Job Ref: # 2167030
Date Posted: 10/8/2026
Location: Seattle, WA
Salary (USD): $28 - $32
Description
The Field Service Engineer I is responsible for installing, maintaining, troubleshooting, repairing, calibrating, and testing specialized medical equipment at hospitals, laboratories, and healthcare facilities throughout an assigned territory. Responsibilities include preventive maintenance, equipment upgrades, recalls, field modifications, software and firmware updates, warranty repairs, and performance verification to manufacturer specifications.
This field-based position requires working independently at customer locations, diagnosing and resolving technical issues, documenting service activities, and providing professional technical support to healthcare personnel. The role supports Maternal Infant Care equipment, including fetal monitors and Giraffe OmniBeds. Paid technical training and ongoing professional development are provided.
Must-Have Skills, Experience, and Education:
- High school diploma or equivalent
- 2–4 years of field service, industrial maintenance, electronics, mechanical repair, biomedical equipment, military technical, or similar technical experience; OR an associate degree or technical certification with at least 1 year of hands-on technical experience, including qualifying internships or apprenticeships
- Strong mechanical and electrical troubleshooting aptitude
- Hands-on technical maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair skills
- Ability to install, troubleshoot, repair, and maintain specialized technical equipment
- Ability to perform preventive maintenance and corrective repairs
- Ability to perform equipment calibration, testing, and performance verification to manufacturer specifications
- Ability to complete equipment modifications, upgrades, recalls, and warranty repairs
- Ability to safely use diagnostic equipment, hand tools, and manufacturer service procedures
- Ability to read and interpret technical manuals, service documentation, and equipment procedures
- Ability to accurately document service work, repairs, parts usage, and customer interactions
- Strong customer-service and communication skills
- Strong organizational and time-management skills
- Ability to manage assigned service calls and work independently with minimal supervision
- Ability to coordinate effectively with dispatch and technical support teams
- Ability to follow established quality, safety, and documentation standards
- Ability to work professionally in hospitals, laboratories, and healthcare facilities
- Valid driver's license
- Ability to operate personal or rental vehicles
- Proof of automobile liability insurance
- Ability and willingness to travel up to 100% throughout the assigned territory
- Ability to travel primarily Monday–Friday with occasional weekend travel
- Ability to stand, walk, bend, and perform physical field-service work
- Ability to lift up to 50 pounds
- Ability to move equipment weighing up to 125 pounds with appropriate assistance or equipment
Nice-to-Have Skills:
- Associate degree, military technical training, or trade school certification
- Biomedical equipment experience
- Medical device experience
- Healthcare technology experience
- Healthcare field service experience
- Medical equipment installation, maintenance, and repair experience
- Maternal and infant care equipment experience
- Fetal monitor experience
- Giraffe OmniBed experience
- Electrical troubleshooting experience
- Electronic troubleshooting experience
- Mechanical and electromechanical troubleshooting experience
- Preventive maintenance experience
- Equipment calibration and performance verification experience
- Software and firmware update experience
- Field Modification Instruction (FMI) experience
- ServiceMax experience
- Service management software or CMMS experience
- Customer-facing field service or technical support experience
- Military technical experience in electronics, biomedical equipment, avionics, communications, nuclear power, maintenance, or a related technical specialty
- Strong problem-solving and diagnostic skills
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