Technical Support Engineer NM

About the position

The Technical Support Engineer I (TSE I) drives customer satisfaction through Service Excellence by providing technical support and counsel both remotely and onsite to Field Engineers (FEs), Client Service Technicians (CSTs), and Customers experiencing system performance issues. This position is the technical resource for service-related escalations regarding the product family. If required to advise the customer install base in a specific geography, the position may include Partial Relocation. GE HealthCare is a leading global medical technology and digital solutions innovator. Our purpose is to create a world where healthcare has no limits. Unlock your ambition, turn ideas into world-changing realities, and join an organization where every voice makes a difference, and every difference builds a healthier world. We expect all employees to live and breathe our behaviors: to act with humility and build trust; lead with transparency; deliver with focus, and drive ownership –always with unyielding integrity. Our total rewards are designed to unlock your ambition by giving you the boost and flexibility you need to turn your ideas into world-changing realities. Our salary and benefits are everything you’d expect from an organization with global strength and scale, and you’ll be surrounded by career opportunities in a culture that fosters care, collaboration, and support.

Responsibilities

• Provide remote and on-site technical support for Nuclear Medicine.
• Use successful, effective field experience and knowledge to provide technical support to FE's, CST's, and customers that may include both remote and onsite support.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of modality products, service expertise, and tools to maintain 'field advisor' status.
• Utilize the GEHC escalation process as needed, working closely with local customer and national support to define and support the implementation of corrective action plans to resolve customer issues in a timely manner.
• Utilize 'Gameplan' tool to drive Service effectiveness. Contribute knowledge to iResolve.
• Contribute to the improvement of productivity tools through idea generation, workout attendance, and small projects as required.
• Support Material and Purchased Service cost improvement initiatives for the modality.
• Within project engagement, act as a change agent/ field 'advisor' in areas such as product serviceability and reliability, quality trend analysis, productivity program development and implementation, national modality program execution and new product introduction support.
• Manage and support improvements in business processes that maximize competitiveness, enabling continued business growth.
• Work with Modality / Service Engineering, Product Engineering and field support specialists to drive product quality, and serviceability, and resolve formal customer escalations.
• Coach and train FE's to ensure that technical and customer skills are up to date and meet the needs of the business.
• Identify field process improvements such as pre-PM work, PM cycle time, remote TTR work, field based technical training to support the use of remote diagnostic troubleshooting tools and processes in the field.
• Identify field quality improvements to include hazardous/ non-hazardous complaints via Post Quality Marketing(PQM).
• Travel to customer sites and support installations, FMIs, and customer escalations (CSOs).
• Maintain and enhance modality knowledge, such as: Networking / Dicom / Insite / PACS / OS field service experience, and knowledge of legacy Nuclear Medicine products.

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years of engineering experience as an FE II and/or FE III, or the equivalent external to GE with regards to the repair and maintenance of Nuclear Medicine systems.
• Demonstrated ability to handle/resolve difficult technical issues with advanced knowledge in applicable systems.
• High School Diploma/GED AND 8+ years of experience servicing mechanical and/or electrical equipment, OR Associate's or Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or Biomedical Engineering, or a related field AND 5 years of experience servicing mechanical and/or electrical equipment OR Equivalent military education to Associates or Bachelor's degrees AND 5 years of experience servicing mechanical and/or electrical equipment.
• Must have consistently performed as an FE II, or an FE III, or the equivalent external to GEHC for a period of 5 years before consideration.
• Must be able to safely lift 35lbs.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision insurance
• Paid time off
• 401(k) plan with employee and company contribution opportunities
• Life, disability, and accident insurance
• Tuition reimbursement