Lead System Designer, MR Physics

Job description

3086999
City

Waukesha
Career Level

Experienced
Relocation Assistance

No
Business

GE Healthcare
Business Segment

Healthcare Imaging
Function

Engineering/Technology
Country/Territory

United States
U.S. State, China or Canada Provinces

Wisconsin
Postal Code

53188-1678
Role Summary/Purpose

The Lead System Designer (LSD) is the technical design leader for new product developments with significant changes in system architecture. The LSD leads system design, architecture and vision in definition, development, integration and testing of MRI systems for an NPI program. The LSD leads a cross-functional engineering team to deliver the technical content, performance, safety, intellectual property and quality deliverables of an NPI program.
Essential Responsibilities

Duties include (but are not limited to):
1. Work closely with product definition, clinical and marketing teams to clearly understand customer needs. Develop effective system performance requirements from customer/user requirements. Responsible for system requirements flow down and allocation to the subsystem teams.
2. Work closely with customers, marketing, applications, chief engineers, principal engineers, service and field personnel to define product quality targets and ensure key CTQs are satisfied to accomplish no surprises post M3 product release.
3. Lead planning and execution for product technical design reviews, technical discussions and lead the investigation, execution and retirement of technical risks as they arise on the program to achieve best optimization in system performance and image quality.
4. Drive system architectural tradeoff discussions within new product developments by having a full understanding of system architecture & interfaces. Lead engineering team in technical content decision closure, product risk management, design reviews and the design history file.
5. Support Principal Engineers and Architects to define MR product roadmap and competitive landscape analysis with emphasis on system architecture and safety.
6. Lead the design team and design control process from requirements development and design planning to verification, validation and design transfer, field and customer support including corrective and preventative actions to ensure customer satisfaction.
7. Responsible for the identification of improvement areas to drive continuous improvement for efficiency and simplification to enable the system engineering team to more easily, effectively and consistently facilitate the execution of projects.
8. Work across functions and team boundaries to help define, design, and implement the next generation of MR products.
9. Develop QA and RA strategies with the respective teams and collaborate in the implementation of these strategies.
10. Communicate effectively and influence technical teams to deliver.
Qualifications/Requirements

1. M.S. Degree in Engineering or Science: Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Medical Physics, or closely related field.
2. Broad exposure to MR hardware/software/coils/applications/system design; technical depth in one or more engineering disciplines (Electrical, Mechanical, Software, etc.)
3. 3 years of experience in project leadership within a development or research environment.
4. Ability to work with technical leadership team to implement product platform/subsystem multi-generation technology plan for a specific release of a global product.
5. Ability to analyze complex issues and decompose these into a manageable set of tasks, then pursue tasks to completion.
6. Strong interpersonal skills. Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
7. Strong sense of accountability and ownership.
8. Demonstrated organizational, functional, and leadership expertise to lead a small to medium team on a project, sub-system or platform initiative.

Quality Specific Goals:
1. Aware of and comply with the GEHC Quality Manual, Quality Management System, Quality Management Policy, Quality Goals, and applicable laws and regulations as they apply to this job type/position.
2. Complete all planned Quality & Compliance training within the defined deadlines.
3. Identify and report any quality or compliance concerns and take immediate corrective action as required
Desired Characteristics

1. Ph.D. Degree in Engineering or Science: Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Medical Physics, or closely related field.
2. 5 years of experience in engineering product development in the healthcare field.
3. Strong knowledge of MR physics, MR imaging principles and MR image quality.
4. Experience with operation principles, design and troubleshooting issues of MR and or PET (PET/MR or PET/CT) scanners.
5. Demonstrated experience driving CTQ flow-down to subsystems.
6. Demonstrated experience with GEHC Design Controls Procedures, NPI ISO and regulatory compliance process, design history files.
7. Demonstrated skills in proactively identifying, facilitating and driving closure of actions and technical risks for a product.
8. Demonstrated experience in leading projects with global teams.
9. Applied knowledge of Design for Six Sigma
About Us

GE is the world's Digital Industrial Company, transforming industry with software-defined machines and solutions that are connected, responsive and predictive. Through our people, leadership development, services, technology and scale, GE delivers better outcomes for global customers by speaking the language of industry.
GE offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE is anEqual Opportunity Employer . Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
Additional Eligibility Qualifications

GE will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.