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 the “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 Tandem Mobi system and t:slim X2 insulin pump with Control  -IQ technology — an advanced predictive algorithm that automates insulin delivery.

But we’re 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. Because 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 https://www.tandemdiabetes.com/

WHEN & WHERE YOU’LL WORK: 

Hybrid: This role will be a mix of in-office work at our corporate headquarters in Del Mar, CA and remote work. This position is expected to be in office 3 days per week but may vary depending on business demands. 

A DAY IN THE LIFE:

Join our team as a Systems Engineer II and play a key role in shaping the future of our innovative pump technology. You'll 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.

• Develops and documents system designs and requirements to meet user and business needs for Tandem’s mobile applications for iOS and Android platforms.
• Develops, documents, maintains, and communicates system and subsystem requirements and design, in coordination with various stakeholders such as Engineering, Product Management and Quality Assurance.
• Contributes to the development and maintenance of inter-system interface specifications and contracts, considering cross-subsystem impacts.
• Contributes to the risk management process and derives risk mitigation requirements.
• Provides system expertise to support on-market-products technical support troubleshooting, failure analysis, and triage of system level issues.
• Develops and maintains system level performance requirements and tests.
• Maintains tight collaboration with the teams responsible for product V&V, writes and reviews test plans and protocols, and helps triage issues uncovered during testing activities.
• Works closely with the SW and HW development teams to flow down the system and subsystem requirements and assist with establishing traceability.
• 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, manufacturing, 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.
• Mentors more junior system engineers in the performance of their duties.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED:

• Knowledge, skills & abilities:
  • 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.
  • 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 product and lead group discussions.
  • Familiarity with one or more of