Lead Electrical Engineer - RF Body Coils

About the role

The Lead Electrical & RF Coil Engineer for MRI at GE Healthcare is responsible for designing and implementing RF solutions that optimize cost, manufacturability, reliability, and serviceability of MRI body coils and transmit chain components. This role involves working closely with engineering, manufacturing, suppliers, and field teams to deliver robust designs.

Responsibilities

• Contribute across the full product lifecycle, partnering closely with engineering, manufacturing, suppliers, and field teams to deliver robust designs.
• Design and develop RF electrical components and interconnects for MRI body coils, spanning both high-power and low-power applications.
• Perform design and analysis of RF transmit/receive components and printed circuit board (PCB) elements (e.g., birdcage antenna structures, circuit boards).
• Use RF and electromagnetic (EM) simulation and design tools to create efficient, reliable, and manufacturable designs.
• Engage in all phases of new product development, including concept development, architecture, documentation, detailed design, prototyping, testing, cost considerations, supplier interfaces, manufacturing introduction, and service support.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure product performance, quality, reliability, and smooth integration into the broader MRI system.
• Participate in and when needed, lead prototype build activities to ensure builds align with design intent; recommend design experiments and tests to validate performance and drive improvements.
• Tackle complex, sometimes ambiguous technical challenges by performing troubleshooting (bench level and system level) across multiple variables to identify root cause and implement lasting solutions.
• Support field issues through troubleshooting and root-cause investigation to help drive timely problem resolution and improve the installed base experience.
• Develop robust designs for new or existing products that can be produced economically and aligned to established project timelines.
• Provide creative, practical solutions to unstructured product and system design issues raised by both factory and field partners.
• Study key component interactions (e.g., magnet / gradient / body coil) within MRI systems and propose solutions that improve overall system performance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering (or equivalent technical degree).
• Minimum 2 years of engineering experience.
• Demonstrated experience in electrical design and/or circuit board (PCB) design.
• Experience using electrical circuit and/or EM (electromagnetic) simulation tools.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Electrical CAD software (e.g., Cadence) and computational/simulation tools (e.g., MATLAB, XFdtd).
• Working understanding of MRI fundamentals, RF coil design, and electromagnetics.
• Experience with MRI system operation.
• Experience with numerical analysis tools and optimization methods.
• Hands-on hardware experience with mechanical systems and components.
• Comfort collaborating with cross-functional, multidisciplinary teams.
• Demonstrated leadership, teamwork, and interpersonal skills (this can be through technical leadership, mentoring, project ownership, or informal team leadership).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.