Senior Pulsed-Power & RF Systems Engineer

Siemens Healthineers in; Palo Alto (CA); 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

Paid parking/transportation

Paid time off

Paid sick time

Job summary

Siemens Healthineers in Palo Alto is seeking an engineer to define, integrate, test, and optimize RF pulsed power electronics for the radiation-producing subsystem in Varian machines. You will lead hardware bring-up, test planning, data analysis, and cross-functional collaboration with RF, controls, and linac teams.

The role requires advanced degree in EE or related field and 5+ years of hardware testing/production support experience. Onsite work with 50% travel to Mountain View is expected.

Qualifications

• MS/Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Applied/Engineering Physics, or similar field.
• 5+ years of hardware system testing, integration, validation, troubleshooting, and production test support of high voltage and power systems.
• Experience operating lab equipment and diagnostic instrumentation such as oscilloscopes, probes, power supplies, DAQ, interlock systems, and automated test tools.
• Ability to create test plans, execute validation activities, analyze results, document risks, and communicate with multiple disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Lead hardware system integration, bring-up, and validation for high-voltage, pulsed power systems.
• Develop and execute unit-level test plans, procedures, verification and regression tests.
• Translate system requirements into design specs, acceptance criteria, fixtures, data collection methods, and validation reports.
• Provide project management for R&D projects.
• Troubleshoot, perform root cause analysis, and implement corrective actions.

Skills

Hardware testing

System integration

Root cause analysis

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Communication skills

Education

MS/Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering or related

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Probes

Power supplies

DAQ systems

Interlock systems

Automated test tools

Job description

Siemens Healthineers in Palo Alto is seeking an engineer to define, integrate, test, and optimize RF pulsed power electronics for the radiation-producing subsystem in Varian machines. You will lead hardware bring-up, test planning, data analysis, and cross-functional collaboration with RF, controls, and linac teams.

The role requires advanced degree in EE or related field and 5+ years of hardware testing/production support experience. Onsite work with 50% travel to Mountain View is expected.