Apex Systems Looking for Hardware Architect at Sparks Glencoe, MD Full Time

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One of the largest global medical technology companies in the world and is advancing the world of health by improving medical discovery, diagnostics and the delivery of care. We have over 65,000 employees and a presence in virtually every country around the world to address some of the most challenging global health issues.

Come work for the Maryland Tech Council’s Life Sciences Company of the Year 2022! Our leadership has a vision driven by innovation-innovations that start with our associates in Maryland and are helping patients around the world.

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Job Description:

The Hardware Systems Architect position with Informatics and Integrated Solutions Group within R&D organization leverages an understanding of best engineering practices and applies them to hardware product development including design and testing. A solid engineering foundation and systems-level approach to product concept definition, design, and testing is essential. The ability to work with a multi-disciplinary team of engineers and scientists is critical. This role will steward the transition of engineering concepts and requirements into functional prototypes, and advance them to finished products.

• Reporting directly to the Head of Architecture, you will work closely with teams to collect and translate information requirements into data to develop data-centric solutions
• Interfacing with systems and software architects along with client stakeholders, provide insight into cross-functional teams developing system requirements & architecture definitions, system-level and reliability test plans, and traceability of testing to requirements
• Provide technical knowledge of system engineering principles and their applications to developing cost-effective, reliable and high-quality systems that satisfy customer needs and business requirements
• Ensure a robust systems hardware architecture is developed
• Assist in product risk assessments and develop mitigation strategies
• Generate the highest level of system hardware requirements, based on the users needs and other constraints such as cost and schedule
• Generate testing strategy and test execution updates and reports to program stakeholders and senior management
• Perform cost-benefit analysis to determine the best methods or approaches for meeting the systems hardware requirements; making maximum use of commercial off-the-shelf or already developed components
• Assist in creating performance metrics to maximize hardware utilization for individual software applications
• Assist in lab performance tests to identify areas of improvement in current or planned hardware architecture
• Develop partitioning algorithms to allocate all present and foreseeable hardware requirements into discrete hardware partitions such that a minimum of communications is needed among partitions, and between the user and the system
• Ensure that industry-accepted system architecture principles and standards are integrated and followed for modeling, procedures, replication, regulations, and security, among other concepts, to meet technical and business goals
• Continuously improve the quality, consistency, accessibility, and security of our data activity across the organization needs
• Develop load-balancing processes to eliminate down time for backup processes
• Identify, evaluate and recommend hardware or software technologies to achieve desired performance
• Monitor and report systems resource consumption trends to assure production systems meet availability requirements and systems hardware enhancements are scheduled appropriately
• Collaborate with system architects, software architects, design analysts, and others to understand business or industry requirements
• Develop hardware architectural strategies at the modeling, design and implementation stages to address business or industry requirements

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical, Mechanical or Computer Engineering
• 15 years Hardware Devices/ Embedded Systems and System Testing, Test Plans, Test Execution required
• 10 years of Systems Architecture required
• 10 years Partitioning Algorithms, Hardware Engineering, Configuring Applications, etc. and Cost-Benefit Analysis required
• 10 years Generating System Hardware Requirements, Software Integrations, System Design, etc.
• Ability to perform in a lab environment with strong hands-on abilities required
• Excellent oral and written communication skills are vital for this role

For certain roles, employment sufficient proof that you are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. In some locations, testing for COVID-19 may be available and/or required. Accommodations Policy, requests for accommodation will be considered pursuant to applicable law.

Why join us?

A career means being part of a team that values your opinions and contributions and that empowers you to bring your authentic self to work. Here our associates can fulfill their life’s purpose through the work that they do every day.

You will learn and work alongside inspirational leaders and colleagues who are equally passionate and committed to fostering an inclusive, growth-centered, and rewarding culture. Our Total Rewards program – which includes competitive pay, benefits, continuous learning, recognition, career growth, and life balance components – is designed to support the varying needs of our diverse and global associates.

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