Systems Engineer

The Systems Engineer supports the strategic vision of Corewell Health by co‑designing and executing innovative and transformative approaches to the complex problems that challenge the organization. Focus will be on driving the needed projects, programs and assignments throughout the organization aimed at improving operational and clinical reliability and achieving measurable results. They will work closely with clinical and operational leadership and team members throughout the system to design and help execute critical initiatives in line with top strategic focus areas.

• Lead systems design activities that translate stakeholder needs into scalable, reliable, and operationally feasible solutions
• Assess end‑to‑end system impacts, dependencies, failure modes, and unintended consequences of proposed interventions
• Engage stakeholders to identify adoption barriers, operational risks, and implementation requirements
• Develop system design and implementation strategies that support sustainable organizational change

• Apply systems engineering, resilience engineering, design thinking and process improvement concepts to the design and improvement of complex healthcare systems
• Promote systems‑level approaches that connect people, process, technology, information flow, environment, and governance

• Facilitate cross‑functional alignment among clinical, operational, technology, quality, safety, and leadership stakeholders
• Provide coaching on systems thinking, requirements development, process design, measurement, risk identification, and decision analysis
• Support teams in translating qualitative and quantitative data into actionable system design and improvement decisions

• Contribute to internal and external dissemination of systems engineering methods, implementation lessons, and measurable outcomes
• Participate in publications, presentations, and research activities related to healthcare systems engineering, patient safety, quality, reliability, and operational performance

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in Mechanical, Process, or Industrial Engineering;
  Human Kinetics/Kinesiology;
  Human Factors or Ergonomics Engineering;
  Product Design;
  Systems Engineering;
  Organizational Design;
  Organizational Psychology;
  Sociology;
  Economics or related field
• 10 years of deep experience with process improvement, project management, change management, and/or systems engineering/design methodologies and models
• 5 years of demonstrated competence and experience leading and coaching on improvement initiatives, training programs, and developing large scale programs/portfolios/roadmaps of work
• CRT-Lean Bronze Certification – within 1 year after hire

• Master's degree in Mechanical, Process, or Industrial Engineering;
  Human Kinetics/Kinesiology;
  Human Factors or Ergonomics Engineering;
  Product Design;
  Systems Engineering;
  Organizational Design;
  Organizational Psychology;
  Sociology;
  Economics or related field
• 1 year of experience with human centered design frameworks for problem solving, human factors design tools and methods, and/or design thinking methodologies
• 1 year of experience with organizational design theory, agile teaming/agile transformation, matrixed organizing for agile work
• 1 year of Research methods and product design experience

As a team member at Corewell Health, you will play an essential role in delivering personalized health care to our patients, members and our communities. We are committed to cultivating and investing in YOU. Our top‑notch teams are comprised of collaborators, leaders and innovators…