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GE HealthCare lists this Senior Mechanical Engineer - Medical Devices opportunity in waukesha, Wisconsin. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Job Description Summary
Design Technology That Helps Save the Smallest Lives
Every day, neonatal caregivers around the world rely on GE HealthCare technology to care for premature and critically ill newborns. Behind every incubator, warmer, and connected care solution is a team of engineers solving complex thermal, structural, mechanical, and human-centered design challenges.
We're looking for a Senior/ Lead Mechanical Engineer to help develop the next generation of neonatal care products used in hospitals around the world. This is an opportunity to work on products that combine sophisticated engineering, meaningful clinical impact, and global scale.
If you enjoy solving difficult technical problems, collaborating across disciplines, and turning ideas into real products that improve lives, we'd love to talk with you.
Why This Role Is Different
You’ll help architect and develop products that must precisely regulate temperature, support critical clinical workflows, withstand years of demanding hospital use, and meet rigorous medical device requirements.
You’ll work alongside software, electrical, systems, quality, manufacturing, human factors, and clinical experts to create solutions that directly impact patient outcomes.
This Is An Opportunity To
Design products that directly impact newborn patient care
Solve complex thermal, structural, and electromechanical challenges
Influence product architecture and technical direction
Work across the full product lifecycle from concept through production
Grow your technical leadership skills while mentoring other engineers
Collaborate with global teams developing industry-leading healthcare technology
What You’ll Do
Lead mechanical design activities from concept development through production launch
Develop innovative solutions for thermal, structural, and electromechanical systems
Create and review 3D models, engineering drawings, and technical documentation
Guide engineering analyses including FEA, tolerance analysis, and thermal assessments
Drive Design for Excellence practices including manufacturability, reliability, serviceability, and cost optimization
Participate in risk assessments, verification testing, and design validation activities
Partner closely with manufacturing teams to support design transfer and production readiness
Collaborate with software, systems, electrical, human factors, and clinical teams to develop integrated product solutions
Mentor engineers and contribute to technical reviews across multiple programs
Required Qualifications
What We’re Looking For
Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related engineering discipline
8+ years of product development experience
Experience designing complex mechanical systems for commercial products
Strong understanding of mechanical design fundamentals including CAD, GD&T, materials selection, and design for manufacturing
Experience supporting products through development, testing, and production
Experience In One Or More Of The Following Areas
Great engineers bring different strengths. Experience in several of the following areas is desirable:
Thermal system design and analysis
FEA and structural analysis
Injection-molded plastic design
Mechanisms and moving assemblies
Tolerance analysis
Verification and validation testing
Medical devices or other regulated industries
Risk management and design reviews
Technical leadership and mentoring
Preferred Qualifications
Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline
Medical device development experience
Familiarity with design controls, risk management, or regulated product development
Experience working on products that integrate hardware, electronics, and software
Who Thrives Here
Curious and driven to understand how things work
Comfortable diving into technical details while maintaining system-level perspective
Effective collaborators who enjoy solving problems with cross-functional teams
Practical engineers who balance innovation with execution
Motivated by the opportunity to improve patient outcomes through technology
About GE HealthCare Maternal Infant Care
GE HealthCare’s Maternal Infant Care team develops industry-leading neonatal incubators, warmers, and connected care solutions used in more than 160 countries worldwide.
Our mission is simple but meaningful: helping clinicians provide the best possible care for newborns during some of life's most critical moments.
Join us in advancing the future of neonatal care through engineering innovation, technical excellence, and patient-centered design.
We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.
GE HealthCare offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE HealthCare is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
GE HealthCare 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).
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.
Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes
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Worksite address
waukesha, WI, 53188, US
Who can apply
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