Job Title

System Engineer

Job Description

Systems Engineer: Candidate will be a part of the Engineering group that is responsible for implementing technical strategies, evaluating, and developing products, and providing a superior level of technical support that benefits the organization. The Systems Engineer: collaborates closely with Engineers, Architects, and Test in the Ventilation business within Sleep and Respiratory Care to develop and commercialize Class 2 medical devices.  

  

You will be involved in all system engineering aspects of the Philips V-model, starting with conceptualization, writing requirements, functional and technical design, check & optimize, verification, integration and finally the validation. In your role, you will support system architects and engineers to integrally manage all system engineering aspects in a model-based way supported by the appropriate tools. You will maintain and develop knowledge and expertise resulting in state-of-the-art approaches to serving our customers.  

Responsibilities:  

• Incorporates essential operating mechanisms of systems engineering of medical device design and engineering principles and adheres to medical device regulations. 

• Defines system requirements, architecture, and interfaces to meet product requirements, risk analysis and industry standards; conducts system design analysis to select key components and defines control methods; and coordinates build and design integration 
• Works together to support product verification and validation planning, resolution of technical integration issues, safety agency interface, system testing and coordination and interfaces with Philips design center. 
• Conducts design reviews as part of the product development process to ensure customer requirements are met and the designs are manufacture-able, serviceable, and reliable. In addition, it does the same for subsystem requirements and product integration.  

Behaviors: The successful candidate will demonstrate the following: 

• Leadership: The ability to make things happen by encouraging and channeling the contributions of others; recognizing and addressing critical issues in a timely manner and acting as an agent for change and continual improvement when required to achieve results.  
• Accountability/Ownership: Work closely with team members and take ownership – be a mentor to junior engineers   
• Influence: The demonstrated ability to gain acceptance and commitment from others to one’s own beliefs and ideas. 
• Negotiating: The ability to construct and maintain a strong bargaining position to ensure positive response and agreement: striving for win-win situations. 
• Adaptability: Must possess the ability to understand new concepts quickly and apply them accurately throughout an evolving environment and organize work assignments to meet established timetables. 

• Data-driven decision-making: ability to move teams through vague and complex situations. Present complex ideas in a simple manner to resolve issues. 
• Relentless focus on Quality and Transparency as an organizational value. 

You are a part of the R&D Systems Engineering organization of the Philips SRC business. As we consider System Engineer: Lead role as discipline embedded seamlessly into our overall systems engineering workflow, you will work closely with other roles like systems engineers and subject matter experts from the different domains along the development process.

The Systems Engineering team drives the systems elements of R&D development projects including systems requirement definition and management, architectural definition, control/software/interface product specification and simulation, build integration, system testing and qualification to meet product level requirements. 

To succeed in this role, you should have the following skills and experience: 

• Graduate in relevant field including Electrical, Mechanical Engineering, or other related science.  
• A minimum of 6 years of experience successfully developing complex medical device (hardware, software, consumables) products for acute care/hospital markets is necessary. 

• A minimum of 3 years of hands-on experience (technical) in ventilation is necessary. 
• Hands on experiences in using Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) Tools of Cameo and such similar tools
• Experience with conducting cross-discipline feasibility and trade off studies to evaluate electronic, mechanical, and pneumatic performance from subsystem to system level for issue resolutions  
• Analytical and architectural thinking, system view, physical insight, flexibility, and a hands-on mentality to deliver sustainable results and creative solutions.  
• Strong understanding of Controls and Software development process including Model-based Design approach and Test-Driven design methodologies 
• Solid understanding of System Verification and Validation test plan/protocols, executing V&V (Verification and Validation) (Verification and Validation) activities, generating, and analyzing test reports 

• Understanding of global medical device regulatory environments and clearance processes. 
• Effective communication, computer, documentation, presentation, and interpersonal skills are required, as well as the ability to work both independently and as part of a team. 
• Maintains strict confidentiality of sensitive information. 

How we work together
We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week.
Onsite roles require full-time presence in the company’s facilities.
Field roles are most effectively done outside of the company’s main facilities, generally at the customers’ or suppliers’ locations.

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