Systems Engineer, Principal

At A-dec, we do more than create the highest quality products and services for the dental industry; we strive to deliver a superior employment experience for each of our team members. With an environment that encourages and assists each person in developing to their highest potential, a career at A-dec is incredibly rewarding.

The IT Systems Engineer, Principal is the primary hands-on technical authority for the design, integration, and sustainment of the organization’s line-of-business software and enterprise application platforms. This role establishes system architecture and technical direction, spearheads the design of next-generation solutions, and drives the improvement and maintenance of current platforms, with minimal administrative duties. The position works across multiple initiatives at a time while supporting individual projects and solutions, and serves as the technical “face” of enterprise systems engineering — partnering with leadership to identify, plan, evaluate, and road‑map future capabilities while balancing investment and return.

• Partner with Information Technology leadership, the Solutions Architecture team, business analysts, and engineers to define, evolve, and deliver the architecture and platforms that support current and future generations of the organization’s line-of-business software.
• Serve as the primary hands-on technical authority for enterprise application systems, leading high-level configuration, design, and integration of line-of-business software and ensuring solutions comply with business, data-integrity, and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Establish and own system architecture direction, reusable reference patterns, software design patterns and standards, and integration strategies spanning infrastructure, platform, environment, and application layers.
• Completes architectural and platform documentation to support decision making and advancement of solutions within and adjacent to enterprise applications.
• Provide authoritative technical analysis and recommendations to strategic planning and business teams, serving as the champion for critical system, platform, and integration decisions.
• Operate as the subject‑matter expert and primary technical escalation point for the most complex troubleshooting, with an emphasis on root‑cause analysis, workaround identification, and near‑and‑long‑term fixes considering business impact, cost, and solution lifecycle.
• Contribute to building a talented, high‑performing engineering organization by participating in recruiting, onboarding, and development of talent, while imparting knowledge through technical mentorship of senior and less‑senior engineers and analysts.
• Provides input on subordinate performance reviews.
• Using considerable independent judgment and time management, assure technology is appropriate for the solution, solutions meet the needs of the customer and business, schedules are met, resources are used efficiently, design activities are well coordinated, and technical conflicts associated with competing ideas and priorities are quickly resolved.
• Evaluate and influence vendor and technology strategy, including build‑versus‑buy decisions, while remaining unbiased toward any specific technology or vendor and remaining focused on results rather than personal preferences.
• Accountable for processes, tools, and depth of knowledge for analyzing, qualifying, and testing solutions.
• Define and continuously improve work‑execution processes and methodologies, partnering closely with IT Leadership to identify and implement process improvements.
• Actively maintain design skills and deep technical expertise by staying current with emerging technology trends, manufacturing and…