Advanced Manufacturing Engineer – Npi Process Development jobs at Ge Healthcare in Italy, Florence

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Executes production according to the appropriate instructions. Ensure productivity and output meet expectations regarding Delivery and Quality. Establish team goals that meet or exceed established quality standards. Monitor and improve productivity, while ensuring all customer commitments are met in a timely, quality, and cost-conscious manner. Create and implement strategies and objectives for functional areas which align with broader goals and priorities.
• Uses high level of judgment to make decisions and handle complex tasks or problems in areas of operational, product management, and manufacturing. Has ability to assess quality of information given and ask pertinent questions to stakeholders. Able to offer new solutions to problems outside of set parameters and is able to construct and provide recommendations. Uses multiple internal and some external sources outside of own function to help arrive at a decision.
• Ensure processes are implemented and followed to track and report metrics in their functional area to include work order completion, inventory accuracy, throughput, capacity, and customer complaints.
• Developing in-depth knowledge of a technical discipline. Uses prior experience and acquired technical expertise to execute policy/strategy. Uses prior experience and on-the-job training to solve straightforward tasks. Has access to technical skills and analytic thinking required to solve problems. May use multiple internal sources outside of own team to arrive at decisions.
• In-depth understanding of key business drivers; uses this understanding to accomplish own work. In-depth understanding of how work of own team integrates with other teams and contributes to the area.
• Uses some level of judgment and has ability to propose different solutions outside of set parameters but with guidance.
• Oversight and management of front-line manufacturing employees; typically managing hourly employee populations. Manage the full employment cycle for assigned team, to include recruitment, development, training, coaching, and counseling as needed.
• Manage daily production schedules, aligning to the overall direction of the site. Help to integrate quality and safety standards.Provide feedback, instructions, and development coaching to production associates that align to the KPI's of the site. Ensure staff are aware of key metrics and aligned with expectations.
• Ensure the assigned functional area operates and adheres to expected safety standards, ensure staff have all required safety certifications and training, drive accountability to safety requirements, support safety initiatives, and drive continuous improvement.
• Drive and ensure a high level of employee relations and engagement for the area. Drive a culture of fairness, consistency, and servant- leadership.
• Implement and sustain meaningful engagement. Active engagement with team members including DMS shift and cross over meetings, safety pulse stops, audits, on floor support for production issues, and personal engagement with team. Expectation is for people leaders to spend two-thirds of their day in meaningful engagement with team members.
• Provide coaching and constructive feedback to team members through daily interactions along with expectation to have a formal 1-1 meeting with each team member at least once every 6 months.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree with 5 or more years production, supply chain experience or leadership, or High School diploma/GED and 7 or more years production or supply chain leadership experience, or GE Leadership Program employee or graduate
• Demonstrated ability to lead and develop teams.
• Demonstrated ability to identify and implement Best Practices and deal with high levels of ambiguity.
• Experience scheduling a production shop floor.
• Ability to pivot and adapt quickly to issues that arise on a daily basis.
• Servant Leader characteristics, strong traits of emotional intelligence and engagement skills.

Desired Characteristics:

• Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs.
• MBA or Masters.
• Demonstrated ability to identify & implement best practices.
• Direct experience as it relates to area of assignment (ie welding, machining, assembly, other)
• Established project management skills.
• Strong background and experience with Lean production methods and tools.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Mechanical and Structural design and analysis of superconducting magnets and components used in MRI systems
• Participate and lead prototype build activities to ensure compliance with design intent
• Design leadership of productivity and quality projects (both product cost and life cycle quality or reliability improvements)
• Support current MR system installed base designs and field issues and drive to closure on site issues and investigations.
• Work from product specifications and requirements to develop component and assembly geometry, specify materials, and establish acceptable performance standards. Perform complex calculations, analyses, and testing to verify assumptions and performance.
• Work independently and possess a level of engineering competency necessary to complete and execute engineering project tasks with minimal oversight.
• Seek senior and peer review of project and engineering work to ensure accuracy and rigor. Candidate must be willing to work in an open environment where review and feedback on engineering work is actively sought and freely given.
• Engage in all phases of new product development, including concept, architecture, documentation, design, prototype, test, supplier interfaces, manufacturing introduction and service support.
• Prepare using 2D and 3D CAD software, detailed drawings, and component and assembly models complete with calculated dimensions and tolerances.
• Prepare engineering change requests, engineering change notices, bills of material, engineering specifications, and customer change requests.
• Direct the construction and testing of prototype and pilots, and conduct analysis of the test results.
• Interface directly with manufacturing employees to clarify questions on drawings and designs. Assist manufacturing in troubleshooting production issues on standard and special products.

