Job Description Summary

We are looking for our next Engineering Leader for the Global RadioPharma business segment, part of the Molecular Imaging and Computed Tomography (MICT) Engineering team at GE HealthCare. This role leads an engineering team responsible for RadioPharmaceutical Isotope production systems and processing solutions.

These systems and solutions play an increasingly important role in Oncology, Neurology, and Cardiology care pathways, enabling early and precise diagnosis for personalized treatment and therapy guidance. Our products impact the care of millions of patients daily and support cutting-edge medical research. GE HealthCare has been a leader in medical imaging history and continues to define the future of this essential work.



This role oversees all engineering efforts across Field, Factory, and Futures activities for the RadioPharma business segment. Specifically, the leader guides the team responsible for delivering successful Advanced Technology Development (ATD) and New Product Introduction (NPI) programs, meeting key deliverables, driving end-to-end execution, achieving product quality targets, and ensuring business continuity through Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and Service. This leader will work with product management teams, manufacturing, and sourcing to support customers and ensure customer operations uptime, manufacturing continuity, safety, quality, and cost.



This position requires guiding the engineering team in solving technical problems in the field or factory, and shaping customer-needs-based and outcomes-driven global technology and innovation roadmaps for future products and solutions. The role demands acting on all matters related to the RadioPharma engineering department and program plans, within the boundaries defined for each program and the overall engineering budget. Participation in the GEHC business process, including World Wide Technology Planning (WWTP), World Wide Product Planning (WWPP), Long Term Strategy (LTS), and Annual Talent Review sessions, is essential.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Own the complete end-to-end engineering of RadioPharmaceutical Isotope production systems and processing solutions – roadmap, conceptualization, design, implementation, and install base management.

• Manage team stakeholders and priorities; work closely with the RadioPharma Business Segment leader, Product Management, Marketing, Service, and Program Management Office to prioritize engineering activities and define system roadmaps. Clearly communicate complex technical information and progress in an organized, simple, and easy-to-understand manner to both leadership and team members.

• Provide operational management for the engineering team; manage budgets, milestones, and KPIs for ongoing support and projects. Drive ATD projects for new ideas and innovations. Ensure that engineering teams consider design for manufacturability, install, and service early in the product design cycle. Collaborate with advanced manufacturing engineering and sourcing teams, ensuring their inputs are considered in design.

• Handle the deliverables of a team of 40 to 50 engineers with diverse skills, ensuring that programs are delivered on time with safety and quality requirements through Lean and Design for Six Sigma practices.

• Foster technical leadership and engineering excellence in the core technologies required for these systems and corresponding subsystems. Manage career development and performance processes. Promote the growth of technical experts in these core technologies and ensure the depth and breadth of the team for supporting new designs and installed base quality.

• Coach and mentor the engineering team with end-to-end ownership and accountability. Drive rigor in design controls, design transfer, verification, validation, and acceptance activities to ensure that product, equipment, tools, processes, software, training, and documentation meet requirements.

• Ensure product compliance with Local and Global regulatory guidelines, rules, and standards; GEHC Quality Manual, Quality Management System, Quality Management Policy, Quality Goals, and applicable laws and regulations as they apply to this job type/position.

• Be a key member of the Uppsala site leadership team.

• Develop and maintain program plans with individual program managers/LPIs, including productivity programs.

• Participate in scheduled program reviews. Maintain and communicate appropriate Quality and program metrics.

• Utilize appropriate communication methods and processes at all levels of the organization to promote team goals, progress, and results.

• Adhere to the GEHC Quality System, using the PRD process and the EQPM during the engineering design process.

• Facilitate the protection of IP.

• Provide product quality support.

• Support Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) activities, as required.

Quality Specific Goals:

• Be aware of and comply with the GEHC Quality Manual, Quality Management System, Quality Management Policy, Quality Goals, and applicable laws and regulations as they apply to this job type/position.

• Complete all planned Quality & Compliance training within the defined deadlines.

• Identify and report any quality or compliance concerns and take immediate corrective action as required.

• Drive compliance/closure of Regulatory and Quality requirements before approving Design Outputs/Program Deliverables.

• Champion continuous improvement activities by initiating process and product quality improvement initiatives.

Required Qualifications:

• Overall industry experience of more than 15 years with 10 years of engineering and/or program management and leadership experience.

• BS in Engineering, Physics, Chemistry or equivalent (defined as a High School Diploma/GED and 20 years relative experience).

• 15 years progressive experience as an engineer or scientist within the appropriate field of study, including 7 years experience in leadership within a manufacturing, development, or research environment.

• Experience in complex systems design, qualification, and support. Extensive experience and functional expertise in quality, reliability, and Lean.

• Strong experience in Stakeholder and Priority management, working closely with Business segment leaders and global teams.

• Demonstrated leadership and project management skills. Strong quantitative and analytical skills.

• Excellent interpersonal, facilitation, and coaching skills.

• Strong written and oral communication skills.

• High level of energy, drive, and enthusiasm.

• Strong process skills and business analysis skills.

• Strong English skills.

• Must be legally authorized to work in Sweden full-time.

• Must be willing to work in our Uppsala facility full-time.

Desired Characteristics:

• MS or PhD in Engineering or Physics or equivalent experience.

• Advanced degree in relevant engineering disciplines, such as electronics or high energy physics.

• Experience in relevant complex electronics design, including RadioFrequency (RF) electronic systems.

• Familiar with artificial intelligence and deep learning technologies to either enhance engineering team efficiency or drive product performance.

• Strategic planner and thinker with the ability to drive change across the business, products, and industry.

• Experience driving technology and business planning processes with a focus on differentiation and financial return.

• External focus. Understands the customer and market and is able to translate opportunities into concrete actions.

• Experience with medical/radiopharmacy equipment.

• Proven competency in key business tools such as Change Acceleration (CAP), LEAN, etc.

• Ability to prioritize and drive multiple programs.

• Experience working with academic institutions for advanced research.

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.

Behaviors

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.

Total Rewards

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.

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