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Biomedical Engineer
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 7 days ago
On-site Palo Alto, CA $84K – $194K Apply by Sep 16, 2026 Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering INTJINTP EngineeringHealthcare
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The Staff Biomedical Engineer assists with the Healthcare Technology Management program for the VA Palo Alto Health Care System. They are responsible for supporting a comprehensive medical equipment support program that must ensure the safety, reliability, and diagnostic/therapeutic efficacy of all devices employed in the direct and indirect delivery to patient care.
What You'll Do
- →Duties include, but are not limited to: Responsible for supporting a comprehensive medical equipment support program to ensure the safety, reliability, and diagnostic/therapeutic efficacy of all devices employed in the direct and indirect delivery of patient care.
- →Uses basic engineering principles to provide limited professional biomedical engineering services for the institution.
- →Applies this knowledge to Healthcare Technology Management (HTM) functions involving complex, multidisciplinary medical systems.
- →Supports the equipment maintenance program, particularly preventive maintenance and electrical safety, by learning optimal inspection frequencies based on professional judgment concerning reliability statistics; manufacturer recommendations; accrediting guidelines or regulatory requirements; and, at times, developing instructions and specifications for new equipment or technologies.
- →Assists medical and administrative staff with contracts and purchase transactions related to medical equipment.
- →Continually learns new technology, identifies trends, and presents information to other technical staff to support the HTM training program and keep staff current on changing technology within available resources.
- →Uses this information to solve biomedical engineering problems.
- →Maintains professional engineering knowledge of legislative and accrediting requirements at the medical center.
- →Requirements include federal agencies and standards-such as the FDA, NFPA, EPA, and OSHA-as well as state and local authorities having jurisdiction over protection, quality of life, and the environment, and accrediting bodies such as The Joint Commission (TJC) and the College of American Pathologists (CAP).
- →Follows all applicable policies and procedures.
- →Coordinates and manages VAPAHCS projects requiring HTM involvement, serving as a lead or interface as assigned.
- →Projects generally involve facility-based work and may include VISN- or National HTM-level initiatives.
- →Assignments may span several weeks and require interdepartmental coordination.
- →Supports the Medical Device Protection Program (MDPP), including devices within the Medical Device Isolation Architecture (MDIA) and related network-security issues.
Requirements
- ✓Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
- ✓All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓You may be required to serve a probationary period.
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓Requires BLS Certification.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1 or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
Benefits
- ★Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases When setting pay, a higher step rate of the appropriate grade may be determined after consideration of higher or unique qualifications or special needs of the VA (Above Minimum Rate of the Grade).
- ★Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time offer per year (13-26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior work experience or military service experience.
- ★Parental Leave: After 12 months of employment, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child.
- ★Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days of employment, full time employees with a total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for a childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66.
- ★Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
Personality Fit
Job ID: 40dc0efc-e0cf-499c-99e9-1e9a54127b1e
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