Required Qualifications

• BS in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent from an accredited institution.
• 2-3 years relevant work experience and knowledge of applied mechanical engineering design, analysis, and verification of mechanical systems
• Working knowledge of FEA using ANSYS or other Multiphysics simulation packages.
• Knowledge of industry and academic practices and standards related to mechanical design and fabrication in a product environment.
• Experience with mechanical tools, including hand tools, fabrication tools, and measurement equipment.
• Modeling skills with experience in solid modeling packages such as PRO/E

Desired Characteristics

• 2-3 years’ experience working with ProEngineering/Creo for mechanical engineering design of medical products.
• Knowledge and experience of different manufacturing processes related to metal fabrication and welding.
• Understanding of mechanical design and pressure vessel standards.
• Experience with numerical analysis tools and optimization methods
• Hands on hardware experience on mechanical systems and components
• Paper to product experience with ability to read and apply GD&T

GE will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).

Roles and Responsibilities

• PLC Programming & Troubleshooting: Design, program, and maintain PLC systems to automate processes and ensure seamless integration with manufacturing equipment. Troubleshoot PLC-related issues and implement solutions to minimize downtime.
• Process Optimization: Analyze existing production processes and identify opportunities for improvement. Implement process changes that enhance productivity, reduce costs, and improve overall efficiency while maintaining high-quality standards.
• Automation Integration: Lead the integration of automation systems and robotics into manufacturing processes. Develop control systems and ensure the alignment of PLC programs with operational goals.
• Equipment Upgrades & Maintenance: Manage and oversee the installation, testing, and commissioning of new PLC-based equipment or upgrades to existing systems. Perform regular maintenance and updates to ensure continued system performance.
• Collaboration with Cross-Functional Teams: Work closely with the production, maintenance, and engineering teams to ensure smooth operation of automated systems. Provide technical support and training to team members on PLC systems and automation procedures.
• Data Collection & Analysis: Monitor and collect data from PLC systems to assess process performance. Use data-driven insights to propose process improvements and track key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Quality Control & Compliance: Ensure all process changes and automation implementations meet quality control standards, safety regulations, and industry compliance requirements.
• Project Management: Lead process improvement projects involving PLC systems from inception to completion. Manage timelines, resources, and documentation to meet project goals and deadlines.
• Documentation & Reporting: Maintain accurate documentation of PLC programs, system changes, and process modifications. Create detailed reports and provide technical recommendations to management.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, or Computer Engineering, or Computer Science, or related technical degree and a minimum of 2 years experience, or Associates Degree and a minimum of 5 years experience, or High School diploma with a minimum of 7 years experience in production, engineering or troubleshooting of PC/server based systems.

Desired Characteristics

• Strong oral and written communication skills. Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems. Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs. Established project management skills.
• Product and Process Development experience.
• Solid working knowledge of GEHC Quality Management Systems procedures for Good Manufacturing Practices.
• Experience working with programmable logic controllers and integration with manufacturing lines.
• Experience working with continuous flow / moving assembly lines.

GE will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).

Responsibilities:

• Designing high power and low power RF electrical components and interconnects for body coils used in MRI systems.

• Design and analysis of RF transmit/receive components (birdcage antenna, circuit boards, etc.)

• Usage of RF and EM (electromagnetic) simulation/ design tools to ensure robust and efficient product design.

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

• Work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure product performance, quality and reliability.

• Participate and lead prototype build activities to ensure compliance with design intent. Recommend design experiments and tests as required to draw conclusions and solutions.

• Solve complex and ambiguous problems. Perform troubleshooting (at bench level and system level) encompassing multiple variables to achieve root cause analysis and problem resolution.

• Recommend designs and conduct experiments and diagnostic tests, as required, to draw conclusions and solutions.

• Support Field issues through troubleshooting and root cause investigation for problem resolution.

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

• Provide creative solutions to unstructured product and system design issues from both factory and field.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors in Electrical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Physics, or equivalent technical degree.

• Minimum 3 years of engineering experience.

• Demonstrated experience in electrical design or circuit board design.

• Experience with electrical circuit and/or electromagnetic (EM) simulation tools.

Desired Characteristics:

• Experience with Electrical CAD software (Cadence, etc.) and computational (Matlab, etc.) or simulation tools (XFdtd, etc.).

