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Software Engineer – C++ / Real-Time Embedded Systems (MRI)

Posted 2 Jun 2025
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5 to 15 years
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Full-time
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English (Fluent)

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Join our MRI R&D team as a Software Engineer and help build the next generation of magnetic resonance (MR) systems

You’ll work on developing real-time embedded software and diagnostics solutions using C++, in a global, multidisciplinary environment that combines software and hardware expertise.

Your role:

  • Design and develop real-time software and system diagnostics tools for advanced MRI systems.
  • Gather, define, and write software requirement and test specifications based on system-level inputs.
  • Implement efficient, maintainable, and testable code using C++ and object-oriented design patterns.
  • Improve software testability, reusability, and extendibility across the platform.
  • Collaborate in a multidisciplinary environment with physicists, hardware engineers, and service teams.
  • Work within a modern software development lifecycle (Agile, CI/CD, Git, JIRA).

You're the Right Fit if You Have:

  • A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Embedded Systems, Informatics, Electronics, or related fields.
  • 5+ years of experience in software development for real-time or embedded systems.
  • Strong proficiency in C++ (C++11/14 is a plus) and object-oriented programming.
  • Experience with real-time operating systems (e.g., VxWorks, RTLinux) and hardware-software integration.
  • Familiarity with signal processing, image processing, or diagnostics in medical or industrial applications.
  • Excellent communication skills, team spirit, and motivation to work in a cross-functional global team.

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.

About Philips

We 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 the lives of others.

  • Over 125 years ago, Frederik and Gerard Philips started a small light bulb company in Eindhoven. Little did they realize that it would become a global force of innovation, committed to improving billions of lives worldwide. But it did.
  • Today, Philips is a world leading health technology company with a vision to make life better for people worldwide through meaningful innovation. Making good on this promise depends on our passionate, inspirational, collaborative and diverse team.
  • We have over 80,000+ brilliant people around the world but are always looking for more. Like-minded, motivated, focused minds to join us in creating a healthier, more connected society while transforming themselves personally and professionally.

Working at Philips is more than a job. It's an experience filled with unexpected moments that will transform you in lasting and positive ways. Help us improve the world for the better while building a career that no one could have planned for. Even you.

Philips is a leading health technology company focused on improving people’s lives across the health continuum – from healthy living and prevention, to diagnosis, treatment and home care. Applying advanced technologies and deep clinical and consumer insights, Philips delivers integrated solutions that address the Quadruple Aim: improved patient experience, better health outcomes, improved staff experience, and lower cost of care.

Manufacturing
Amsterdam
Active in 100 countries
11,000 employees
60% men - 40% women
Average age is 39 years