GE HealthCare Architect - Digital Rx 

United States, Wisconsin 

810171082

Essential Responsibilities

• Duties include (but are not limited to):
• Guide Receive Chain hardware development, working with team to productize circuit boards & assemblies implementing FPGAs, ADCs, ASICs, analog signal conditioning circuits, etc.
• Contribute to designs as a digital design subject matter expert – selecting FPGA strategy, writing VHDL, designing robust simulation and test bench solutions, etc.
• Scope and define ASIC test and verification plans, ensuring test coverage & debugging are key parts of initial designs.
• Update knowledge and skills to keep up with industry advancements in FPGA / IC design and translate new developments into concepts / prototypes.
• Write detailed functional specifications that document newly created designs and support product introduction.
• Provide technical support to team throughout product development and implementation process.
• Provide input requirements & definition to firmware team to develop low-level drivers for communication links.
• Engaging in all phases of new product introduction: concept, architecture, documentation, design, prototype, test, supplier interfaces, manufacturing introduction and service support.

Qualifications/Requirements

• BS in Electrical Engineering or similar with at least 10 years of digital design experience. Minimum of 2 years MRI industry experience.
• Experience in FPGA design (Altera/Intel, Xilinx/AMD, Lattice) including ownership of complex designs implementing the following features (or equivalents): DSP, High Speed Serial interfaces (JESD, LVDS, PCIe, etc), PLLs, etc.
• Familiarity with ASIC development process and digital ASIC (System Verilog/VHDL) design / simulation tools including test bench definition
• Demonstrated experience in MATLAB or equivalent simulation/modeling tool
• Working knowledge of project management processes and procedures.
• Experience with related electrical test equipment such as oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, logic analyzers, bit error rate tester
  

Desired Characteristics

• Masters degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering or similar.
• 15+ years relevant work experience.
• 10+ years with a Healthcare imaging modality and working in a highly regulated environment.
• Experience with full ASIC development process; bringing up and debugging ASICs.
• Demonstrated experience in design of standard bus formats such as PCIe, CAN, Ethernet, LVDS
• Signal Integrity simulation and review experience
• Experience with sensitive analog signal chains (designs leveraging preamps, cascade modeling, etc)
• Demonstrated self-starter, energizing, results oriented, and able to multi-task
• Excellent teamwork, coordination and communication skills
• Experienced in developing project plans and estimates
• Effective oral and written communication skills
• EMC compatible design/solution experience
• Design for Reliability and Manufacturability experience
• Working knowledge of GEHC tools and processes EQPM, MyWorkshop, Cadence
• DFSS or Green Belt/Black Belt Certified (Six Sigma Design/Quality)