Senior Technologist

About Us:

Join Philips Innovation Engineering as a Senior Architect Manufacturing Processes, where your expertise in manufacturing, process knowledge, and hardware will play a critical role in our growth. You will be a key contributor to multidisciplinary project teams, collaborating with technical experts from Philips Innovation Engineering and our customers. You will lead and influence, ensuring high-quality manufacturing processes and actively driving innovation in our products and manufacturing methods.

Your Role:

• Translation of Requirements: Translate product and business requirements into manufacturing system models, encompassing manufacturing process requirements, high-level manufacturing process & equipment design, risk management, integration aspects, and manufacturing process verification via predefined test strategies.

• Technical Budgets Management: Define and manage technical budgets, resulting in a system decomposition and allocation of derived requirements down to manufacturing processes.

• Process Development: Develop and continuously improve manufacturing processes, making technological choices on processes, systems, and applications during different project stages. Communicate the consequences of technology on the architecture and integrate existing and/or purchased modules/components in a system.

• Industry 4.0 Integration: Leverage Industry 4.0 technologies to enhance manufacturing processes, incorporating IoT, automation, and data analytics to drive efficiency and innovation.

• End-to-End Experience: Manage the entire lifecycle from exploration, advanced development (AD), product lifecycle management (PDLM), to manufacturing launch and development (MLD).

• DFSS and DMAIC: Implement Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) and DMAIC methodologies to ensure robust and reliable manufacturing processes.

• Joining Technologies: Lead the development and optimization of joining technologies within the manufacturing processes to ensure precision and durability.

• Trade-offs and Reviews: Balance conflicting product design and manufacturing process specifications, determine feasibility of potential solutions, and lead technical & design reviews.

• Technical Leadership: Provide overall technical leadership and responsibility for the realization of full manufacturing process release and ramp-up to ensure quality and compliance.

• Compliance and Documentation: Ensure good manufacturing processes, safety, and reliability, adhering to regulatory compliance. Ensure proper documentation for the developed hardware and software.

• Application Know-How: Develop application know-how in the specific field of expertise. Serve as a reference on competence and technical area, typically bridging Innovation and Industrialization.

You Are the Right Fit if You Have:

• Educational Background: MSc or PhD degree or equivalent in Engineering.

• Experience: Minimum of 10 years of experience as a manufacturing process technologist/developer, with a strong focus on hardware, process development, and optimization.

• Industry 4.0 Expertise: Proven experience in leveraging Industry 4.0 technologies to enhance manufacturing processes.

• End-to-End Lifecycle Management: Demonstrated experience in managing the entire lifecycle from exploration, advanced development (AD), product lifecycle management (PDLM), to manufacturing launch and development (MLD).

• DFSS and DMAIC: Strong proficiency in implementing Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) and DMAIC methodologies.

• Joining Technologies: Expertise in the development and optimization of joining technologies.

• Problem-Solving Skills: Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to address fundamental issues based on unique knowledge in the professional field.

• Leadership and Execution: Capable of generating, leading, and executing technological improvement initiatives in collaboration with specialists.

• Innovation Contribution: Proven track record of substantial contributions to the innovation of manufacturing processes, effectively communicating new insights within the business.

• V-Model Experience: Experienced in working according to the V-model, defining requirements, supervising tests, and reporting results.

• Team Leadership: Experience as a team player, capable of leading a multidisciplinary team of engineers, and able to steer and supervise high-level and detailed design of manufacturing/test equipment and related processes (create schedules, and assign project parts to staff members).

• Domain Expertise: Expertise in at least one of the domains - medical equipment or manufacturing systems.

• Regulatory Knowledge: Experience with regulations for developing medical devices and equipment.

• Travel: Willingness to travel up to 25% and/or work at customer locations (internationally and in Europe).

In return, we offer you:

For this project, you’ll work for Philips and become a contract or permanent employee of a Randstad company. As a contractor at Philips you'll enjoy cutting-edge challenges and unexpected experiences that make you a more in-demand professional.

Why work on a project at Philips?

If you’re looking for meaningful work and a chance to tackle complex challenges, broaden your skills and expertise and become an even more sought after professional, you’ll find all that and more with project work at Philips.

The Randstad companies are responsible for finding talent to provide services at Philips. If you are selected to provide services for Philips, you will be employed by Randstad and will not be an employee of Philips.

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