Lead Engineer - Systems Engineering

Job Description SummaryAs a Lead Engineer - Systems Engineering, you will deliver the technical content, performance, intellectual property and quality deliverables of modules of an NPI (New Product Introduction) and or Productivity programs to maintain feature functionality, design intent, product quality, reliability, serviceability, manufacturability, regulatory, compliance, and cost. Ensure product reliability spanning across design, quality, serviceability, manufacturability. You will design and optimize requirements to define the system and verify they are executed from concept to operation and will lead efforts to define technical risks, drive FMEAs (failure modes and effects analysis) and develop the reliability plan for the product development. You will be responsible for planning/execution.
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Roles and Responsibilities

In this role you will-

• Own end to end systems deliverables such as requirements development, ensuring traceability and flow down of requirements, system design and analysis, FMEA (failure modes and effects analysis), Risk management, and Verification & Validation on NPI (New Product Introduction) and productivity program modules.
• Lead overall system level activities as part of systems and productivity team
• Provide domain expertise to serve as the main integrator between the different Hardware and Software functions to deliver the best high-quality product
• Design and deliver the system architecture, conduct component and product integration; develop methods to quantify subsystem interactions and their effects on product performance
• Own and deliver design inputs and overall requirements. Responsible for defining product requirements for the module / component teams.
• Responsible for driving CTQ (Critical to Quality) / Risk trades within the teams designing the components. Manage the overall product configuration and configuration control system (manages the how).
• Understand / translate the Standard compliance needs for the products and generate relevant requirements.
• Lead engineering design team in technical design reviews and design test strategy definition, and technical risk analysis.
• Promote and teach the Design-for-Reliability (DFR) methodologies across hardware, and systems integration programs, and have understanding on the software
• Lead modality wide reliability discussions to communicate and coordinate best-practices, and emerging issues.
• Connect with external entities, customers and bring industry best practices back to team.
• Develop the business case for reliability programs and communicate benefits to senior management in engineering and cross functional teams
• Focused on the reliability in the lifecycle management of a product. Identify and assess the ability of the system or component to function under stated conditions for a specified time or interval of time. Rolls up the individual reliability to the system level, including systems modeling. Includes estimation, prevention modeling and management of high levels of "lifetime" engineering uncertainty and risks of failure
• Create, review and approve reliability planning, testing, and analysis activities within both New Product Introduction (NPI) and Installed Base (IB) program teams. Ensure quality and reliability requirements are incorporated into the product specifications and development procedures 
• Leverage knowledge in advanced aspects of technical/functional areas and apply technical theory and practical experience with input from relevant functional areas to solve complex problems.
• Work independently and possess a level of functional expertise necessary to influence and execute technical and project delivery execution.
• Aware of and comply with the Quality Manual, Quality Management System, Quality Management Policy, Quality Goals, and applicable laws and regulations as they apply to this job type/position

Qualifications :

• Bachelor’s degree / Master’s degree or equivalent in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Physics, Embedded systems or closely related discipline
• 8+ years of related experience, including project leadership and design responsibilities

Desired Characteristics:

• Ability to work in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment
• Proven ability to develop timely and effective solutions for challenging design problems
• Demonstrated ability to make recommendations to technical and program leadership to improve the product, process or technology
• Effective communication skills and boundary less behavior—ability to present ideas clearly and concisely
• Demonstrated ability to pursue tasks to completion
• Broad exposure to HW (Hardware)/ SW (Software) /Systems design, and technical depth in one or more engineering disciplines (Electrical, Mechanical, Software, etc.) 

• Experience in healthcare/ medical devices.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Self-starter, energizing, results oriented, and able to multi-task
• Demonstrated problem solving ability and results orientation
• Applied knowledge of Lean/Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) and Design for Reliability (DFR)

Inclusion and Diversity:

GE Healthcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer where inclusion matters. 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.

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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