System Architect (Principal) Job at Coloplast (Humlebæk)

Job Description

Would you like to help drive the transformation from product-centric to platform-centric development in global innovative medtech company? Then we offer you an opportunity to join a highly skilled R&D environment where collaboration, learning, and innovation go hand in hand. Your role will drive how we work with system architecture, requirements, modularization, and platform building across the organization – while contributing to products that make a difference for our users every day.

Job Responsibility

Lead and support the implementation of platform-based product development and manufacturing process development
Strengthen and mature the system architecture discipline by defining and evolving processes, methods, and best practices
Contribute to building system architecture capabilities across the organisation through training, sparring, coaching and knowledge sharing
Shape and communicate the value of system architecture as part of ongoing transformation initiatives
Build alignment across stakeholders in a complex, cross-functional environment by engaging, listening, and creating shared understanding
Driving results through colleagues, including other system architects, project managers, program managers and system engineers, in a motivating and engaging way
Contribute hands-on to development projects as a trusted architecture resource, working closely with teams to define and deliver system architecture artefacts (e.g. system design, interface specifications, functional analysis and impact analysis)
Translate inputs from across the business (e.g. commercial, regulatory, manufacturing) into clear and usable system architecture decision and artefacts, ensuring different perspectives are reflected
Ensure system architecture is effectively integrated with related development disciplines such as requirements engineering, test, and documentation management

Requirements

7+ years of experience in system architecture, preferably for physical products and hardware-based systems, not solely software
Strong stakeholder management skills and a proven ability to drive alignment across functions, disciplines, and organizational levels
Comfortable working across engineering, product management, quality, regulatory, manufacturing, and other key functions
Experience leading or influencing organizational change, including the implementation of new ways of working, processes, or engineering practices
Ability to provide technical leadership, coaching, and architectural guidance to teams and stakeholders
Extensive hands-on experience with systems engineering for complex products, including system architecture, requirements management, interface management, verification, and validation
Proven experience establishing, evolving, and governing system architecture and systems engineering practices
Experience with modular architecture, product platforms, and reusable architecture strategies
Strong knowledge and practical application of systems engineering principles, methods, and best practices, including recognized industry frameworks such as INCOSE
Experience contributing directly to development projects and delivering architecture artefacts from concept through implementation
Proven experience operating in regulated product development environments and balancing technical, quality, risk, regulatory, and design control requirements
Ability to translate diverse business, user, and technical needs into clear architecture decisions and system-level solutions
Strong architectural judgement and ability to balance commercial, technical, regulatory, manufacturing, and user considerations
Experience defining system boundaries, interfaces, and reusable architectural building blocks that support platform-based product development
Motivated by both shaping long-term architectural direction and contributing to successful day-to-day product delivery

Nice to have

Experience from medical device development or other highly regulated industries
Knowledge of relevant standards and frameworks such as ISO 13485, ISO 14971, IEC 62304, IEC 62366, or equivalent
Understanding manufacturing, industrialization, and production processes, ensuring architectures are scalable, manufacturable, testable, and cost-effective throughout the product lifecycle
Experience supporting product strategy through platform thinking, technology roadmaps, and long-term architecture planning

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