Electrical Designer

Job TitleElectrical DesignerJob DescriptionElectrical DesignerYour Role:

• Responsible for providing post-launch support of printed circuit board assemblies (PCBA) and electrical components. The successful candidate will also assume a leadership role in the planning of complex technical projects, as well as providing guidance and mentoring to junior-level engineers and technicians.
• Focus on Value Analysis and Value Engineering (VAVE), sustaining engineering, and supplier transfer projects for Philips Healthcare products.
• Responsible for Electrical engineering support for lifecycle/sustaining projects involving electromechanical systems in both production and after-market phases. Activities include but are not limited to Root Cause Analysis, proposal, and development of creative design solutions, as well as the support of verification and validation (V&V) activities required for their implementation.
• Responsibilities will also include the reverse engineering and detailed design of legacy PCBA and electrical components and subsystems.
• Support the production of existing systems by investigating the root cause of issues found in manufacturing and early-life field failures experienced by customers/end users.
• Conceive, develop, and implement creative design solutions to improve manufacturability and prevent the recurrence of defects.
• Create and modify PCBA design packages and electrical component specifications, including but not limited to electrical circuit schematics, PCBA manufacturing specification packages, and wire harness/cable assembly specifications for products currently in the production phase.
• Review and approve PCBA design packages for release to contract manufacturers.
• Reverse engineer and create PCBA design specification packages for legacy products in the post-production phase.
• Complete engineering modeling and analysis of electrical systems.
• Employ empirical test methods to verify design performance and then document the results.
• Collaborate across technical disciplines to achieve project and program deliverables. These include, but are not limited to:
  • Electrical, Software, Systems, Experience Design, Design Transfer, Quality, Regulatory personnel.
  • Contract design firms, contract manufacturing firms.
• Drive/execute continuous improvement projects related to design implementation, manufacturing, product quality, and field reliability.
• Drive/execute strategic projects aligned with business goals that meet internal stakeholder objectives as well as electrical engineering design requirements.
• Contributes to technology roadmaps and other strategic-related activities.
• Provides technical leadership to ensure overall product development success.

You're the right fit if

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Electronics/Mechanical Engineering or related field. Master’s degree is preferred.
• Total 8+ years’ experience with a Minimum of 3 years of experience in medical devices or other similar industries.
• Demonstrated knowledge of global quality and regulatory environment for medical devices including FDA CFR 21 part 820.30 and IEC 60601-1-1 (CE mark), ISO 13485, and risk management requirements and development dependencies.
• Demonstrated proficiency in analog schematics and PCBA layout design.
• Demonstrated proficiency with state-of-the-art electrical CAD software packages; Siemens EDA (formerly Mentor Graphics) is preferred.
• Expertise in digital circuit design is a plus.
• Proficiency in the use of laboratory equipment for testing and debugging. PCBA’s (oscilloscope, function generator, data acquisition tools, digital multimeter, I2C/SPI analyzer, CAN analyzer).
• Experience with design and debugging for compliance with industry EMI/EMC and ESD standards.
• Experience with the design and debugging of ADC, DAC, and signal conditioning circuitry.
• Demonstrated proficiency in PCBA design for quality & reliability methodologies, including derating analysis, DFMEA, Monte Carlo analysis, and HALT/HASS is required.
• Understanding and application of Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and Design for Assembly (DFA) principles as they relate to PCBA design.
• Detailed knowledge of PCBA defect investigation methods and tools.
• Knowledge and application of statistical methods for testing and data analysis.
• Experience with international medical Quality and Regulatory standards (e.g. IEC, FDA, UL, CE, etc.) is preferred.
• Proven ability to communicate in both verbal and written formats with technical and non-technical customers, stakeholders, and various levels of management.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint is required; Microsoft Project experience is a plus.
• Experience in designing and assessing compliance to national/international standards.
• Experience with designing fault-tolerant systems.
• Proven ability to communicate in both verbal and written form to technical and non-technical customers, stakeholders, and various levels of management.
• Possess strategic agility/vision:  Sees ahead clearly; can anticipate future concerns.
• Develops and maintains effective relationships and is capable of quickly earning trust and respect.

How we work at Philips
Our newly adopted hybrid work concept fuses flexibility with collaboration to deliver great outcomes for our people and our customers. We are embracing an approach wherein we spend more time together than apart – which for full-time employees translates to an average of at least 3 days working from the office and up to 2 days from home – for our hybrid roles.
Hybrid work flexibility means people can meet the changing demands of work and home in the most balanced, productive, and healthy way.Why should you join Philips?
Working at Philips is more than a job. It’s a calling to create a healthier society through meaningful work, focused on innovative, customer-first health technology solutions. Help us improve the health and well-being of billions of people, every year. Ultimately creating a career that no one could have planned for. Even you.