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Our culture encourages personal expression, open dialogue, and genuine connections, where you are valued, accepted and respected for who you are, allowing you to thrive both personally and professionally. This is how we aim to prevent, stop and cure diseases and ensure everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Join Roche, where every voice matters.\nThe Position\nA healthier future. It’s what drives us to innovate. To continuously advance science and ensure everyone has access to the healthcare they need today and for generations to come. Creating a world where we all have more time with the people we love. That’s what makes us Roche.\nThis Staff Systems Engineer position will primarily drive reliability engineering efforts for next generation staining systems. This position is a highly skilled technical specialist responsible for applying intensive and diversified knowledge of systems engineering design principles, practices and implementation in complex systems and assignments. General responsibilities of the position include V-Model deliverables of systems engineering, participating in design reviews, development and testing to assess performance against design specification and assessment of system interactions. The position ensures assays work efficiently & effectively with the latest technologies and systems.\nThe Opportunity:\nPartners with business stakeholders and systems development teams to translate customer needs into effective design inputs & outputs.\nWorks with multi-functional teams, including R&D, Marketing, Operations, Quality, and Regulatory to ensure alignment with organizational objectives and regulatory requirements. \nExecutes project deliverables specific to requirements, risk, configuration management, defect management, and verification and validation in the company specific tool.\nDemonstrates ability to integrate systems including automated staining systems, scanners, and software updates.\nTranslates business and product priorities into measurable reliability outcomes.\nDevelops reliability strategy and priorities by partnering with Hardware, Software, Assay and Platform relevant teams. \nDrive & make evidence-based tradeoffs across reliability, delivery, operational risk, capacity and business needs.\nEstablishes measurable criteria for Agile User Stories and Features, formally accepts work on behalf of the Program, and ensures they meet the agreed-upon Definition of Done.\nBreaks down Agile Features into smaller, independent User Stories for seamless and incremental delivery.\nEngages actively in Agile processes, including iteration planning, daily sync-ups, retrospectives, and Inspect and Adapt events to drive continuous improvement.\nPresents system demos, delivers compelling presentations to stakeholders, and upholds a commitment to First-Time Quality in all project outcomes.\nWho You Are\nYou possess a Bachelor's Degree in a directly related discipline + 8 years of related experience, OR MS degree in a directly related discipline + 6 years of related experience, OR PhD degree in a directly related discipline + 3 years of related experience. \nYou have experience working in a regulated environment demonstrating familiarity with FDA, ISO, IVD, and other relevant regulatory standards for diagnostic products.\nYou possess proven expertise in requirements management, system design, user experience development, and usability with the ability to mentor others in these practices.\nYou possess the ability to translate business requirements and customer needs into actionable system design inputs while balancing alternatives and managing expectations.\nYou possess expertise in translating stakeholder needs into structured, traceable, and compliant technical baselines using recognized international frameworks and industry guidelines.\nYou possess the ability to communicate technical risk, tradeoffs and investment needs clearly to engineering, product and senior business stakeholders.\nYou possess expertise in reliability modeling, quantification and analysis by bridging the gap between high-level architectural design and long-term functional stability ensuring hardware, software, and/or physical systems perform consistently without failure over their expected lifecycle.\nYou possess experience establishing reliability metrics, governance and operating reviews across complex product or platform ecosystems.\nYou possess strong systems thinking capabilities, creativity, and effective collaboration with technical teams to deliver optimized designs aligned with business needs and technological constraints.\nYou possess proficiency in prioritizing work based on evidence, applying lean design principles, and actively engaging team feedback before decision-making.\nPreferred Qualifications\n\nUnderstanding of Path Lab advanced staining functionality, slide workflows, use-cases of hardware & pre-filled consumables in the lab.\nAbility to plan, define & develop characterization protocols and DoEs to derive meaningful conclusions.\nExperience to build authority and accountability within a team with strong collaboration and communication skills.\nExcellent organizational skills, including the ability to efficiently evaluate, prioritize and handle multiple priorities.\nFamiliarity with the assay development & manufacturing processes.\nAbility to influence others to get a consensus on the best solutions for Roche and the customer.\nAbility to challenge existing designs or practices and think outside the box to be innovative in problem solving. Possess a mindset of taking initiatives in not only tackling, but following through on hard problems.\nThis is an on-site position based in Tucson, AZ\nRelocation benefits are not available for this posting.\nThe expected salary range for this position based on the primary location of Tucson, Arizona is 110,700-205,700USD annually. Actual pay will be determined based on experience, qualifications, geographic location, and other job-related factors permitted by law. A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and Company performance.\nThis position also qualifies for the benefits detailed at the link provided below.\nBenefits\nWho we are\nA healthier future drives us to innovate. Together, more than 100’000 employees across the globe are dedicated to advance science, ensuring everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Our efforts result in more than 26 million people treated with our medicines and over 30 billion tests conducted using our Diagnostics products. We empower each other to explore new possibilities, foster creativity, and keep our ambitions high, so we can deliver life-changing healthcare solutions that make a global impact.\nLet’s build a healthier future, together.\nRoche is an equal opportunity employer. It is our policy and practice to employ, promote, and otherwise treat any and all employees and applicants on the basis of merit, qualifications, and competence. 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