Robotic Systems Sr Designer f/m

At Zimmer Biomet, we believe in pushing the boundaries of innovation and driving our mission forward. As a global medical technology leader for nearly 100 years, a patient’s mobility is enhanced by a Zimmer Biomet product or technology every 8 seconds.

As a Zimmer Biomet team member, you will share in our commitment to providing mobility and renewed life to people around the world. To support our talent team, we focus on development opportunities, robust employee resource groups (ERGs), a flexible working environment, location specific competitive total rewards, wellness incentives and a culture of recognition and performance awards. We are committed to creating an environment where every team member feels included, respected, empowered and recognised.

What You Can Expect

Based in Montreal, you will help advance Zimmer Biomet’s innovative ROSA robotic technologies for hip, shoulder, and knee surgery. Working closely with surgeons and multidisciplinary teams, you’ll translate clinical needs into system designs and workflows that support personalized, data-informed surgical care.

As a Senior Systems Designer, you’ll lead collaboration across engineering, quality, regulatory, clinical, and business teams, working through automation, advanced analytics, and artificial intelligence, to improve these technologies and how they are used. Your work will help deliver meaningful impact for surgeons and patients around the globe.

How You'll Create Impact

• Lead AI, automation, and process optimization initiatives from concept through deployment.
• Identify and prioritize opportunities to improve engineering effectiveness, quality, and operational efficiency using AI technologies.
• Build alignment across engineering, quality, regulatory, and business functions to enable successful adoption of new solutions.
• Build and lead communities of practice to accelerate adoption of AI-enabled ways of working across engineering organizations.
• Drive organizational change through stakeholder engagement, training, communication, and change management activities.
• Establish metrics to measure adoption, business impact, and return on investment.
• Develop best practices, governance models, and scalable approaches for responsible AI utilization.
• Mentor teams on AI-enabled ways of working and continuous improvement practices.
• Act as a trusted advisor to leadership on AI strategy, transformation opportunities, and technology adoption
• Partner with project teams to identify, prioritize, and execute high-value AI opportunities aligned with organizational objectives.

What Makes You Stand Out

• Demonstrated success implementing AI, automation, or digital transformation initiatives.
• Demonstrated ability to identify, prioritize, and deliver AI initiatives that generate measurable improvements in productivity, quality, decision-making, cost, or cycle time.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts and AI opportunities to technical, operational, and executive stakeholders.
• Proven success leading organizational transformation initiatives and achieving sustained adoption of new technologies, processes, or ways of working.
• Strong facilitation, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Systems-thinking mindset with the ability to connect business needs, processes, and technology solutions.
• Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills.
• Written and spoken French is an asset.

Your Background

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, computer engineering, or a related technical field.
• 5+ years of experience leading complex cross-functional initiatives
• Experience delivering AI, automation, analytics, or digital transformation projects with measurable outcomes.
• Experience evaluating and implementing emerging digital technologies, including artificial intelligence, analytics, automation, or related optimization solutions.
• Experience operating in regulated or complex technical environments preferred.
• Experience or exposure to medical device development, robotics, software-controlled systems, or regulated industries is an asset.

Travel Expectations

Hybrid role with a minimum expectation of three days per week in office.

EOE/M/F/Vet/Disability