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For everyone. Everywhere. Sustainably.\nOur inspiring and caring environment forms a global community that celebrates diversity and individuality. We encourage you to step beyond your comfort zone, offering resources and flexibility to foster your professional and personal growth, all while valuing your unique contributions.\nSiemens Healthineers is seeking a Systems Engineer - Applied Physicist to provide technical leadership for the system-level integration and performance of the PET/CT image formation chain, from raw data acquisition and corrections through image reconstruction and final clinical image quality.\nIn this role, you will work at the intersection of medical imaging physics, systems engineering, software, and clinical applications. You will lead early system performance testing and troubleshooting, develop quantitative image quality assessment methods, define and validate new product functionality, and help integrate emerging technologies into next-generation PET/CT systems.\nThis is an excellent opportunity for an experienced imaging physicist or systems engineer who enjoys solving complex, multidisciplinary problems and translating advanced imaging technologies into reliable clinical products that improve patient care.\nYou are responsible for:\nOwning the system-level integration of the PET/CT image formation chain, ensuring that data acquisition, corrections, reconstruction, and related subsystems work together to deliver high-quality clinical images and system performance.\n\nLeading early system performance testing and troubleshooting, identifying and resolving complex issues across hardware, firmware, software, and imaging physics.\n\nDesigning and executing image quality and system performance testing, including the development of quantitative methods and algorithms to characterize, evaluate, and optimize imaging performance.\n\nDriving the integration of new and emerging technologies into PET/CT products by evaluating technical approaches and translating promising methods into practical system capabilities.\n\nLeading the conceptualization, realization, integration, and validation of new system functionality throughout the development lifecycle and across the life of the product.\n\nDefining system requirements, specifications, interfaces, integration strategies, test approaches, and validation criteria for new functionality.\n\nPartnering with multidisciplinary teams across Physics, Software, Hardware, Systems Engineering, Clinical, and Product Management to deliver integrated imaging solutions.\n\nInvestigating and resolving complex customer and field issues related to image quality, image formation, and overall system performance.\n\nProviding technical guidance and recommendations to engineering teams, project stakeholders, and senior leadership.\n\nMentoring and coaching colleagues on complex technical topics related to imaging physics, system performance, and image formation.\n\nThis position may suit you best if:\nYou have experience with PET/CT, PET/MR, nuclear medicine, or related medical imaging technologies.\n\nYou have a strong understanding of medical imaging physics, particularly PET image formation, corrections, reconstruction, and quantitative imaging.\n\nYou have experience with system performance testing and quantitative image quality assessment.\n\nYou understand clinical imaging use cases, workflows, and the technologies used in routine clinical practice.\n\nYou enjoy working across subsystem boundaries and investigating complex problems involving physics, hardware, software, and system behavior.\n\nYou have programming or software development experience, particularly for data analysis, signal processing, numerical methods, or scientific computing.\n\nYou can translate complex technical concepts for a broad range of audiences, including engineers, physicists, clinicians, business stakeholders, and senior leadership.\n\nYou are comfortable providing technical leadership while remaining hands-on and working independently when needed.\n\nYou enjoy collaborating within multidisciplinary and internationally distributed teams.\n\nRequired Qualifications:\nPhD or Master's degree in Physics, Engineering, Computer Science, Medical Physics, or a related technical field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.\n\nMinimum of 3 years of experience in medical imaging, preferably involving PET/CT, PET/MR, nuclear medicine, image formation, image reconstruction, or related technologies.\n\nStrong foundation in medical imaging physics and quantitative image analysis.\n\nExperience with system-level testing, image quality evaluation, technical troubleshooting, or integration of complex imaging systems.\n\nProgramming experience supporting scientific computing, data analysis, signal processing, image processing, or related technical applications.\n\nStrong analytical, problem-solving, written, and verbal communication skills.\n\nAbility to collaborate effectively across technical disciplines and global teams.\n\nAbility to travel domestically and internationally on an occasional basis (less than 10%).\n\nWho we are: We are a team of more than 72,000 highly dedicated Healthineers in more than 70 countries. As a leader in medical technology, we constantly push the boundaries to create better outcomes and experiences for patients, no matter where they live or what health issues they are facing. Our portfolio is crucial for clinical decision-making and treatment pathways.\nHow we work: When you join Siemens Healthineers, you become one in a global team of scientists, clinicians, developers, researchers, professionals, and skilled specialists, who believe in each individual’s potential to contribute with diverse ideas. We are from different backgrounds, cultures, religions, political and/or sexual orientations, and work together, to fight the world’s most threatening diseases and enable access to care, united by one purpose: to pioneer breakthroughs in healthcare. For everyone. Everywhere. Sustainably.\nTo find out more about Siemens Healthineers businesses, please visit our company page here.\nThe base pay range for this position is:\n$119,920 - $164,890Factors which may affect starting pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience, and other qualifications of the successful candidate.\nIf this is a commission eligible position the commission eligibility will be in accordance with the terms of the Company's plan. Commissions are based on individual performance and/or company performance.\nThe Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan. life insurance, long-term and short-term disability insurance, paid parking/public transportation, paid time off, paid sick and safe time.\nEqual Employment Opportunity Statement: Siemens Healthineers is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, creed, religion, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability unrelated to ability, marital status, family responsibilities, pregnancy, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, transgender, sex stereotyping, order of protection status, protected veteran or military status, or an unfavorable discharge from military service, and other categories protected by federal, state or local law.\nEEO is the Law: Applicants and employees are protected under Federal law from discrimination. To learn more, click here.\nReasonable Accommodations: Siemens Healthineers is committed to equal employment opportunity. As part of this commitment, we will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations.\nIf you require a reasonable accommodation in completing a job application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please fill out the accommodations form here. If you’re unable to complete the form, you can reach out to our HR People Connect People Contact Center for support at . Please note HR People Connect People Contact Center will not have visibility of your application or interview status.\nCalifornia Privacy Notice: California residents have the right to receive additional notices about their personal information. To learn more, click here.\nExport Control: “A successful candidate must be able to work with controlled technology in accordance with US export control law.” “It is Siemens Healthineers’ policy to comply fully and completely with all United States export control laws and regulations, including those implemented by the Department of Commerce through the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), by the Department of State through the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), and by the Treasury Department through the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctions regulations.”\nData Privacy: We care about your data privacy and take compliance with GDPR as well as other data protection legislation seriously. For this reason, we ask you not to send us your CV or resume by email. We ask instead that you create a profile in our talent community where you can upload your CV. Setting up a profile lets us know you are interested in career opportunities with us and makes it easy for us to send you an alert when relevant positions become open. Register here to get started.\nBeware of Job Scams: Please beware of potentially fraudulent job postings or suspicious recruiting activity by persons that are currently posing as Siemens Healthineers recruiters/employees. These scammers may attempt to collect your confidential personal or financial information. If you are concerned that an offer of employment with Siemens Healthineers might be a scam or that the recruiter is not legitimate, please verify by searching for the posting on the Siemens Healthineers career site.\nTo all recruitment agencies: Siemens Healthineers does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, employees, or any other company location. 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