Senior Systems Engineer

In this Senior Systems Engineer role, you will lead the definition, architecture, and validation of complex medical systems, with a strong emphasis on usability-driven design. You will be accountable for ensuring that systems are safe, effective, and aligned with user needs, clinical workflows, and regulatory requirements. As a senior technical authority, you will drive cross-program alignment, govern critical design decisions, and embed usability engineering as a core discipline across the product lifecycle to improve patient outcomes, user experience, and product quality.

Your role will include:

• Lead the definition and deployment of systems engineering strategies across projects and programs, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives, industry standards, and best practices
• Act as a technical authority for system architecture and design, guiding critical decisions and trade-offs across usability, safety, performance, cost, and scalability
• Own the translation of user, clinical, business, and regulatory needs into system requirements and design specifications, ensuring end-to-end traceability across the product lifecycle
• Drive the integration of usability engineering and human factors principles into system architecture, requirements, and design decisions, including user research and workflow analysis
• Define and drive system verification, validation, and clinical evaluation strategies, ensuring robust evidence for system performance, safety, and usability
• Ensure compliance with regulatory standards and lead the integration of usability within risk management processes, including identification and mitigation of use-related hazards
• Collaborate across multidisciplinary stakeholders and drive continuous improvement, advancing systems and usability engineering methodologies, tools, and organizational capabilities

You're the right fit if:

• Master’s or PhD in Systems Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Human Factors Engineering, or related field
• 10+ years of experience in systems engineering within regulated industries (preferably medical devices) and preferably 5+ years of experience in usability engineering
• Deep expertise in systems engineering methodologies
• Deep expertise in usability / human factors engineering
• Deep expertise in risk management and regulatory compliance
• Proven track record of leading complex system development across full lifecycle
• Strong experience with regulatory standards (IEC 62366, ISO 14971, FDA/MDR)
• Demonstrated ability to influence across functions and lead without direct authority
• Fluency in English

How we work together

For office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week.

About Philips

Philips is a health technology company.