Senior Mechanical Engineer - Medical Devices

Job Description Summary We are looking for a Senior Mechanical Engineer who enjoys solving problems and turning ideas into real products. In this role you would lead with compassion by keeping patients and customers at the center of your work, bring curiosity to every challenge by seeking to understand and learn, and apply critical thought to make informed engineering decisions. By combining strong analytical skills with practical engineering judgment to deliver high-quality solutions that improve patient outcomes. The ideal candidate would be comfortable diving into technical details, collaborating across disciplines, working with manufacturing teams, and mentoring others.

Job Description Design Technology That Helps Save the Smallest Lives

Every day, neonatal caregivers rely on GE HealthCare equipment to provide life-sustaining care to premature and critically ill infants. Our mission is simple but profound: help send mothers and babies home healthy. We are looking for a Senior Mechanical Engineer to help shape the next generation of neonatal incubators, warmers, and connected care solutions. In this role, you will lead the design of complex mechanical systems that directly impact patient safety, clinical workflow, and product performance. From thermal management and structural design to mechanisms and manufacturability, you will play a key role in transforming innovative concepts into products used in hospitals around the world. This is an opportunity to work at the intersection of advanced engineering, clinical innovation, and meaningful patient impact.

Why Join Our Team?

Make a Difference: Your work will help care for some of healthcare's most vulnerable patients: premature and critically ill newborns. Solve Complex Engineering Challenges: Lead the development of sophisticated mechanical systems involving thermal management and climate control, injection-molded and structural components, precision mechanisms and moving assemblies, human-centered product design, and high-reliability medical devices. Influence Product Direction: Work closely with software, electrical, systems, human factors, quality, manufacturing, and clinical experts to shape product architecture and technical strategy. Grow as a Technical Leader: Serve as a mechanical engineering expert, mentor developing engineers, and influence design decisions across multiple programs.

What You'll Do

• Lead mechanical design efforts from concept through production launch
• Develop innovative solutions for thermal, structural, and electromechanical challenges
• Perform and guide FEA, thermal analysis, and tolerance stack-up analysis
• Drive Design for Excellence, including manufacturability, reliability, assembly, and serviceability
• Lead mechanical risk assessments and design FMEAs in accordance with ISO 14971
• Plan and execute design verification activities and generate objective evidence
• Partner with manufacturing teams to support design transfer and production readiness
• Collaborate with global, cross-functional teams to integrate mechanical, electrical, and software subsystems
• Mentor engineers and contribute to technical reviews across the organization

What You'll Bring

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline
• 8+ years of experience developing complex products
• Strong expertise in 3D CAD modeling and mechanical design, GD&T and tolerance analysis, structural analysis and FEA, design for manufacturing, injection-molded plastics, and mechanical verification and validation
• Experience delivering products from concept through production

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering
• Medical device or highly regulated industry experience
• Experience with IEC 60601, ISO 14971, and design controls
• Thermal system design and analysis experience
• Mechanism and kinematic design experience
• Experience mentoring engineers and leading technical reviews

About GE HealthCare Maternal Infant Care

GE HealthCare's Maternal Infant Care team develops industry-leading neonatal incubators, warmers, and connected care solutions that support caregivers in more than 160 countries. Our products help clinicians provide safe, effective care during some of the most critical moments in a newborn's life. Join us in advancing the future of neonatal care through innovation, engineering excellence, and clinical impact.

GE HealthCare is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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 At GE HealthCare, we see possibilities through innovation. We're partnering with our customers to fulfill healthcare's greatest potential through groundbreaking medical technology, intelligent devices, and care solutions. Better tools enabling better patient care. Together, we are not only building a healthier future but living our purpose to create a world where healthcare has no limits.