Chief Engineer, Digital Pathology & AI Platforms

Concorde network B.V; Netherlands; Remote; EUR 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Philips leads the Digital Pathology R&D organization to transform engineering across software, hardware, cloud, and AI-enabled workflows, delivering safe, scalable products for patients and clinicians.

You’ll drive a high-performing, compliant culture with KPI governance, partner with cross-functional teams, and guide the transition to secure, cloud-native platforms while maintaining safety and quality in a regulated environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in engineering leadership in regulated environments.
• Strong software, platform, cloud, and AI fluency with KPI governance.
• Experience with cloud-native architecture, SaaS, DevSecOps, automated testing.
• Knowledge of AI/ML product development, MLOps, data pipelines, governance.
• Champion of safety, privacy, cybersecurity, and customer trust.
• Able to lead organizational change and cross-geography partnerships.
• Experience in medical imaging or digital pathology is preferred.
• Familiar with healthcare interoperability standards (DICOM, HL7, FHIR).
• Led hardware-software integrated systems.
• Strong in building high-performing teams and talent development.
• Bachelor’s or higher in engineering/computer science; advanced study valued.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end Digital Pathology engineering organization across software, hardware, architecture, cloud, AI, and platform engineering; develop leaders and create a high-performing, inclusive, accountable culture.
• Translate business strategy, product priorities, customer and clinical needs, and financial constraints into executable roadmaps, clear decision rights, and measurable outcomes.
• Build a disciplined engineering operating system spanning portfolio investment, KPIs, release and risk governance, quality systems, resource allocation, and continuous improvement.
• Drive frequent, predictable, on-time delivery across software, hardware, cloud, AI, and integrated systems—without compromising patient safety, product quality, cybersecurity, privacy, or regulatory compliance.
• Lead the shift toward secure, scalable cloud-native and AI-powered platforms, including SaaS models, DevSecOps, automated testing, observability, reliability engineering, data services, MLOps, and responsible AI governance.
• Champion AI in both products and engineering, advancing AI-enabled pathology workflows while improving automation, documentation, testing, quality, and speed to market.
• Ensure scanner innovation and hardware–software co-design remain foundational, from image acquisition and embedded software to cloud workflows, AI analysis, enterprise integration, and service operations.
• Own engineering investment and resource discipline, making transparent trade-offs across innovation, technical debt, quality, customer commitments, capacity, risk, and business impact.

Skills

Engineering Leadership

Cloud & AI fluency

SaaS & DevSecOps

Regulated environment

MLOps / AI governance

Cross-functional collaboration

People development

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Data pipelines tooling

Job description

Philips leads the Digital Pathology R&D organization to transform engineering across software, hardware, cloud, and AI-enabled workflows, delivering safe, scalable products for patients and clinicians.

You’ll drive a high-performing, compliant culture with KPI governance, partner with cross-functional teams, and guide the transition to secure, cloud-native platforms while maintaining safety and quality in a regulated environment.