Senior High-Power RF Systems Engineer - Pulsed Power

Siemens Healthcare; United States; On-site; USD 161,000 - 221,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Job summary

Siemens Healthineers in Palo Alto is seeking an engineer or scientist to advance RF pulsed power electronics for high-voltage systems in medical devices. You will define, integrate, test, and optimize hardware, lead tests, and collaborate across RF, controls, and linac teams.

The role requires an MS/PhD in Electrical Engineering or related field and 5+ years of hardware testing, with hands-on troubleshooting and project leadership in a fast-paced environment. Onsite with travel to Mountain View.

Qualifications

• MS/PhD in Electrical Engineering, Applied/Engineering Physics, or related field.
• 5+ years of hardware system testing, design integration, validation, troubleshooting, and production test support of high voltage and power systems.
• Experience operating lab equipment and diagnostic instrumentation (oscilloscopes, probes, power supplies, data acquisition systems).
• Ability to independently create test plans, execute validation activities, analyze results, and communicate risk-based recommendations.
• Strong cross-disciplinary collaboration and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead hardware system integration, bring-up, and validation for high-voltage pulsed power systems, coordinating with RF, controls, and linac teams.
• Develop and execute unit-level test plans, integration procedures, verification and regression testing.
• Translate system requirements into design specifications, acceptance criteria, test fixtures, data collection methods, and validation reports.
• Provide project management for R&D projects.
• Perform hands-on troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and corrective actions for component and system-level failures.
• Support manufacturing, production, and field service as SME and contribute to documentation for handoff.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Hardware testing

Test plan creation

Project leadership

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Education

MS/Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Probes

Power supplies

DAQ systems

Interlock systems

Automated test tools

Job description

Siemens Healthineers in Palo Alto is seeking an engineer or scientist to advance RF pulsed power electronics for high-voltage systems in medical devices. You will define, integrate, test, and optimize hardware, lead tests, and collaborate across RF, controls, and linac teams.

The role requires an MS/PhD in Electrical Engineering or related field and 5+ years of hardware testing, with hands-on troubleshooting and project leadership in a fast-paced environment. Onsite with travel to Mountain View.