Senior Software Architect – Robotic Procedure Automation

Philips International; Netherlands; Remote; EUR 78,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Philips is seeking a Senior Software Architect for Robotic Procedure Automation (RPA) UI and clinical software. You will define architecture, set technical direction, and guide integration across workflow, usability, and system behavior.

The role requires leading design activities, ensuring nonfunctional and regulatory standards are met, and coordinating with cross-site teams. You will contribute to architecture decisions, design history, and verification plans, while supporting product security

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in software architecture, design and implementation in C++, or regulated medical-device software development.
• Ability to translate clinical workflow and product needs into clear software architecture and design decisions.
• Experience in regulatory requirements, documentation, traceability and design controls.

Responsibilities

• Define architecture and technical direction for RPA UI and clinical/application software.
• Lead design reviews, code reviews and implementation to align with roadmap and quality standards.
• Collaborate across cross-site teams to align architecture, plans and deliverables.
• Support QMS adherence and IEC 62304/ISO 13485 process expectations.

Skills

Software architecture

C++

Systems integration

Regulated medical-device software

Clinical workflow

Documentation & requirements

Stakeholder management

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Job Title Senior Software Architect - Robotic Procedure Automation

Lead the architecture and technical direction for user-facing and system-facing software that enables robotic procedure automation including clinical workflow, usability, hardware/software integration, and regulated medical-device delivery. Role focus: Senior architecture ownership for RPA user interfaces and clinical/application software, with enough breadth to support multiple UI surfaces or related applications as the program evolves.

Your role

You will serve as a Senior Software Architect for RPA user interface and clinical/application software, defining architecture, technical direction, and integration strategy across workflow, usability, and system behavior. You will guide the creation and realization of software architecture within the release train, supporting current and upcoming features while ensuring architecture and design decisions meet nonfunctional, quality, and regulatory expectations. You will lead design and development activities for RPA UI and clinical workflow software, including detailed design documentation, design reviews, code reviews, C++ implementation where applicable, and alignment of implementation work with the planned roadmap. You will lead integration and architecture efforts spanning clinical workflows, user interfaces, robotic systems, external interfaces, and deployed AI solutions. You will contribute to regulated medical-device software execution by supporting QMS adherence, IEC 62304 and ISO 13485 process expectations, design history file growth, requirements traceability, documentation quality, FMEA contribution, and verification planning. You will consult on product security and software security topics, including design implications for interfaces, logging, auditability, data handling, and secure system behavior where relevant to the UI and clinical/application architecture. You will collaborate with software engineers, verification, system engineering, product management, UX, cybersecurity, DevOps, external stakeholders, suppliers, and cross-site teams in Best and Cambridge to align architecture, plans, dependencies, and deliverables. You will provide senior technical mentorship, support technical decision-making, and help keep design, documentation, and workflow execution clear and simple for the team.

Qualifications and experience

You are the right fit if You have 10+ years of experience in software architecture, software design and implementation in C++, systems integration, or regulated medical-device software development, preferably in healthcare, robotics, imaging, clinical workflow, or hardware-integrated systems. You can translate ambiguous clinical workflow, system integration, and product needs into clear software architecture, interface decisions, requirements, design documentation, and executable work packages. You are comfortable working at the product/platform level with a 6 to 12 month planning horizon, balancing short-term delivery with longer-term architecture quality and release-train readiness. You understand software development lifecycle practices, architecture governance, requirements management, technical documentation, software design, code reviews, stakeholder management, systems integration, and regulatory requirements. You have working knowledge of medical-device quality systems and standards such as Philips QMS, IEC 62304, ISO 13485, design controls, traceability, risk management, FMEA, and audit-ready documentation practices. You communicate clearly, simplify complex technical topics, and can influence across software, systems, UX, product, verification, security, and external partner teams. You have a bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Systems Engineering, Computer Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or equivalent experience.

How we work together

We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week. Onsite roles require full-time presence in the company’s facilities. Field roles are most effectively done outside of the company’s main facilities, generally at the customers’ or suppliers’ locations. This is an office role based in Best, Netherlands, with collaboration across Philips teams and suppliers in the Netherlands, Cambridge, and the broader Image Guided Therapy organization. Some travel (appx 15%) is required for cross-site planning, supplier alignment, and integration activities.

Compensation and benefits

Doing meaningful work should come with fair, transparent rewards. The base salary range for this role is €78.187 Gross to €130.312 Gross. Pay within the range is determined using objective factors, including the skills required, relevant experience, role responsibilities, internal equity and local market considerations. The role is eligible for a maximum 3% bonus, linked to KPIs and company results. The full reward approach will be discussed during the interview process.

About Philips

We are a health technology company. We built our entire company around the belief that every human matters, and we won't stop until everybody everywhere has access to the quality healthcare that we all deserve. Do the work of your life to help improve the lives of others. Learn more about our business. Discover our rich and exciting history. Learn more about our purpose. Learn more about our culture. #LI-PH1 #LI-Office #ImageGuidedTherapy #Robotics #SoftwareArchitect At Philips, we believe that every human matters. As a global health-tech leader, we focus on improving people’s health and wellbeing through meaningful innovation. The people who work here share our passion and are motivated to bring this purpose to life. For more than 130 years, we have been creating technologies and innovations that improve people’s lives and support healthcare practitioners. Headquartered in the Netherlands and operating in more than 100 countries globally, we focus our advanced technology and deep clinical and consumer insights on Precision Diagnosis, Image Guided Therapy, Enterprise Informatics, Monitoring/Connected Care, Sleep & Respiratory Care and Personal Health. Together, we deliver better care for more people because we believe that every human matters. That's why we're taking steps to create an environment where we acknowledge and embrace our differences and uniqueness and listen to and value each other's views. When people feel cared for and listened to, they bring their best qualities to work, leading to better collaboration, communication, innovation and success. It is the policy of Philips to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy/childbirth or related medical conditions, age, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, physical or mental disability, genetic information, citizenship status, veteran or military status, marital or domestic partner status or any other characteristic protected by law. As an equal opportunity employer, Philips is committed to fostering a culture where all are treated with respect and professionalism. To ensure reasonable accommodations for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Veterans' Readjustment Act of 1974 and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, applicants that require accommodation in the job application process may contact 888-367-7223, option 5, for assistance. Philips is an Equal Employment and Opportunity Employer including Disability/Vets and maintains a drug-free workplace. Know Your Rights