Lead Systems Engineer

Job Description Summary

We are looking for a Lead Systems Engineer to join our Maternal & Infant Care team, driven by our mission to help send moms and babies home healthy. This role focuses on maximizing the value of software systems by innovative solutions, managing product and feature requirements, ensuring QMS compliance, technical risks management, and software integration to deliver solutions that meet user needs and business goals across both device and digital products.

GE Healthcare is a leading global medical technology and digital solutions innovator. Our mission is to improve lives in the moments that matter. Unlock your ambition, turn ideas into world-changing realities, and join an organization where every voice makes a difference, and every difference builds a healthier world.

Job Description

­­Roles and Responsibilities:

In this role, you will:

• Collaborate closely with the systems engineering team to lead the development of software requirements flow-down, architecture/system design, risk analysis, integration and testing, manufacturing support, and field/customer engagement for both New Product Introductions (NPI) and Installed Base (IB) products.
• Partner with global and stakeholder teams to develop consistent, scalable, and synergized software platforms. Actively contribute to platform evolution by providing technical insights and improvement suggestions.
• Lead cross-functional collaboration across global sites to manage technical program risks, integration challenges, and design trade-offs throughout the product lifecycle.
• Ensure compliance with Quality Management Systems (QMS), maintain Design History File (DHF) readiness, and regulatory submissions to enable programs towards achieving regulatory compliance and commercialization.
• Demonstrate a strong understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), clearly identifying and managing core inputs and outputs across development cycles.
• Own and drive design reviews, define interfaces between code modules and apply existing technologies to new designs with a focus on scalability and maintainability.
• Uphold high standards of code quality through best software engineering principles/practices/architecture and automation tools.
• Provide technical leadership in defining, developing, and evolving software using modern technologies and agile methodologies, while actively fostering a culture of continuous improvement through constructive feedback and iterative refinement.
• Design and build robust testing Infrastructure/tools and processes leading to faster and quality software.
• Identifying novel technical solutions and contributing to Intellectual Property (IP) through disclosures and patent filings and helping team members understand and follow IP processes.

Qualifications/Requirements:

• Master’ s or Bachelor’ s degree in computer science or in “STEM” Majors (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math)
• Minimum of 10+ years of experience with 7+ years in software development for healthcare domain.
• Hands-on experience in embedded Linux based products with C/C++ and Python.
• Experience in owning a Product/system/feature in a complex product
• Expertise in defining functional and nonfunctional requirements and driving CTQ flow-down to software subsystems.
• Working exposure to SDLC and Quality Management System (QMS) compliance.
• Experienced in effectively using tools such as HP-ALM, SEALM(JAMA) or similar platforms for managing requirements, test cases and defects.

Business Acumen:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, communicates in a clear and succinct manner and effectively evaluates information / data to make decisions.
• Has the ability to take ownership of tasks and deliver without supervision while using their discretion to seek help when necessary.
• Voices opinions and presents clear rationale. Uses data or factual evidence to influence decisions.
• Recognizes collaborative behavior and participates in collaborative activities.
• Identifies opportunities for innovation and offers new ideas. Takes the initiative to experiment with new software frameworks.
• Able to work well with global teams, including time-zone flexibility

Inclusion and Diversity

GE Healthcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer where inclusion matters. 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.

We expect all employees to live and breathe our behaviors: to act with humility and build trust; lead with transparency; deliver with focus, and drive ownership – always with unyielding integrity.

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.

Note:

This Job Description is intended to provide a high-level guide to the role. However, it is not intended to amend or otherwise restrict/expand the duties required from each individual employee as set out in their respective employment contract and/or as otherwise agreed between an employee and their manager.

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