Senior Systems Engineer - Software Maintenance

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Diversity - Innovation - Caring - Global Collaboration - Winning Spirit - High Performance

At Boston Scientific, we’ll give you the opportunity to harness all that’s within you by working in teams of diverse and high-performing employees, tackling some of the most important health industry challenges. With access to the latest tools, information and training, we’ll help you in advancing your skills and career. Here, you’ll be supported in progressing – whatever your ambitions.

 

About the role:

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Systems Engineer to oversee and manage the sustainment and maintenance of our system software. This role is critical in ensuring the continued performance, compliance, and evolution of our systems through systematic integration of field issues, corrective and preventive actions (CAPAs), non-compliance reports, bug databases, and feature requests.

 

The ideal candidate will develop a deep understanding of system dependencies, hardware interactions, and version compatibility matrices, allowing them to seamlessly manage and sustain the system. This person will be responsible for creating and managing a schedule of targeted software releases and work with a dedicated software maintenance team to help drive more predictable and deterministic submission schedules with regulatory bodies.

 

Be a part of one of Boston Scientific’s most product-diverse divisions, supporting R&D in the design of exciting new products and helping us sustain long-term growth.

 

Your responsibilities will include:

• System & Software Maintenance:
  • Oversee the sustainment of software systems, ensuring operational continuity and addressing system issues.
  • Integrate field issues, CAPAs, non-compliance reports, bug databases, and feature requests into a prioritized schedule for targeted software releases.
  • Manage system dependencies, including hardware interactions, system configurations, and version compatibility matrices.
  • Provide technical leadership for troubleshooting and resolving software bugs and performance issues in a timely manner.
• Release Management:
  • Develop, implement, and manage a robust and sustainable release cadence for software updates.
  • Create and maintain a software release schedule that balances new features, bug fixes, and regulatory requirements.
  • Work with cross-functional teams (e.g., hardware, electrical, quality, regulatory) to ensure release schedules are aligned with system dependencies and submission deadlines.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration:
  • Act as a bridge between engineering, product management, quality/risk, and support teams to ensure comprehensive understanding of system performance, field issues, and upcoming feature developments.
  • Lead trade-off assessments and drive effective decision-making to ensure projects remain focused and on-track.
• Technical Leadership:
  • Continuously improve the processes for software and system maintenance, release management, and issue tracking.
  • Recommend and implement best practices for maintaining system stability and compliance while driving software evolution.

 

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum 5-7 years of experience in software development, systems engineering, software maintenance, or release management in a complex system environment.
• Proven experience in maintaining software systems, particularly those with significant hardware dependencies.
• Demonstrated experience in release planning and management, with a track record of successful and timely software updates.