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Drive alignment on electrical requirements, schematics, PCB layout, architecture, acceptance criteria, timelines, cost, and quality.\nLead supplier selection, technical evaluations, design reviews, and issue resolution in partnership with sourcing, procurement, and cross-functional engineering teams. Review and approve schematics, PCB layouts, and design documentation to ensure alignment with Philips standards and system architecture.\nDrive design for manufacturability (DFM), design for testability (DFT), design for cost (DFC), and component selection strategies while considering availability, lifecycle, obsolescence, and overall product cost. Manage supplier change requests and mitigate component and PCBA lifecycle risks.\nOversee PCBA verification and validation, including functional, signal integrity, power integrity, electrical safety, and EMC testing, ensuring compliance with applicable medical device standards such as IEC 60601-1 and IEC 60601-1-2. Partner with quality and regulatory teams to ensure suppliers meet required quality systems, documentation, and regulatory expectations.\nLead root cause analysis and resolution of electrical and PCBA-related issues throughout development and sustaining phases, including manufacturing defects and field returns. Collaborate with systems, mechanical, software, quality, regulatory, and procurement teams to ensure successful integrated product development.\nYou're the right fit if:\nA Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field, with 10+ years of electrical engineering experience and a strong focus on PCBA design and development. Demonstrated expertise in schematic design, PCB layout, board-level architecture, and electronics manufacturing.\nProven experience working directly with suppliers, EMS partners, and contract manufacturers, including leading technical discussions, supplier evaluations, design reviews, and development activities. Strong ability to manage external partners while balancing technical, cost, quality, and business priorities.\nStrong knowledge of DFM, DFT, DFC, signal integrity, power integrity, EMC, and electrical testing, validation, and verification. Experience with component lifecycle management, obsolescence mitigation, and root cause analysis is highly valued.\nExperience developing medical devices or other regulated products, with a strong understanding of standards such as IEC 60601-1, IEC 60601-1-2, and ISO 13485. Familiarity with EDA tools such as Altium, Cadence, or Mentor Graphics and PLM systems such as Windchill is preferred.\nExcellent communication, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence suppliers and cross-functional teams. A proactive, ownership-driven mindset and the ability to lead complex technical issues from development through sustaining are essential.\nYou must be able to successfully perform the following minimum Physical, Cognitive and Environmental job requirements with or without accommodation for this position. \nHow we work together\nWe 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.\nThis is an office role\nAbout Philips\nWe are a health technology company. We built our entire company around the belief that every human matters, and we won't stop until everybody everywhere has access to the quality healthcare that we all deserve. Do the work of your life to help improve the lives of others.\nLearn more about our business. \nDiscover our rich and exciting history.\nLearn more about our purpose.\nLearn more about our culture.\nPhilips Transparency Details\nThe pay range for this position in CA is $141,960 to $227,136.00.\nThe actual base pay offered may vary within the posted ranges depending on multiple factors including job-related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, geographical location, and internal equity.\nIn addition, other compensation, such as an annual incentive bonus, sales commission or long-term incentives may be offered. Employees are eligible to participate in our comprehensive Philips Total Rewards benefits program, which includes a generous PTO, 401k (up to 7% match), HSA (with company contribution), stock purchase plan, education reimbursement and much more. Details about our benefits can be found here.\nAt Philips, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top end of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each case.\nAdditional Information\nUS work authorization is a precondition of employment. The company will not consider candidates who require sponsorship for a work-authorized visa, now or in the future.\nCompany relocation benefits will not be provided for this position. For this position, you must reside in or within commuting distance to San Diego, California.\nThis requisition is expected to stay active for 45 days but may close earlier if a successful candidate is selected or business necessity dictates. 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