GE HealthCare

Documentation engineer - Hardware change coordinator

GE HealthCare  •  Horten, NO (Onsite)  •  7 days ago
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Job Description

Documentation Engineer responsible for hardware product documentation and change control support in a regulated medical device environment. The role includes PSP, verification plans, change checklists, manufacturing release documentation, ECR/ECO coordination, and cross-functional process follow-up, with a focus on traceability, compliance, and continuous improvement.

At GE HealthCare, we advance precision care through innovative medical technologies and intelligent devices. We are looking for a Documentation Engineer – Hardware change coordinator to strengthen our documentation and hardware change processes within a regulated medical device environment.

In this role, you will ensure that product and change documentation is accurate, complete, traceable, and released on time. You will act as a key interface between engineering, manufacturing, and quality, helping drive documentation and hardware changes from request to release. This role combines structured execution with proactive process coordination and continuous improvement, including the use of modern digital tools and AI-enabled ways of working where appropriate.

Key Responsibilities

  • Own and maintain hardware product documentation to ensure accuracy, completeness, and traceability

  • Prepare, update, and manage key technical documents such as PSP (Product Specification), verification plans, change checklists, and manufacturing release documentation

  • Coordinate hardware change activities across the full ECR (Engineering Change Request) /ECO (Engineering Change Order) lifecycle

  • Track and follow up Engineering Change Requests and Engineering Change Orders to closure

  • Support manufacturing release of hardware parts, including documentation readiness and required records

  • Prepare and maintain change documentation, forms, and supporting records in relevant systems

  • Ensure timely communication of approved changes to manufacturing and other stakeholders

  • Monitor approvals, signatures, and release status across systems and functions

  • Support engineers with documentation, process compliance, and coordination tasks

  • Contribute to SCR (Supplier Change Request) or equivalent support/change request processes where relevant

  • Ensure change records and product documentation meet internal quality standards and regulatory expectations

  • Identify opportunities to improve documentation flow, efficiency, and process robustness across teams

  • Leverage modern tools, including digital and AI-enabled solutions where appropriate, to improve documentation quality and speed

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering, technical documentation, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience

  • Experience in documentation, coordination, or process support roles in a technical environment

  • Understanding of engineering change processes such as ECR/ECO

  • Strong organizational skills with high attention to detail, quality, and traceability

  • Ability to coordinate across functions and follow up effectively to closure

  • Clear written and verbal communication skills in English

  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office and standard documentation tools

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience in hardware development, manufacturing, or medical device environments

  • Familiarity with hardware release and change control processes

  • Experience preparing technical product documentation and release records

  • Experience with PLM, ERP, or document management systems

  • Knowledge of SCR or similar request/change workflows

  • Experience working in regulated environments with defined quality processes

  • Ability to manage multiple parallel activities in a structured and efficient way

  • Proactive, reliable, and improvement-oriented mindset

  • Interest in applying modern tools, automation, or AI to streamline documentation processes

Working at GE HealthCare

You will join a team working at the forefront of medical technology, supporting products where quality, compliance, and patient impact are critical.

This role operates in a global, cross-functional, and multicultural environment, collaborating closely with engineering, manufacturing, and quality teams. We value structured execution, clear communication, continuous improvement, and strong teamwork.

GE HealthCare is a leading global medical technology and digital solutions innovator. Our mission is to improve lives in the moments that matter. 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.

GE HealthCare is an Equal Opportunity Employer where inclusion matters. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law.

We expect all employees to live and breathe our behaviors: 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.

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Relocation Assistance Provided: No

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About GE HealthCare

Every day millions of people feel the impact of our intelligent devices, advanced analytics and artificial intelligence. As a leading global medical technology and digital solutions innovator, GE HealthCare enables clinicians to make faster, more informed decisions through intelligent devices, data analytics, applications and services, supported by its Edison intelligence platform.

With over 100 years of healthcare industry experience and around 50,000 employees globally, the company operates at the center of an ecosystem working toward precision health, digitizing healthcare, helping drive productivity and improve outcomes for patients, providers, health systems and researchers around the world.

We embrace a culture of respect, transparency, integrity and diversity and we work to create a world where healthcare has no limits.

Industry
Healthcare & Social Services
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
Chicago
Year Founded
1892
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