What are the responsibilities and job description for the Nuclear Engineering Co-Op position at Siemens Healthineers and Careers?
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At Siemens Healthineers, We offer you a flexible and dynamic environment with opportunities to go beyond your comfort zone in order to grow personally and professionally. Sound interesting? Then come and join our global team as Hardware System Nuclear Engineering Co-Op to develop products that continue to earn their place as the highest quality innovative products in the industry.
We are looking for a Nuclear Imaging Hardware Engineering student to join our Hardware Engineering department. As a Co-op, you will be joining a group of dedicated electrical, embedded system and mechanical engineers developing cutting edge SPECT and PET systems.
As a Nuclear Imaging Hardware Engineering Co-op in the Collimation and Scintillation Realize group in Hardware Engineering, you will focus on planar image quality of both the detector and collimator systems. This work will include but not limited to event detection and positioning, uniformity and energy corrections as well as ensuring collimator quality.
Siemens is the world leader in both SPECT and PET Imaging. Our systems are both standalone and hybrid with Computed Tomography (CT). This full-time role will focus on SPECT and SPECT collimation.
This role is limited to onsite only work in our Hoffman Estates, IL location.
This is a role well suited to an ambitious professional, looking for the next step in their Nuclear Engineering career. As an intern or coop, you will be responsible for some combination of:
Using radiation sources to collect data from detector systems for the purpose of testing detector, collimator, or shielding technologies
Developing code to process and analyze that data to answer specific technical questions
Developing mechanical or electrical test fixtures and/or sub-assemblies to enable the testing of detector or collimator technologies
Developing algorithms or analysis methods to aid in the technical investigation of detector or collimator technologies
Presenting your development activities, in-process work items, results and discussion in a professional manner to engineering staff and management
This position may suit you best if you are familiar with what is below, and would like to develop your career with Healthineers
Radiation detection methods and instrumentation
Electro-mechanical system engineering
Radiation Transport theory
Radiation shielding methods
Medical imaging
Medical physics
Detector corrections and calibrations including uniformity, linearity and energy correction
Required skills to have for the success of this role
Data Analysis
Programming capability for data analysis (Ex; C , Matlab, Python)
Required
Active enrollment in an Engineering, Physics, or Medical Physics program at the undergraduate or graduate level
At Siemens Healthineers, we value those who dedicate their energy and passion to a greater cause. Our people make us unique as an employer in the med-tech industry. What unites and motivates our global team is the inspiration of our common purpose: To innovate for healthcare, building on our remarkable legacy of pioneering ideas that translate into even better healthcare products and services. We recognize that taking ownership of our work allows both us and the company to grow. We offer you a flexible and dynamic environment and the space to move beyond your comfort zone to grow both personally and professionally.
The pay range for this position is $24-$40 hourly; however, base pay offered may vary depending on education, skills, and experience. Siemens Healthineers offers interns paid time off. This is a functional posting – apply here for consideration for ALL our Intern opportunities for this functional area across the company. We will follow up directly to discuss specific intern roles/projects if there is a fit your skills and qualifications.
Application/Response timing:
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, starting in early Fall through approximately March, on an as-needed basis. Please note you may or may not hear back about opportunities immediately and will remain in consideration against opportunities as they arise unless otherwise contacted or you choose to withdraw your candidacy.
This position is open to candidates who are permanently authorized to work in the United States. We are unable to support visa sponsorship for this role now or in the future, including for those currently utilizing F-1/OPT, H-1B, or other employment-based work visas.
Who 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.
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Salary : $24 - $40