Senior Systems Engineer - CT

GE HealthCare•Waukesha, WI

About The Position

The Senior Systems Engineer designs and develops photon-counting CT products to meet customer workflow and clinical needs while delivering product functionality, quality, reliability, serviceability, manufacturability, cybersecurity, regulatory compliance, and cost objectives. The role applies systems engineering processes from concept through production and operation, including requirements development and flow-down, architecture and system design, analysis and trade studies, system and clinical feature development, modeling, FMEA, verification and validation, reliability testing, integration, and data analytics. The engineer also supports manufacturing and field issues and manages customer clinical evaluation sites for new product programs. This cross-functional role owns CT systems feature and clinical application development projects, leading work across engineering, quality, sourcing, marketing, manufacturing, product management, research teams, and customers. It develops system test strategies, performs hands-on product integration, coordinates technical reviews and design documentation, and manages system requirements and interfaces. The role also applies artificial intelligence and data analytics to improve productivity and outcomes, and keeps current with industry technologies to inform product development and systems design practices.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a STEM major, such as physics, technology, engineering, or mathematics.
At least 5 years of relevant work experience.
Experience with electro-mechanical, hardware, and software system integration and analysis.
Proficiency with analysis and simulation software tools such as MATLAB, Simulink, Python, and SysML.
Demonstrated ability to develop timely and effective solutions to challenging design problems.
Demonstrated ability to pursue tasks through to completion.
Broad exposure to hardware, software, and systems design, with technical depth in one or more engineering disciplines (such as electrical, mechanical, or software engineering) and/or in physics or mathematics.
Legally authorized to work in the United States; employment visa sponsorship is not available now or in the future.

Nice To Haves

Master’s or Ph.D. in a STEM major, such as physics, technology, engineering, or mathematics.
Experience in CT systems design and development.
Proficiency in Java, C, or C++ programming languages.
Proficiency in artificial intelligence applications.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Self-starter who is energizing, results-oriented, and able to multitask.
Demonstrated problem-solving ability and results orientation.

Responsibilities

Own CT systems feature and clinical application development projects, including technical risk retirement using systems thinking.
Lead and coordinate cross-functional teams, including engineering platform teams, quality, sourcing, marketing, manufacturing, product management, research teams, and customers.
Manage product and system requirements, specifications, and flow-down to subsystems.
Drive product and system verification and validation activities, including system-level testing.
Manage interfaces between components and execution organizations.
Lead, support, and coordinate technical reviews and design documentation.
Define system test strategy and perform hands-on product integration activities.
Drive CTQ and technical-risk trade-offs within component design teams.
Contribute to and shape system designs; collaborate with marketing, clinical partners, and luminaries on clinical application features.
Manage customer clinical evaluation sites for new product programs, including installation, patient scanning, customer support, customer relationships, and communication of feedback to program and design teams.
Apply artificial intelligence applications and data analytics to improve productivity and outcomes.
Stay current on industry technologies and apply them to product development and systems design practices.
Support manufacturing and field issues.