Lead Engineer - Mechanical Component

Job Description SummaryWorks with cross-functional teams to design, develop, manufacture and service complex state-of-the-art healthcare systems. Activities include detailed mechanical, structural, thermodynamic design of sub-systems and components. Specific tasks include design, simulation, documentation, breadboard prototyping, design verification/ testing, and integration of hardware/software at all levels from components to sub-systems.
GE HealthCare is a leading global medical technology and digital solutions innovator. Our mission is to improve lives in the moments that matter. Unlock your ambition, turn ideas into world-changing realities, and join an organization where every voice makes a difference, and every difference builds a healthier world.

Job Description

***Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this position***

Must be able to work onsite daily at our Milwaukee, WI locationRoles and Responsibilities

• Develop robust designs for new, special, or existing products that can be produced economically and according to established project timelines

• Leverages knowledge in advanced aspects of technical/functional areas and applies technical theory and practical experience with input from relevant functional areas to solve complex problems

• Works independently and possesses a level of functional expertise necessary to influence and execute technical and project delivery execution

• Works with patient/customers and/or program leadership to ensure that the project deliverables are consistent with the goals of larger programs or initiatives

• Engaging in all phases of new product development, including concept, architecture, documentation, design, prototype, test, supplier interfaces, manufacturing introduction and service support

• Work from product specifications and requirements to develop component and assembly geometry, specify materials, and establish acceptable performance standards.​ Performs complex calculations, analyses, and testing to verify assumptions

• Prepare using 2D and 3D CAD software components / assembly models complete with calculated dimensions & tolerances analysis and detailed drawings.

• Lead the manufacturing & testing of prototype and pilot products, and conduct analysis of the test results.​ Develop test equipment for product testing.

• Technical engineering support for factory & installed base products

• Mentors and supports to junior engineers

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent experience

• 3+ years of relevant work experience in structural engineering, analysis, and verification of mechanical structures, mechanisms, or electro/opto-mechanical assemblies

• Understanding and wide application of advanced principles, theories, concepts and techniques in structural and/or dynamics analysis resulting in contributions to the development of new theories and/or methods

• Experience with 3D CAD System. Preferred CREO/Windchill

• Experience with engineering analysis & simulation tools. Preferred Ansys

Desired Characteristics

• Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and eight years of relevant work experience

• Edison Engineering Development Program Graduate

• Familiarity in rotor dynamics, vibration, fluid mechanics, journal bearing & numerical methods

• Demonstrated technical leadership capability in integration activities

• Self-starter, energizing, results oriented, and able to multi-task

• Excellent teamwork, coordination and communication skills

• Ability to meet aggressive reliability, performance, cost, serviceability, and delivery targets

• Effective oral and written communication skills

• DFSS or Green Belt/Black Belt Certification

• Global project experience

We expect all employees to live and breathe our behaviors: to act with humility and build trust; lead with transparency; deliver with focus, and drive ownership – always with unyielding integrity.

Our total rewards are designed to unlock your ambition by giving you the boost and flexibility you need to turn your ideas into world-changing realities. Our salary and benefits are everything you’d expect from an organization with global strength and scale, and you’ll be surrounded by career opportunities in a culture that fosters care, collaboration and support.

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We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.

While GE HealthCare does not currently require U.S. employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19, some GE HealthCare customers have vaccination mandates that may apply to certain GE HealthCare employees.