SYSTEM DESIGN ENGINEER

University of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Pennsylvania seeks a skilled engineer to design and manage mechanical components for cutting-edge PET instruments. This role involves defining engineering challenges, collaborating across disciplines, and implementing innovative solutions in a rapidly evolving technical field. Candidates should have a Master's degree and extensive experience in both mechanical design and nuclear medicine imaging.

Qualifications

• Master's degree and 5 to 7 years of experience required.
• Experience with PET technology and imaging is critical.
• Must demonstrate strong leadership and teamwork abilities.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and manage mechanical components for high-performance PET instruments.
• Define engineering problems and develop solutions in collaboration with principal investigators.
• Perform validation and verification of mechanical designs.

Skills

Leadership skills

Team skills

Design tools

Experience with nuclear medicine imaging

Data acquisition and computing hardware

Electrical and hydraulic systems

Industry standards for mechanical design

Education

Master's degree

Tools

AutoCAD

Inventor

Mac OS X

iOS

Linux

Job description

Duties: Design, develop and manage the hardware components that are needed for a high-performance PET instrument.
Define scope of systems architecture and problems in a structured way: define the engineering problem with principal investigators and identifying key issues to develop mechanical components and implement into the system.
Deliver a consolidated engineering design: creating well-defined mechanical components and system options; choose the optimal architecture, leveraging existing technology, establishment of milestones to implement components.
Ensure good and up to date documentation of the architecture and implementation; use methods & tools for a structured approach.
Drive the accepted implementation of mechanical design; explain methods and convince other members of the team of the chosen approach.
Perform validation and verification; work with other members of the team, including physicists and hardware engineers, to test the implementation of mechanical components.
Participate in the definition of System Requirements Specification, writes the functional requirement and specification for features, makes sure it is reviewed and approved.

Qualifications: A Master's degree and 5 to 7 years of experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience, required.

Design tools, e.g., AutoCAD, Inventor
Mac OS X, iOS, Linux
Experience with nuclear medicine imaging, PET technology
Experience with data acquisition and computing hardware
Experience with electrical and hydraulic systems
Experience with industry standards for mechanical design and control processes
Leadership skills - will help build an engineering team
Team skills - will work with multi-disciplinary group of physicists, engineers, and physicians

Reference Number: 40-29050

Salary Grade: 029

Employment Type: Exempt

Org: RA-Radiology

Special Requirements:

Job Family: I-Technical/Professional Research