Staff Systems Engineer San Jose, CA

Company Overview

Embark on an enriching journey with PROCEPT BioRobotics, where our vision, mission, and values guide everything we do as a company. We are committed to revolutionizing treatment for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH, otherwise known as prostate gland enlargement) through innovation in surgical robotics. As our company succeeds and grows, we improve the quality of life of patients, provide more effective treatment options for surgeons, and uphold the trust of our shareholders. That starts with a commitment to our People with a focus on creating an evolving landscape for your career, brimming with transformative opportunities that provide continuous career growth opportunities.

The Opportunity That Awaits You:

Are you ready to embark on an exciting journey that will revolutionize the way men suffering from BPH are treated? Join us as a Staff Systems Engineer with a software focus. You will be responsible for driving the software architecture and integration of software systems. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, including software, firmware, hardware, quality, and regulatory experts, to ensure the system’s software architecture and performance align with both product requirements and industry regulations. This role is critical for ensuring the reliability, safety, and usability of our advanced robotic platforms.

What Your Day-To-Day Will Involve:

• Lead the design and development of software architecture for robotic medical devices, ensuring seamless integration with hardware and firmware components.
• Collaborate with product management, clinical specialists, and cross-functional teams to define and document software and system-level requirements that meet both user needs and regulatory requirements (e.g., IEC 62304, ISO 14971).
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to software engineers and cross-disciplinary teams, ensuring alignment with system-level objectives and best practices.
• Engage in risk analysis, ensuring that software development follows industry standards for safety, cybersecurity, and reliability in medical devices.
• Collaborate on software verification and validation strategies, ensuring that software components are tested and comply with safety standards and performance requirements.
• Support initiatives to improve software development processes, including adopting best practices in DevOps, continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD), and automated testing.
• Collaborate with regulatory and quality teams to ensure all software components meet relevant medical device regulations, such as FDA, CE Mark, and ISO standards.

The Qualifications We Need You to Possess:

• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Mechatronics, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 8+ years of experience in systems engineering or software development, with at least 4 years of experience in systems engineering in the medical device industry.
• Experience in Systems Engineering as related to stakeholder needs definition, creation of use case workflows, requirements definition and decomposition, functional architecture, and system design.
• Experience generating technical documentation such as product requirements, specifications, engineering reports, test plans & procedures, validation plans and reports.
• Proven experience in designing and developing software systems for complex, safety-critical environments.
• Deep understanding of software development life cycles, especially in the context of regulated industries.

The Qualifications We Would Like You to Possess:

• Matlab, ROS, Python, or C++ development skills, including software design and hardware integration.
• Knowledge of utilizing and customizing systems engineering tools such as Doors or JAMA.
• Experience with usability engineering (human factors).

For US-Based Candidates Only:

Work Authorization Status: Citizen / Permanent Resident

For this role, the anticipated base pay range is $164,000 - $205,000 per year, plus eligibility for an annual bonus and equity/RSUs.

Understanding PROCEPT's Culture:

At PROCEPT , we believe every person matters. Every employee, every patient, every caregiver. Because we are here to create a revolution, and we believe in doing that by innovating everywhere with pathological optimism. We believe in being humble and highly engaged in the work we do, while also working together seamlessly for a common goal. At Procept, curiosity, ingenuity, and conviction in the power technology will transform the lives of our patients and providers.

And this doesn’t happen by accident. It starts with our live induction program that serves as an incubator for cross-functional team building, an immersion in Procept’s history, jam-packed interactive sessions with executive leadership and a crash-course in the mission and purpose of what we do. It continues with our one-of-a-kind management program designed to build the best managers in the industry, where our people managers across functions come together to exchange ideas and grow, as both managers and learners, in an environment that challenges, supports and broadens.

We are fueled by the opportunity to give people their lives back. And we believe that it begins with YOU! At Procept, we push beyond just finding a work/life balance; we strive to find a work/life blend, a professional world that you are honored and impassioned to belong to, one that you can proudly share with your family, friends, and acquaintances.

An opportunity at PROCEPT BioRobotics won’t just be about finding a job. It will be an opportunity for you to join a community devoted to making a difference in this world!

BENEFITS OF WORKING AT PROCEPT!

PROCEPT’s health and wellness benefits for employees are second to none in the industry. As an organization, one of our top priorities is to maintain the health and well-being of our employees and their families. We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes full medical coverage, wellness programs, on-site gym, a 401(k) plan with employer match, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, wellbeing benefits, flexible or paid time off, paid parental leave, paid holidays, and many more!

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT:

PROCEPT BioRobotics is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, age, or any other protected status set forth in federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization.

PAY RANGE TRANSPARENCY:

Procept is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range(s) for this role is listed below and represents base salary range for non-commissionable roles or on-target earnings for commissionable roles. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job-related skills, depth of experience, relevant certifications and training, and specific work location. Based on the factors above, Procept utilizes the full width of the range. The total compensation package for this position may also include eligibility for annual performance bonus, equity, and the benefits listed above.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

We’ll provide you training for, and ask you to maintain trained status for, and comply with, all relevant aspects of the PROCEPT BioRobotics Quality Management System to ensure product and support regulatory compliance. We would also ask you to understand and adhere to the PROCEPT BioRobotics Quality & EHS policies.