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Job Description Summary
Systems (quality) Engineers deliver high quality (subsystems of) products, by meeting user and business requirements, managing complexity, technical leadership, and stakeholder management.

Your challenge
•   Do you want to be part of an experienced team, with over 130 professionals located in the Netherlands, USA and India, supporting Philips businesses with End-to-end (E2E) product Quality and Reliability knowledge, developing Quality and Reliability engineering best practices?
•   As Systems Quality Engineer, you are responsible for the realization and management of product quality and reliability targets in product creation projects. These projects can cover every phase of the product life cycle, e.g. advanced development, product development, launch and/or sustaining.
•   You will be mainly involved in designing, proving and improving quality, reliability and regulatory aspects of healthcare products and associated production processes.
•   In this role, you will define and manage the quality and reliability strategy and take responsibility for execution and delivery of results.
Your responsibilities
As Senior Systems Quality Engineer you will
•   Apply and Facilitate Design for Quality, Reliability, and Testing (DfX) best practices in development projects.
•   Work with project leaders, system architects and lead engineers to identify and manage Quality and Reliability requirements
•   Manage & execute risk identification activities, e.g. set up the risk management plan, facilitate e.g. user, design or process FMEA, fault tree analysis, …
•   Set up and manage design, parameter and/or process optimization, verification and validation test activities.
•   Use established Business Excellence methodologies such as DfSS, DMAIC, Statistical Engineering (Shainin tools), RAM, PDCA, Kaizen events…
•   Deploy best practices for quality, reliability and requirements engineering globally in Philips to R&D project teams or organizations via training & coaching to enhance maturity
•   Identify improvement opportunities in Philips businesses and develop actionable proposals and plans
•   Manage your activities and services according to good project management practices
Your team
The Systems Quality Engineering team is part of the Quality and Reliability Engineering department of Philips Innovation Engineering, and it is a dynamic group of more than 16 experts in the field of Systems Quality & Reliability Engineering.

We are looking for
•   PhD or Masters (MSc) degree in Physics, Electrical, Mechanical or Industrial Engineering.
•   Minimum 2 years of experience in a business R&D environment.
•   Experience of working in a regulated environment or a medical device company has a strong preference
•   A proven track record in the application of quality and reliability best practices (DfSS, DfR)
•   Experience in manufacturing quality control and improvement programs is highly preferred.
•   Willingness to learn in-depth knowledge in implementing and applying concepts in the fields of design in quality and reliability, testing and problem solving techniques and quality tools in projects
•   You combine analytical and conceptual thinking, physical insight, flexibility and a hands-on mentality to deliver sustainable results and creative solutions.
•   Excellent reporting and documentation skills
•   Experience with working with quality and reliability tools and templates, e.g. Minitab, JMP, Reliasoft, FMEA, FTA, HAZOP, …
•   Excellent consultancy skills and the ability to connect with business stakeholders at different levels

Furthermore, to be successful in this role you are:
•   Motivated, self-driven with a determination to succeed and the ability to adapt and manage change.
•   Analytical, you are open to new ideas and believe in continuous learning to develop new competencies.
•   A critical, but constructive reviewer
•   Customer focused, have excellent communication skills and you are a team player.
•   Fluent in English
•   Willingness to travel



Minimum required Education: Bachelor's / Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science Engineering or equivalent.
Minimum required Experience: Minimum 5 years of experience with Bachelor's OR Minimum 3 years of experience with Master's in areas such as System Architecture, System Design, Hardware Engineering or equivalent.
Minimum required Certification: N/A