Hiring: Staff Systems Engineer (CT Imaging) Company: Heartflow Location: San Francisco, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-17 09:22:42 Target Skills & Keywords : Systems Design, Systems Engineering About the job Experience: •B.S. or M.S. in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Physics, or a related discipline; Ph.D. preferred. •Occasional domestic and international travel required. •Deep familiarity with CT scanner platforms and vendor roadmaps; established relationships with CT OEMs a plus. •Expertise in DICOM and medical imaging interoperability standards (e.g., IHE, HL7/FHIR, PACS integration). Required Skills: •Own the strategy and system architecture for optimizing Heartflow product outputs across EID-CT and PCCT (spanning scanners, detectors, reconstruction kernels, and imaging techniques), characterizing how these differences affect Heartflow's products and partnering with Engineering to address them. •Define the optimal and acceptable ranges of CT scanner and recon settings that result in high quality Heartflow results. •Partner with cross functional groups on new initiatives (new products, features or improvement in performance) that leverage new CT technologies •Partner cross-functionally with Clinical Research to design data campaigns that quantify imaging performance and variance across machines, techniques, and populations. •Monitor the CT landscape across OEMs (e.g., Siemens, GE, etc.); track new market entrants and any significant changes that could impact Heartflow products, characterizing how each affects our system and managing the proprietary and technical details required to support the change(s). •Represent Systems Engineering in design reviews, program planning, and cross-functional decision-making, and serve as the CT subject matter expert in regulatory submissions and audits. •Define and maintain system requirements with full traceability from user needs through verification, consistent with design controls. •Translate clinical and product goals into testable, unambiguous requirements in alignment with cross-functional stakeholders. Compensation: •$190,000 - $250,000 / year •A reasonable estimate of the base salary compensation range is $190,000 to $250,000, bonus, and equity •A reasonable estimate of the base salary compensation range is $190,000 to $250,000, bonus, and equity. Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!