Siemens Healthineers · 8 hours ago
Hardware Control Engineer
Palo Alto, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
$160K/yr - $160K/yr
3+ years expSiemens Healthineers is a leader in medical technology, dedicated to pioneering breakthroughs in healthcare. The Hardware Control Engineer will design, implement, and test automated control systems for beam generation and delivery, ensuring product regulatory compliance and improving system performance.
Health CareHealth DiagnosticsMedicalMedical Device
Responsibilities
Design, implement, and test new automated control systems for beam generation and delivery
Simulate design concept to test new beam control solutions
Implement beam control improvements
Solve design issues, executing root cause analysis to understand failure mechanisms
Test, monitor, and characterize system performance through hands-on experiments with prototype systems
Conduct experiments with radiotherapy machines to understand BGM performance
Create and execute machine usage test cases that mimic boundary conditions for the beam servos
Test iterative beam control improvements
Utilize scientific computing methods to analyze control systems and develop optimization strategies
Analyze beam generation and monitoring records using scientific scripting
Store and organize large amounts of beam generation and monitoring data
Evaluate performance of beam servo algorithms
Utilize scientific computing tools to quantify servo performance metrics
Establish analysis tools to detect potential issues at customer site and communicate them to service personnel to perform preventive maintenance
Document BGM servo stability, failure events, proposed solutions, and reliability testing results
Recommend new testing methods to better quantify servo performance
Investigate failure events recorded during reliability tests and propose solutions
Perform verification and validation tests for the BGM subsystem
Perform verification and validation testing to ensure product regulatory compliance
Create and execute test cases to show BGM control systems are performing according to specifications
Document test results
Failure mode and effect analysis
Investigate and document issues related to BGM subsystem performance
Track and document design issues with BGM subsystems
Investigate issues related to beam control algorithms and test cases
Provide solutions to issues related to BGM performance at customer site and communicate them with service personnel
Qualification
Required
A Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Software Engineering or a related field (or foreign equivalent)
Three (3) years of experience in the job offered, as Test and Service Engineer, Research Assistant, Hardware Engineer, or a related occupation
Experience and/or academic training with Embedded software engineering
Experience and/or academic training with Data Analysis
Experience and/or academic training with Control systems design
Experience and/or academic training with Test Automation
Experience and/or academic training with Failure Mode and Effect Analysis
Experience and/or academic training with Test Plan Review, Scheduling
Experience and/or academic training with Mechanical and Electrical Schematic Reading
Experience and/or academic training with Technical writing
Experience and/or academic training with Troubleshooting and Problem-solving
Experience and/or academic training with Matlab, C++ and C#
Experience and/or academic training with Hardware Testing and Validation
Experience and/or academic training with System Integration
Company
Siemens Healthineers
Siemens Healthineers is a healthcare technology company that provides diagnostic and therapeutic products and services. It is a sub-organization of Siemens.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$2.76BKey Investors
Ontario Together Fund
2021-05-25Grant· $2.5M
2021-03-25Post Ipo Equity· $2.76B
2018-03-16IPO
Leadership Team
Enno Nehrbass
SVP / Head of Strategy & Collaboration Mgmt Diagnostic Imaging
Anton Ebert
Technology Focus Topic Lead - Digital Twinning
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