Process Excellence Technician: Tooling & Maintenance

GE HealthCare; State College (Centre County); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

GE HealthCare in State College designs, manufactures, and service diagnostic ultrasound transducers (probes) used across clinical applications. In a high-mix, low-volume, regulated environment, the site blends advanced engineering with precision manufacturing and lifecycle support to deliver imaging technology that enables clinicians to make real-time patient care decisions.

As part of the team, you will support engineers in designing, implementing, maintaining, and continuously improving

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Experience supporting manufacturing equipment, tooling, fixtures, and documentation systems.
• Experience with technical documentation, work instructions, engineering change processes, and document control systems.
• Mechanical and electrical troubleshooting experience.
• Ability to work in a cross-functional environment.

Responsibilities

• Contribute technical expertise to manufacturing processes, tooling, fixtures, and equipment improvements.
• Support the release, qualification, implementation, and lifecycle management of manufacturing tooling and fixtures.
• Apply standardized methods and solutions across a variety of manufacturing processes.
• Create, revise, and maintain manufacturing procedures, work instructions, maintenance records, and technical documentation.
• Implement approved engineering changes affecting product design, tooling, processes, and documentation.
• Partner with Production, Quality, Purchasing, and Supply Chain teams to support troubleshooting, process improvements, supplier qualification, and project execution.
• Perform cross-sectioning, polishing, measurement, and analysis of product features, and communicate findings to Process Engineers.
• Support the evaluation and improvement of manufacturing methods to reduce lead time, increase reliability, and improve yield.
• Coordinate preventive maintenance, calibration, troubleshooting, and repair activities for electro-mechanical manufacturing equipment, tooling, and fixtures.
• Maintain maintenance, calibration, tooling, inventory, and change-control records to ensure manufacturing readiness and minimize downtime.
• Prepare technical reports, project updates, maintenance summaries, and documentation packages for management review.

Skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Mechanical troubleshooting

Electrical troubleshooting

Process improvement

Analytical reasoning

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Associate Degree in a technical discipline

Tools

Document control systems

Engineering change processes

Job description

GE HealthCare in State College designs, manufactures, and service diagnostic ultrasound transducers (probes) used across clinical applications. In a high-mix, low-volume, regulated environment, the site blends advanced engineering with precision manufacturing and lifecycle support to deliver imaging technology that enables clinicians to make real-time patient care decisions.

As part of the team, you will support engineers in designing, implementing, maintaining, and continuously improving