Biomedical Engineer I

Pay Range

$78,900.00-$126,200.00

Company Overview

The people of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) are united by a singular mission: ending cancer for life. Our specialized care teams provide personalized, compassionate, expert care to patients of all ages. Informed by basic research done at our Sloan Kettering Institute, scientists across MSK collaborate to conduct innovative translational and clinical research that is driving a revolution in our understanding of cancer as a disease and improving the ability to prevent, diagnose, and treat it. MSK is dedicated to training the next generation of scientists and clinicians, who go on to pursue our mission at MSK and around the globe. One of the world’s most respected comprehensive centers devoted exclusively to cancer, we have been recognized as one of the top two cancer hospitals in the country by U.S. News & World Report for more than 30 years.

 

Vaccination for COVID-19 and Influenza (flu) is mandatory for all MSK staff. Staff are considered fully vaccinated upon completion of a primary vaccination series for COVID-19 (i.e., one dose of a single dose vaccine or a final dose of a multi-dose vaccine series). Exceptions from the COVID-19 and Influenza (flu) vaccine requirements are permitted for those who request and receive an approved medical, religious, or fully remote exemption.  Requests for exemption can take up to two weeks to review. Vaccination or an approved exemption is required to start work. 

 

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Job Description

The Department of Medical Physics is seeking an Engineering Specialist I for its Biomedical Engineering Team! This is an onsite position covering all 3 of our NJ sites (3 days a week) and our Manhattan Main Campus (2 days a week).

 

The main function of this role is to maintain, calibrate, construct, and verify the safety and accurate operations of biomedical electronic equipment and systems.

 

We offer direct and ancillary patient care services throughout a network of 25 sites: 18 Manhattan Sites, 3 New Jersey sites, 3 Long Island sites, 1 Westchester site. Our team manages over 35,000+ medical devices across the network. The number continues to grow as new sites and new services emerge.

You Will:

• Assist in repairs, calibrate basic electro-medical apparatus, record test data, and repair records in a Biomedical Engineering Computer Database.
• Assist in the testing and evaluation of electro-medical apparatus before purchase by the Center.
• Inspect and verify performance, and help with the installation of new equipment. Log new devices into the computer inventory database upon receipt and inspection.
• Perform scheduled periodic maintenance (PM) and electrical safety testing equipment. For vendor-serviced equipment, communicate the PM status to the vendor and the owner/user departments.
• Assists engineer and lead technician in the development and preparation of maintenance, calibration, and test procedures.
• Upgrade equipment as per manufacturers' specifications and modify apparatus as directed by engineering staff.
• Construct electronic equipment from schematics and/or drawings as the need arises and directed by engineers and lead technicians.
• Reports all problems, inputs from other departments, hazards, and safety suggestions to supervisors as they occur. Provides operational or safety information to other departments as required.
• Works on repairs and periodic testing programs. Receives general supervision in day-to-day activities, and close supervision in special projects.
• Contact vendors and suppliers as required.
• Assists in maintaining current technical literature and documentation for hospital and clinical engineering laboratory equipment.
• Initiates purchase requisitions for replacement parts and laboratory supplies as needed. Applies technologies for location and tracking of inventory items.
• Performs other job-related duties as requested.

You Need:

• A bachelor’s degree in engineering, electrical, mechanical or biomedical; computer science or related science field and less than 2 years of experience.
• Knowledge of Analog and Digital electronics; use of oscilloscopes; digital multimeters, signal generators, etc.
• Knowledge