PCBA Component Engineer

Overview
Are you passionate about applying electronic components in real products—not just selecting them, but understanding how they perform across design, manufacturing, and lifecycle? As a PCBA Component Engineer, you strengthen Philips’ global component engineering capability by enabling engineering teams to make robust, compliant, and future‑proof component choices. You combine strong component application knowledge with a data‑driven way of working, leveraging automation and AI tools to improve quality, efficiency, and scalability.

You are part of a dedicated PCBA competence team within Electronic Design Services (EDS), working closely with Philips businesses worldwide.

Team Structure

Within EDS (your core team):

PCBA Component Engineers

PCBA Technology Experts

PCBA Layout Design Engineers

With Philips businesses (your customers):

Electronic Design Engineers

LCM Engineers

Procurement

Responsibilities

Support engineering teams in selection and application of electronic components

Translate functional and system requirements into robust component choices

Advise on alternatives, substitutes, second sources, and design trade‑offs

Provide insight into specifications, reliability, and application constraints

Support NPI and Lifecycle Management (LCM) projects – Perform BOM analysis (EOL, availability, compliance risks)

Ensure compliance with RoHS, REACH and export control regulations

Apply knowledge of export control and international sanctions frameworks (e.g. EAR, ITAR, EU Dual‑Use, OFAC) to support compliant component selection

Develop and apply multi‑sourcing strategies to ensure product readiness, supply resilience, and global market access

Contribute to root cause analysis for component‑related issues

Ensure high‑quality, structured component data in PLM systems (e.g. Windchill)

Work extensively with Excel for analysis, validation, and data structuring

Process and transform data across tools and formats

Automate repetitive engineering tasks using Python or similar scripting

Drive improvements in data consistency, reuse, and scalability

Actively use AI tools such as Copilot, ChatGPT, Kairos, Claude in daily work

Apply AI to accelerate data analysis and workflows, support decisions, and automate reporting

Qualifications

BSc in Electrical Engineering (or equivalent)

Hands‑on use of AI tools (required)

Strong knowledge of electronic components and their application

Knowledge of derating in electronic design

Experience with BOM management and lifecycle processes

Strong Excel skills

Practical experience with Python or scripting

Experience with PLM systems (e.g. Windchill)

Knowledge of PCBA design and manufacturing processes

Knowledge of RoHS, REACH and export control

Knowledge of export control and international sanctions regulations (e.g. EAR, ITAR, EU Dual‑Use, OFAC), with the ability to translate regulatory constraints into component selection decisions and multi‑sourcing strategies

Experience with multi‑sourcing strategies

Fluent in English

Analytical, data‑driven, and engineering mindset

Pro‑active, structured, and pragmatic

Strong collaborator across organizational boundaries

Clear communicator

Continuous improvement attitude

What We Offer
A role at the intersection of component engineering, data, and AI – opportunity to shape modern, data‑driven component engineering, a dynamic, international project environment, direct impact on product quality, compliance, and supply resilience, development opportunities. You will be contracted by Randstad and work on assignment with Philips.

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