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Job Description

Overview

Join Siemens Healthineers in pioneering breakthroughs in healthcare as a Field Service Engineer responsible for customer relationship management and technical service tasks in the Medical Linear Accelerator Systems business within the greater Chicago area.

Responsibilities

  • Assist in on-site service repair, preventative maintenance, and installations for Varian/SHS treatment and imaging equipment.
  • Prepare work orders, parts orders, part returns, mileage logs, expense forms, time sheets, and other administrative paperwork.
  • Collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions to define problems.
  • Interpret technical instructions and deal with abstract and concrete variables.

Requirements

  • Located in the Chicago area or open to moving.
  • BSEE/BSEET/BMET preferred, or two-year formal education combined with appropriate high tech related experience.
  • At least two years of experience demonstrating repair and troubleshooting skills with Electro-mechanical equipment.
  • Ability to understand and apply electronic, mechanical, and computer networking theory.
  • Must be able to perform physical, cognitive, and environmental job requirements with or without accommodation.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • This is a field-based remote position requiring onsite work at several local customer locations.
  • Candidates must be legally authorized for employment in the United States without requiring employer-sponsored work authorization.
  • Must hold a valid driver’s license and meet Fleet Safety Policy requirements.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Chicago, IL

Pay in context

At roughly $38/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $38/hr median for welding jobs in Chicago, IL, whose middle half runs $30–$50/hr across 79 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 49% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Chicago, IL

We're tracking 108 other active welding openings in Chicago, IL right now, from 61 different employers. 50 of them were added in the last week. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 368 other active welding openings from 211 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Chicago, or widen the search to Illinois.

The most active employers in Illinois at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Gerber Collision & Glass (18), Staff on Site (13), and Sargent & Lundy (11). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Illinois, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Downers Grove at $44/hr, Chicago at $38/hr, and Elk Grove Village at $34/hr. Chicago is among them.

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