parties and external vendors to design solutions with cybersecurity, privacy, and performance needs in mind.
• Ability to dive into the details and analyze different cross functional inputs to produce suitable solutions.
• Ability to work independently and deliver a high-quality work product without close supervision.
• Ability to assert own ideas and persuade others through effectively consolidating, evaluating, and presenting relevant information.
• Ability to effectively convey information related to work products and lead group discussions.
• Familiarity with one or more of the following: ISO 13845, ISO 14971, IEC 62304, 21 CFR part 820.30-Design Controls, HIPAA and/or GDPR, preferred.