{"id":895008,"url":"https://alion.io/job/exthymic-systems-engineer","title":"Systems Engineer","company":{"id":675935,"name":"Exthymic","domain":"exthymic.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/exthymic","size_band":"51-200","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Workable","truth_index":null},"role":"Early Careers","role_family":"Early Careers","seniority":null,"employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["San Diego, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":115000,"max":135000,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":135000},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-08T00:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-08","last_verified_at":"2026-09-28T19:47:14Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":21,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":21},"description":"About Us:\nExthymic is an early-stage deep-tech startup on a mission to prevent millions of cancer deaths by making curative cell therapies widely accessible. Our platform enables the manufacturing of patient-specific treatments at the point of care. Led by experienced industry pioneers, we blend hardware, software, and biochemical engineering to disrupt the status quo and democratize life-saving therapies. Join us to solve complex challenges and drive global healthcare innovation.\nAbout You\nYou have a strong quantitative background and like working across disciplines. You are comfortable navigating both the rigor of a structured development process and the ambiguity inherent in early-stage product development. When two teams are solving the same problem with different assumptions, you notice early and get them realigned.\nRequirements\nKeep one shared picture of what the system must do. Ensure that requirements are being addressed and defined in development, and track them in a requirements management tool. Translate market and user needs into clear, testable design inputs across biology, hardware, and software.\nDefine and maintain the interfaces between mechanical, electrical, fluidic, software, and cell biology subsystems so teams can build in parallel without surprising each other. Maintain the interface control documents and system block diagrams that record those agreements, and raise integration risks while they are still cheap to fix.\nSupport verification and validation planning at the subsystem and system level, and maintain the system risk analyses that drive it. Make sure risk mitigations land in the requirements and get verified, and work with quality and regulatory to keep DHF artifacts current as designs settle.\nHelp with prototype assembly and testing. Work alongside the engineering and biology teams on builds and test runs, and feed what you learn back into the requirements and interfaces.\nContribute to program planning and milestone tracking with the functional leads, and flag schedule and technical risks early.\nQualifications\nBachelor's or Master's degree in an engineering or scientific discipline, or equivalent industry experience.\nTypically 5+ years at the intersection of biology, chemistry, and instrumentation.\nSystems engineering experience building and maintaining a requirements set in a requirements management tool (e.g., DOORS, Jama, Flow Engineering), ideally through the transition from research to product development.\nExperience keeping multiple engineering teams aligned: running design reviews, resolving requirement conflicts, and settling interface disagreements.\nExperience working within a QMS, including design history files and supporting design artifacts.\nHands-on laboratory experience and comfort collaborating with bench scientists.\nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience in cell therapy manufacturing or another regulated bioinstrumentation product.\nTrack record working in an interdisciplinary R&D / early product development setting.\nFamiliarity with model-based systems engineering (MBSE) methods and tools.\nExperience using AI tools in engineering work, such as requirements drafting, documentation, andor literature review.\nBenefits\nCompetitive salary and benefits package, including Medical, Dental, Vision, and 401k match.\nSalary Range: $115,000 - $135,000, commensurate with experience\nBenefits: We offer our employees comprehensive benefits, including medical, vision, and dental coverage, as well as retirement savings plans. Optional benefits include accident and term life offerings.\nEqual Employment Opportunity: Exthymic Corporation is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age (40 and over), disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, military or veteran status, reproductive health decision-making, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. We comply with all applicable equal employment opportunity laws and will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities throughout the application and employment process.\nAgencies: We work directly with candidates and do not accept unsolicited resumes or referrals from recruitment agencies, search firms, or staffing companies. Any resumes submitted by an agency without a signed agreement in place will be considered the property of Exthymic and no fee will be owed. 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