Senior Product Engineer
GE HealthCare · State College, PA · 3 wk ago
EngineeringFull-time
Key Responsibilities
- Own the technical performance and integrity of the Design History File (DHF) for assigned ultrasound transducer products, ensuring alignment and sustainment throughout the product lifecycle.
- Serve as the primary engineering point of contact for install base health, reliability, and design-driven manufacturability.
- Drive prioritization of issues based on customer impact, risk, and business needs.
- Define, scope, and execute Engineering Change Requests (ECRs) and Engineering Change Orders (ECOs).
- Evaluate design, process, and supplier changes for impact on patient safety, quality, cost, and the installed base.
- Drive cross-functional alignment and approvals for changes.
- Ensure robust documentation, qualification, and implementation of changes.
- Lead and support non-conformances (NCs), investigations (INVs), and corrective and preventive actions (CAPAs).
- Perform root cause analysis and ensure effective corrective and preventive actions are implemented.
- Partner with Quality and Regulatory teams.
- Support audits, inspections, and post-market surveillance activities.
- Support supplier-related investigations and technical issue resolution.
- Evaluate, qualify, and approve Supplier Change Requests (SCRs).
- Collaborate with Supplier Quality and Sourcing on supplier performance improvement.
- Provide technical guidance for component selection, obsolescence management, and redesign.
- Lead cross-functional problem-solving efforts across engineering, quality, manufacturing, supply chain, and service.
- Influence decision-making without direct authority.
- Act as the voice of the install base in design and strategic discussions.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or a related field.
- 6 years of experience in product engineering, manufacturing engineering, or sustaining engineering.
- Experience troubleshooting product issues and driving root cause analysis.
- Experience with structured problem solving and engineering change management (ECR/ECO).
- Experience supporting quality investigations (CAPA, NCs, complaints).
- Proven ability to operate in cross-functional engineering environments.
- Strong systems-level thinking and analytical capability.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in design, manufacturing, or sustaining engineering of medical devices.
- Familiarity with ultrasound transducers or similar electromechanical systems.
- Understanding of design controls and post-market surveillance.
- Experience working with suppliers in global manufacturing environments.
- Experience with supplier change requests and component qualification.
- Familiarity with FDA (21 CFR Part 820) and ISO 13485.