Senior Systems Engineer; Kensington, PA

Senior Systems Engineer (New Kensington, PA)

Shape next-generation sleep therapy and ventilation devices by defining system requirements, ensuring hardware and software work together seamlessly, and making the engineering trade‑offs that deliver safe, compliant, and scalable products.

Onsite office role – required to be in the New Kensington, PA facility at least three days a week.

• Align and reconcile stakeholder inputs across complex programs to define strategic scope, success criteria, and system‑of‑systems objectives.
• Ensure requirements, data models, and lifecycle strategies are traceable and tied to measurable business outcomes.
• Lead system architecture, integration strategy, and interface management across multiple projects to ensure interoperability and reduce integration risk.
• Resolve cross‑project conflicts through standardized interfaces, phased integration planning, and coordinated testing governance.
• Drive platform strategy, modularization, and system‑level trade‑offs using modeling, simulation, and data analytics.
• Balance reuse, cost, schedule, and differentiation while scaling validated methodologies and reusable platform roadmaps.
• Establish robust quality, regulatory, and risk frameworks, including supplier performance, hazard analysis, cybersecurity, and configuration governance.
• Ensure compliance by interpreting regulations, supporting submissions, and prioritizing mitigation and release strategies across programs.
• Champion multidisciplinary collaboration, usability, reliability, and lifecycle value, integrating sustainability and circular economy principles into design and product management.
• Leverage AI and data technologies in system design while coaching systems engineers and strengthening engineering best practices.

• 5+ years of experience with a bachelor’s degree, or 3+ years with a master’s degree, in a regulated medical device environment, with a focus on systems engineering, system architecture, or system integration.
• Preferred certifications: INCOSE Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP) or Six Sigma Green Belt.
• Experience in new product development translating business and user needs into clear product requirements, supporting architecture decisions, and maintaining traceability across design, verification, validation, and risk management.
• Ability to resolve complex electromechanical integration issues and lead cross‑functional technical discussions.
• Strong collaboration, communication, and system‑level thinking skills; ability to balance patient safety, product performance, compliance, schedule, and business needs in a fast‑paced engineering environment.

Minimum physical, cognitive, and environmental requirements may be assessed on application. Candidates must satisfy standard employment screening and US work authorization.

Philips is an Equal Employment and Opportunity Employer including Disability and Vets.

US work authorization is a precondition of employment. The company will not consider candidates requiring visa sponsorship. Relocation benefits will not be provided.