• Good understanding of Magnetic Resonance Imaging fundamentals, RF Coil design and electromagnetics.

• Experience with MRI system operation.

• Experience with numerical analysis tools and optimization methods.

• Hands on hardware experience on mechanical systems and components.

• Ability to work with cross-functional, multidisciplinary teams.

• Leadership, teamwork, and interpersonal skills.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

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.

While GE does not currently require U.S. employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19, some GE customers have vaccination mandates that may apply to certain GE employees. Please note as a federal government contractor, GE may in the future be required to have U.S. employees fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

The Sr. Architect Engineer position will be championing electro-magnetic design leadership for MRI magnet to ensure the success of path to leadership in superconducting magnet . This engineer champions the engineering efforts for the magnet projects to ensure that the necessary program deliverables are adhering to plan by retiring major technical risks. This role requires cross functional interaction with Sourcing, Manufacturing and Quality team members to ensure the quality goals set forth by the business are met.

Essential Responsibilities

Champion electro-magnetic design, field support and verification efforts, including compliance and standards testing and system compatibility verification to meet the requirements of MRI products

Work with suppliers and engineering team members to develop design alternatives to meet all requirements for performance, reliability, cost and manufacturability

Establish and maintain performance, quality, vitality, and reliability for the MRI products

Provide technical leadership for electro-magnetic design activities within assigned programs, including estimating schedule and resource requirements, product cost, requirements development, status reports, etc.

Take on project leadership responsibilities as needed to support Program leader on the assigned projects

Qualifications/Requirements

• Minimum of a Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Science, Physics or related technical field
• 10+ years of experience in project design within a manufacturing, development, or research environment.
• Demonstrated experience in any of the following disciplines: Electrical Engineering, Hardware testing and Design Verification
• Demonstrated experience working with cross-functional teams, strong influencing, and communication skills
• Demonstrated understanding/experience with new product development or design change development cycle

Desired Characteristics

• Experience in superconducting magnet & cryogenics

• Creative problem solver and solution developer when presented with conflicting requirements, business demands and technical risks/issues
• Demonstrated skills in proactively identifying, facilitating, and driving closure of project tasks
• Attention to detail and ability work independently toward timely completion of a variety of assignments
• Ability to develop unique concepts/solutions for complex products
• Strong decision-making skills
• Able to simplify strategy into specific actions with clear accountability, make decisions with speed and accuracy based on best available information, and communicate priorities clearly and concisely.
• Proven ability to interact with global team members.
• Knowledge of GE Healthcare engineering tools and processes.
• Previous experience working with medical devices

GE will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).

Qualifications / Requirements:

Master’s degree or equivalent in Engineering or related. One (1) year in Superconducting Magnet Manufacturing. Employer will accept a Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Engineering or related and three (3) years in Superconducting Magnet Manufacturing in lieu of a Master's degree or equivalent and one (1) year of experience as described above.Academic background, internship or work experience to include: working in a manufacturing environment; Manufacturing processes including heavy equipment manufacturing, assembly technology, materials technology and manufacturing methods technology; Hardware experience with large assemblies or complex machinery; Working with cross-functional teams; Project management; and Working on medical devices.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Develop innovative designs to meet all manufacturing requirements for assembly, test, and manufacturability
• Preparation and presentation of tooling and fixturing design reports and part/assembly drawing reviews
• Participate and lead prototype build activities to ensure compliance with design intent
• Develop product and component tooling and fixturing and purchase specifications
• Developtooling/fixturing/processesusing appropriate DFx, Six Sigma, and Lean tools
• Design leadership of productivity projects (both product cost and life cycle quality or reliability improvements)
• Provide creative solutions to unstructured product and system manufacturing challenges from the factory

Required Qualifications

• BS in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent
• 5 years of engineering design or Manufacturing Engineering and Process Development experience.

Desired Characteristics

• Direct design & analysis experience of mechanical components
• Modeling skills with experience in solid modeling packages such as CREO, Windchill, SolidWorks, etc.
• Effective understanding and working knowledge of metals, plastics, and composite materials
• Experienced in tooling and fixturing design
• Experience utilizing DFx, Six Sigma, and/or Lean principles
• Hands on hardware experience on mechanical systems and components
• Paper to product experience with ability to read and apply GD&T
• Ability to work with cross-functional, multidisciplinary teams
• Leadership, teamwork, and interpersonal skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

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.