RF Coil Design and Reliability Improvement Leader

Job Description SummaryThe Product Champion is a business-critical leadership role on the Coils Engineering Installed Base Team. The role ensures customer and business needs are met for the Coils portfolio product family while also acting as the escalation point to ensure business leaders have early warning for emerging issues and opportunities within the product line. This role will be responsible for leading product related quality improvement projects for the Coils product family and will support the launch of new Coil products or iterations in the IB portfolio.
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Job DescriptionEssential Responsibilities

• Establish & execute the overall Product Quality strategy for a set of MR Coils products or components with IB Engineering and other key stakeholders

• Escalate emerging issues to Leadership as the product focal point and identify related actions

• Act as SME on product specifications and documentation

• Track and trend field data for critical coils and parts

• Utilize hardware autopsy and remote data to identify issues, root cause problems and communicate improvement opportunities

• Lead projects to ensure compliance, reduce cost, improve quality, and increase reliability, Drive Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ) actions across product, from field & factory; including scrap, rework, warranty, First Pass Yield, Early Life Failures

• Collaborate with Sourcing and Supplier Quality Engineering organization to help drive solutions for supply chain risks and quality improvements

• Collaborate with Advanced Manufacturing Engineering and Manufacturing organizations to help resolve scrap, yield, and fulfillment issues

• Collaborate with Service organization to help improve wash rate and reduce cost to serve

• Apply Lean methodologies to solve problems, improve daily work, and simplify processes.

• Lead cross functional resources & manage timely implementation of projects

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or Related Science Field (Physics, etc) from an accredited college/university.

• Minimum 5 years of relevant work experience (MR Coil Design, RF Electronics or Product Quality).

• Self-starter with demonstrated problem-solving skills.

• Strong project execution and leadership skills.

• Excellent presentation and communication skills.

• Demonstrated leadership skills with strong focus on execution.

• Strong influential skills.

• 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 job opening.

Desired Characteristics

• Strong mix of technical and business acumen, with experience in product engineering, product quality, manufacturing and/or supply chain. 

• Knowledge of Medical Device Quality Management System requirements, including but not limited to FDA CFR 21 820 and ISO 13485.

• Exceptional critical thinking, problem solving, data and root-cause analysis, and process improvement skills.

• Active certification in PMP (Project Management Professional) or equivalent proven capability. 

• Ability to resolve complex issues within functional area and/or area of expertise. 

• Demonstrated understanding/experience with reliability analysis.

• Lean and/or Six-Sigma certification.

• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively and resolve conflicts.

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Additional Information

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.