Principal Systems Engineer, R&D

This is where
your work makes a difference.

At Baxter, we believe every person—regardless of who they are or where they are from—deserves a chance to live a healthy life. It was our founding belief in 1931 and continues to be our guiding principle. We are redefining healthcare delivery to make a greater impact today, tomorrow, and beyond.

Our Baxter colleagues are united by our Mission to Save and Sustain Lives. Together, our community is driven by a culture of courage, trust, and collaboration. Every individual is empowered to take ownership and make a meaningful impact. We strive for efficient and effective operations, and we hold each other accountable for delivering exceptional results.

Here, you will find more than just a job—you will find purpose and pride.

This is where your work saves lives.

The exploration we engage in and the products we create enhance results for patients worldwide. As a Principal Engineer at Baxter, your contributions directly impact making a significant difference for others. It is demanding work, yet you are not isolated. Our teams collaborate across functions and lead through influence. Whether guiding a team in a project or supervising direct reports, our research and development team is accountable for motivating others to accomplish results.

Our colleagues within our R&D organization desire to work on products that make a meaningful difference in others' lives. We are motivated by the power of teamwork and are natural leaders who are skilled at influencing others.

In the position of Principal Engineer at Baxter, you will deploy your analytical strategy to swiftly uncover risks and innovative prospects. Remaining nimble and proactive, you exhibit calmness under pressure.

While everyone at Baxter has a shared passion for our mission, the R&D teams play a meaningful role in our ability to save and sustain lives. Scientists and engineers in R&D collaborate to develop, test, and launch products that improve patient care.

We encourage teamwork and collaboration and prioritize building relationships with each other. It’s easy to do because we all share common traits of reliability, ethicality, and caring. We lean on our colleagues for their expertise and hold each other accountable.

• Engage with business collaborators and customers to grasp their challenges and requirements
• Define the product from a requirements perspective and analyze it for risk
• Translate customer needs, business constraints, and regulatory requirements into functional and performance requirements
• Collaborate with system architects and engineers to ensure the requirements define major modules, concepts, intended environments, and the relationships between them
• Ensure robust, reliable, and secure system interfaces and integrations
• Develop and maintain the functional specification documentation in a lightweight and concise format, while still being thorough and detailed
• Coordinate maintenance of the risk management plan, including the risk analysis, by identifying and mitigating hazards associated with a design
• Evaluate risk by using methodologies such as DFMEA and Risk/Hazard Analysis

• 5+ years experience in a Systems Engineer, Business Analyst, System Analyst, or similar requirements definition role
• BS Degree in a technical field (Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Electrical Engineering, etc.) or equivalent experience
• Experience working on complex hardware and software projects involving embedded systems, network communications, and web services
• Above average verbal and written communication skills
• Skilled at leading meetings, conflict resolution, and making presentations
• Strategic problem solver who can complete tasks with great attention to detail
• Must be able to work in the absence of complete information and remain able to make timely, high-quality decisions

Baxter is committed to supporting the needs for flexibility in the workplace. We do so through our flexible workplace policy which includes a required minimum number of days a week onsite. This policy provides the benefits of connecting and collaborating in-person in…