Biomedical Engineer

Veterans Health Administration • Durham, NC

17h • Onsite

About The Position

This position is located in the Healthcare Technology Management Service of the Durham VA Health Care System in Durham, North Carolina. The Biomedical Engineer serves as a staff advisor to the Chief of Healthcare Technology Management Service on healthcare technology management, biomedical engineering principles, and related engineering practices. The role provides biomedical engineering expertise for medical technology infrastructure, physical planning, installation, relocation, and activation related to construction, renovation, clinical service expansion, and equipment deployment projects.

The incumbent translates clinical and medical equipment requirements into physical-space, utility, environmental, installation, connectivity, and maintenance-access needs. The position coordinates requirements across planning, design, construction, installation, acceptance testing, activation, and transition to ongoing operations, and supports standardized infrastructure requirements and activation practices across assigned projects and clinical areas.

The role serves as the HTM technical project lead for medical technology planning and infrastructure integration on assigned projects. It develops project-specific technical requirements and equipment documentation, coordinates with clinical services and organizational stakeholders, supports acquisition and contract administration, tracks project readiness and risks, and provides technical analysis and recommendations. The position also supports medical-device hazard investigations and root-cause analyses involving infrastructure interfaces or installation conditions.

The work schedule is Monday through Friday, either 7:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m. or 8:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Compressed or flexible scheduling and ad-hoc telework may be available according to departmental needs. This is not a virtual position. Relocation, recruitment incentives, and permanent change of station are not authorized.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship, subject to the stated VA policy exception for non-citizens when qualified citizens cannot be recruited.
• Proficiency in written and spoken English.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in engineering from a school with at least one ABET-accredited professional engineering curriculum, or Certified Clinical Engineer (CCE) certification and a bachelor’s degree not listed among the specified engineering degrees.
• At least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower level, or a post-doctoral research fellowship in biomedical engineering and full qualification at that level.
• Ability to conduct a medical equipment management or biomedical research program compliant with applicable healthcare standards and regulatory agencies.
• Ability to develop continuing-education curricula addressing safe and effective use of medical technology and/or research devices.
• Ability to manage medical-device recalls and safety alerts, including hazard investigations, to support compliance with patient-safety goals, SMDA, and TJC requirements.
• Ability to conduct capital-asset and infrastructure planning for medical equipment from initial concept through installation and effective implementation of complex equipment.
• Ability to function as a biomedical engineering subject-matter expert supporting specialized clinical technology, including service, system administration, training, quality assurance, and life-cycle management.
• Ability to advise clinical and administrative staff on existing and emerging medical technology, including viability, long-term suitability, compatibility, and safety.
• Knowledge of computer-based medical systems, networking protocols, and information security as applied to medical technology within VHA.
• Skill in communicating and collaborating with technical and professional stakeholders at various organizational levels.
• Ability to apply project-management principles to deployment of medical equipment and health information technologies.
• Must pass a pre-employment physical examination and applicable background/security investigation.
• Must complete required onboarding and application documentation and participate in the seasonal influenza vaccination program.
• Selected employee must serve a one- or two-year trial period.

Nice To Haves

• Healthcare experience (listed as preferred experience).

Responsibilities

• Serve as a biomedical engineering subject-matter resource for medical technology infrastructure, physical planning, installation, relocation, and activation on construction, renovation, clinical expansion, and equipment deployment projects.
• Translate clinical functions and workflows into project-specific medical equipment, physical-space, utility, environmental, installation, connectivity, and maintenance-access requirements.
• Coordinate requirements throughout project planning, design, construction, equipment installation, acceptance testing, activation, and transition to operations.
• Support standardized medical technology infrastructure requirements, planning criteria, and activation practices across assigned projects and clinical areas.
• Develop and maintain project equipment lists, room equipment schedules, placement recommendations, and installation requirements.
• Coordinate equipment selection, standardization, replacement, and reuse decisions with the Lifecycle Management Biomedical Engineer and clinical stakeholders; translate approved decisions into project and activation requirements.
• Coordinate documented transfer of activated equipment to the responsible clinical service and HTM operational support personnel.
• Analyze medical equipment infrastructure requirements and develop technical recommendations concerning siting, utilities, environmental conditions, structural interfaces, installation, maintainability, and operational suitability.
• Develop and document medical technology infrastructure requirements and biomedical engineering criteria for project planning and design.
• Provide biomedical engineering technical support for acquisition and contract administration for equipment and installation services associated with assigned projects.
• Develop technical requirements addressing equipment dimensions, utility demands, site preparation, delivery, installation, commissioning, and training.
• Lead medical technology planning, infrastructure integration, installation, and activation as HTM technical project lead, coordinating HTM, Engineering/Facilities Management, cybersecurity/integration, and BESS support.
• Develop and maintain the medical equipment portion of project scopes, work breakdown structures, schedules, milestones, risk registers, issue logs, and action-item tracking.
• Compile medical equipment readiness findings and provide recommendations to HTM and activation leadership.
• Document findings and elevate unresolved installation-readiness issues before equipment installation or activation.
• Conduct biomedical engineering analysis for medical-device hazard investigations and root-cause analyses involving medical technology infrastructure interfaces or installation conditions.

Benefits

• Federal employees and their families have access to a comprehensive benefits package.
• Eligible selected applicants may request credit for prior work or military service toward annual-leave accrual; approval is not guaranteed.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior