Senior Lead Specialist, Design Quality Engineer, Coils

** Job Description Summary*
* Join our team as a Design Quality Engineer, where you will play a pivotal role in developing and implementing compliance strategies to bring MR Coils technology to market. You will lead compliance efforts for New Product Introductions (NPI) and Installed Base (IB) projects at our MR Coils site. Your responsibilities will span design and development, design transfer, manufacturing, and service.

As a key member of the NPI core team, you will ensure adherence to the GE Health Care Quality Management System and applicable regulatory requirements, including 21 CFR 820, ISO 13485, and MDSAP. By employing strong critical thinking and influencing skills, you will work cross‑functionally to enable robust quality decisions. In this role, you will have a direct impact on patient safety, audit readiness, and the commercial delivery of GE Health Care MR Coils.

GE Health Care 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*
* + Foster a Quality culture by leading quality and compliance activities for innovative, leading‑edge MR Coil technologies across design and development, design transfer, manufacturing, and service.

+ Ensure adherence to the GE Health Care Quality Management System and regulatory requirements (e.g., 21 CFR 820, ISO 13485, MDSAP) while driving process effectiveness and efficiency.

+ Ensure plans, protocols, results, and conclusions are developed, reviewed, and approved in accordance with applicable procedures.

+ Represent GE Health Care to external regulatory agencies and drive audit readiness.

+ Perform internal audits to ensure quality standards and regulatory requirements are met.

+ Ensure the quality of CAPA (Corrective and Preventive Action) projects, including robust root cause investigations and nonconformance evaluations.

+ Support successful product launches, including design and manufacturing transfers.

+ Apply Lean methodologies to solve problems, improve daily work, and simplify processes.

+ Support analysis and execution to achieve quality objectives and priorities.

** Required Qualifications*
* + Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college  
** OR
* * a high school diploma/GED with at least 6 years of relevant work experience.

+ Minimum of 3 years of relevant experience in Quality Assurance, Quality Engineering, or Design Controls within a regulated industry; medical device experience preferred.

+ Demonstrated understanding of medical device Quality Management System and regulatory requirements, including but not limited to FDA 21 CFR Part 820 and ISO 13485.

+ Demonstrated knowledge of quality and process improvement tools.

+ Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required. Sponsorship for employment visas, now or in the future, is not available for this position.

** Desired Characteristics*
* + Experience in New Product Introduction of medical devices, including Design Controls, Production and Process Controls, and Installation and Servicing.

+ Experience applying the GE Health Care Quality Management System in NPI programs.

+ Strong technical aptitude.

+ Influencing skills and the ability to clearly communicate requirements related to Design Controls, Design Verification and Validation, Production and Process Controls, Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA), and Risk Management across functions.

+ Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively and resolve conflicts.

+ Strong critical thinking, problem‑solving, root cause analysis, and process improvement skills.

+ Excellent interpersonal and leadership abilities.

+ Proven ability to manage multiple priorities effectively.

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

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