Senior Clinical Engineer (onsite Bothell, WA)

Merck & Co.; Bothell (WA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

FUJIFILM Sonosite is seeking a Sr. Clinical Engineer in Bothell, WA, to apply ultrasound expertise in developing point-of-care systems and imaging features.

You will drive clinical workflows, guide requirements, and partner with cross-functional teams to deliver safe, reliable products.

This hybrid role offers opportunities to influence product development while advancing ultrasound technology in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8-10 years of experience as a registered sonographer.
• 3-7 years of medical device industry experience.
• 3-7 years of point-of-care ultrasound development preferred.
• RDMS, RVT, RDCS, and/or CCI (RCS) certification required; RDMS preferred.
• Strong knowledge of ultrasound physics and instrumentation.
• Good Clinical Practice Certification required.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product development to ensure clinically diagnostic, safe systems.
• Serve as clinical lead on projects with cross-functional teams.
• Deliver clinical engineering project deliverables on time.
• Lead and participate in planning, execution, and reporting of regression testing.
• Perform train-the-trainer activities for education and launches.
• Oversee testing of ultrasound systems before delivery to ensure quality.
• Mentor other Clinical Engineering team members.

Job description

Position Overview

As a Sr. Clinical Engineer, you will use your ultrasound expertise and medical device industry experience to identify, document, design, and develop point-of-care ultrasound systems, imaging, and features. You will use your knowledge, curiosity, and industry best practices to ensure Fujifilm Sonosite products are clinically diagnostic, safe, and meet user needs as you actively participate in a range of research and development activities. You will conduct extensive research and gather key data points to define clinical workflows, guide requirements and designs, and inform current and future product development.

Being a Sr. Clinical Engineer at Fujifilm Sonosite means that you are an instrumental part of a passionate cross-functional development team that demonstrates FFSS core values. We are dedicated to creating reliable, durable, and easy to use point-of-care ultrasound systems that provide meaningful solutions to our customers.

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Company Overview

At FUJIFILM Sonosite, we reinvent how healthcare is delivered with point-of-care ultrasound technology. As the leader in bedside ultrasound systems, our innovations save lives-from premature babies in NICUs to trauma patients in emergency rooms. We're looking for purpose-driven team members ready to build technology that impacts real-world scenarios, including natural disasters and even war zones. By joining FUJIFILM Sonosite, you'll be part of a team that thrives on collaboration, out-of-the-box thinking, and a passion for life-saving innovations. Let's make a difference together. Our headquarters in Bothell, Washington, blends riverside charm with urban amenities, quality schools, and an ever-evolving downtown-all part of the vibrant Seattle metro area. Fujifilm is globally headquartered in Tokyo with over 70,000 employees across four key business segments of healthcare, electronics, business innovation, and imaging. We are guided and united by our Group Purpose of "giving our world more smiles." Visit: https://www.fujifilm.com/us/en/about/region/careers

Job Description

Essential Job Functions:

• Collaborate and provide clinical input to our product development teams throughout the R&D process to ensure systems are clinically diagnostic, safe, and meet user needs.
• Serve as the clinical lead on projects and programs, working closely with cross-functional product development teams to ensure the product vision is implemented throughout the design and requirement details.
• Responsible for the on-time delivery of clinical engineering project deliverables.
• Lead and participate in the planning, execution, reporting, and presentation of regression testing.
• Perform train the trainer activities for education and product launches.
• Lead and participate in a range of research and development activities to maintain and develop knowledge of technology, trends, clinical practices, and workflows related to POCUS.
• Advocate for the customer's user needs throughout development with an emphasis on Reliability, Durability, Ease of Use, and Education.
• Use your experience to refine and design state-of-the-art technologies in the field of point-of-care ultrasound.
• Optimize and design the ultrasound image to meet user needs and intended use, ensuring ease of use in close collaboration with Ultrasound Engineering.
• Research and capture clinical needs for users of POCUS systems.
• Provide clinical input to cross-functional teams to ensure requirements and research protocols are aligned with clinical workflows and user needs.
• Oversee the testing of ultrasound systems before customer delivery to ensure quality.
• Participate as the clinical quorum member in risk assessments, service, and quality reviews.
• Maintain and continually develop knowledge of product development processes and provide mentorship to other Clinical Engineering team members.
• Scan and review new features, systems, and transducers.

Knowledge and Experience:

• Minimum of 8-10 years of experience as a registered sonographer.
• Previous medical device industry experience required (3-7 years).
• Previous point-of-care ultrasound development preferred (3-7 years).
• Strong understanding of medical device product development processes.
• Previous experience with POCUS clinical applications preferred.
• RDMS, RVT, RDCS, and/or CCI (RCS) required. RDMS preferred.
• Strong knowledge of ultrasound physics and instrumentation required.
• Good Clinical Practice Certification required.
• Strong desire to expand/grow their knowledge of ultrasound technology, workflows, and medical device development processes.

Skills/Abilities:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to break down complex tasks and execute projects with strategic thinking and accountability.
• Strong PC and system skills, specifically in MS Office and ultrasound applications.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Effective planning and time management skills with a history of accountability and meeting deadlines.
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a cross-functional team in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to travel up to 20% of the time.
• Hybrid role: In-office attendance required 60-100% of the time, as project schedules allow.
• Ability to lift 25lbs with or without accommodations.
• Ability to become vendor credentialled.

Salary and Benefits:

• $110,000.00 - $135,000.00 depending on experience + variable bonus opportunity (Compensation will vary based on skills, experience and location; it is not typical to be hired at or above the top of the salary range).
• Insurance:
  • Medical, Dental & Vision
  • Life & Company paid Disability
• Retirement Plan (401k):
  • 4% automatic Company contribution
  • Fujifilm matches 50 cents for every dollar you contribute, up to 6% of your salary
• Paid Time Off:
  • You can accrue up to 120 hours of PTO in your first year of employment
  • PTO increases based on years of service
• Employee Choice Holidays:
  • 32 hours additional paid time off, based on date of hire in the calendar year
• Paid Holidays:
  • Eight (8) paid holidays per year

EEO Information

Fujifilm is committed to providing equal opportunities in hiring, promotion and advancement, compensation, benefits, and training regardless of nationality, age, gender, sexual orientation or gender identity, race, ethnicity, religion, political creed, ideology, national, or social origin, disability, veteran status, etc.

ADA Information

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