Vantive is a vital organ therapy company on a mission to extend lives and expand possibilities for patients and care teams everywhere. For 70 years, our team has driven meaningful innovations in kidney care. As we build on our legacy, we are deepening our commitment to elevating the dialysis experience through digital solutions and advanced services, while looking beyond kidney care and investing in transforming vital organ therapies. Greater flexibility and efficiency in therapy administration for care teams, and longer, fuller lives for patients— that is what Vantive aspires to deliver.

We believe Vantive will not only build our leadership in the kidney care space, it will also offer meaningful work to those who join us. At Vantive, you will become part of a community of people who are focused, courageous and don’t settle for the mediocre. Each of us is driven to help improve patients’ lives worldwide. Join us in advancing our mission to extend lives and expand possibilities.

Summary

The Principal Systems Engineer – Exploratory & Innovation applies systems engineering fundamentals and hands-on technical expertise to support early-stage medical technology development in an exploratory and innovation environment. Contributes to the definition of system concepts, early requirements, interfaces, and risk framing for novel product ideas. Works cross-functionally with engineering, clinical, human factors, and science partners to translate ambiguous needs into actionable technical direction and evidence.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Front-End Innovation & Systems Framing

  • Participate in early-phase system exploration, including needs finding, concept definition, and  problem framing for new medical technologies.

  • Translate unmet clinical needs, user insights, and strategic intent into system concepts, value propositions, and early technical hypotheses.

  • Define system boundaries, use cases, operating environments, and high-level architectures for novel and evolving product concepts.

  • Facilitate structured exploration (e.g., concept workshops, scenario analysis, system trade-off discussions) across engineering, clinical, and commercial stakeholders.

• Systems Leadership & Integration

  • Facilitate structured exploration (e.g., concept workshops, scenario analysis, system trade-off discussions) across engineering, clinical, and commercial stakeholders.

  • appropriate for exploratory phases.

• Risk Framing & Evidence Generation

  • Identify early technical risks: support creation of risk statements and proposed mitigations.

  • Plan and execute feasibility experiments / prototypes (or coordinate with lab/engineering partners) to generate evidence, characterize performance drivers, and reduce uncertainty.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration & Communication

  • Plan and execute feasibility experiments / prototypes (or coordinate with lab/engineering partners) to generate evidence, characterize performance drivers, and reduce uncertainty.

  • Mentor junior engineers informally on systems thinking and structured problem solving; may lead small technical workstreams

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

• Demonstrated experience with systems engineering methods (requirements thinking, risk framing).

• Experience working on multi-disciplinary systems (mechanical/electrical/software/firmware, or connected devices).

• Exposure to early-stage innovation, advanced development, or feasibility/prototyping environments.

Education and/or Experience:

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Biomedical, or Systems Engineering

• Typically, 9 to 13 years of relevant experience in medical device development or other regulated product development environments.

Preferred

• Master’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Biomedical or Systems Engineering.

Reasonable Accommodation

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