Position Summary:
The Coil Repair Technician will be establishing and maintaining an MRI RF coil repair department within the company that supports the needs of the service department, on-demand requests from sales, and repairs from outside customers. Including evaluating, troubleshooting, and repairing the coils both electrically and mechanically.
Essential Duties:
- Maintenance and repair of MRI coils
- Maintenance and repair of RF electronic subassemblies (body hybrids, T/R switch, multicoil assemblies, etc.)
- Performing testing and comprehensive component level troubleshooting.
- Development of new stand-alone bench level test procedures for MRI coils
- Providing technical assistance to sales or engineers in troubleshooting faults with coils when required
- Design and build of test interfaces to test functionality of coils
- Completion of quality documentation and detailed service records
- Working with external repair vendors to establish repair relationships that increase coil lab efficiency and control costs
- Sourcing replacement components, tools, and devices used in the coil repair process
- Coordinating the test equipment calibration program
- Housekeeping of the coil inventory and work areas
- Support Quality initiatives as it pertains to the organization and the role
Education/Experience:
Required:
- High School Diploma or equivalent
Preferred:
- Associates of Science degree in Electronics (or related technical field or military field experience)
- Knowledge of MRI RF coil repair, with three years of troubleshooting repair of RF electronics
- Medical Imaging background
Competencies:
- Competence in electrical troubleshooting
- Knowledge of analog and digital electronics
- Ability to learn maintenance and repair procedures from manuals
- Ability to identify repair priorities
- Good manual dexterity and basic mechanical aptitude
- Quality through hole and surface mount soldering
- Ability to source electrical and mechanical components
- Experience in the use of bench test equipment: multimeters, power supplies, network analyzers, LC meters
- Ability to read, interpret, and apply a wide variety of technical data including schematics, wiring diagrams, drawings, and technical specifications
- Excellent attention to detail
- Highly organized
- Self-motivated
- Able to work both as a team and independently
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, sit, reach with hands and arms, and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance, stoop, kneel, and crouch. The employee regularly lifts and/or move up to 50 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Noise in the environment is usually moderate. Exposure to CT/MRI Systems, radiation from the CT may be daily. The job may require travel by car or air within the United States.
