Clinical Product Development Specialist

Job Description SummaryThe Clinical Product Development Specialist will provide clinical input and expertise to the product development process. Works collaboratively with the engineering, design, clinical, and regulatory teams to ensure that product development addresses and solves clinical problems and that product performance meets the needs of users. Works in the early stages of data collection, algorithm tuning, and performance evaluations of new technologies. Provides sonographer input and support to engineering programs.

Job Description

The GEHC Advanced Visualization Solutions (AVS) segment, a fast-growing business in GE HealthCare, includes ultrasound medical devices and solutions as well as image guided therapies. The portfolio spans the continuum of care to enable customers with ultrasound screening, diagnosis, treatment and monitoring of diseases. Our customers are seeking to improve efficiency in radiology and beyond and increase user confidence to provide better clinical outcomes continues to grow. Consequently, the need for AI, digital solutions, and automation, connecting devices and software in one seamless ecosystem continues to proliferate.

The Ultrasound AI COE team focuses on developing AI solutions for scan guidance and interpretation, to aid in early disease detection, improve workflow and productivity across many different ultrasound applications and care areas. The Clinical Product Development Specialist is a key role on the Product team. This individual will leverage deep clinical expertise and ultrasound product experience to provide clinical input for development of breakthrough AI features.  

Essential Responsibilities:

• Work with product managers to identify opportunities for new technology developments and define requirements from a clinical perspective.
• Provide clinical input as part of the product extended core team. Work with engineers to evaluate the performance of prototypes, provide input during defect management and risk mitigation processes.
• Plan and execute clinical data collection to support engineering for both near and longer-term product developments.
• Coordinate image and study labeling and analysis with sonographer and physician partners
• Support needed in planning and executing validation tests
• Plan and execute internal product verification and validation tests that require sonographer expertise
• Design and support user training activities related to new product assessment
• Identify continuous improvement activities by initiating the implementation of process and product quality improvement initiatives.
• Support the regulatory and quality teams in validation components of design controls
• Test the product with customers and analyze product feedback
• Perform other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications:

• Registered sonographer with relevant certifications.
• At least 7 years of hands-on sonography experience including in clinical settings

Desired Characteristics:

• 10+ years’ sonography experience, expertise in cardiac ultrasound strongly preferred
• Industry experience in product development desired, including good technical understanding of ultrasound imaging systems and DICOM data handling.
• Experience in conducting and managing medical imaging annotation for machine learning model development and testing a plus 
• Experience in teaching ultrasound or training of new users
• Experience with formal clinical research protocols
• Strong oral and written communication skills, excellent interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems.

Eligibility Requirements:

• This position is based in the United States only. Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required. GE HealthCare may agree to sponsor an individual for an employment visa now or in the future if there is a shortage of individuals with particular skills.
• Must be willing to travel as required (up to 25% on occasion).

About Us

GE HealthCare is a leading global medical technology, pharmaceutical diagnostics, and digital solutions innovator, dedicated to providing integrated solutions, services, and data analytics to make hospitals more efficient, clinicians more effective, therapies more precise, and patients healthier and happier. Serving patients and providers for more than 100 years, GE HealthCare is advancing personalized, connected, and compassionate care, while simplifying the patient’s journey across the care pathway. Together our Imaging, Ultrasound, Patient Care Solutions, and Pharmaceutical Diagnostics businesses help improve patient care from prevention and screening, to diagnosis, treatment, therapy, and monitoring. We are an $18 billion business with 51,000 employees working to create a world where healthcare has no limits.

We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening. For U.S. based positions only, the pay range for this position is $115,200.00-$172,800.00 Annual. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the pay range and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. The specific compensation offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors including skills, qualifications, experience and location. In addition, this position may also be eligible to earn performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long term incentives (LTI). GE HealthCare offers a competitive benefits package, including not but limited to medical, dental, vision, paid time off, a 401(k) plan with employee and company contribution opportunities, life, disability, and accident insurance, and tuition reimbursement.

Additional Information

While GE HealthCare does not currently require U.S. employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19, some GE HealthCare customers have vaccination mandates that may apply to certain GE HealthCare employees.