Principal Electrical Engineer- Medical Device

philips; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 142,000 - 227,000; Full time

Job summary

Philips in California seeks a Principal Electrical Engineer- Medical Device to lead PCBA design, DFx strategies, supplier collaboration, and regulatory compliance for imaging clinical solutions.

You will drive hardware architecture, oversee verification/validation against IEC 60601-1/60601-1-2, and work with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable, manufacturable medical devices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 10+ years electrical engineering experience with PCBA design.
• Experience with medical device development and regulatory standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead PCBA design and manufacturability efforts with suppliers and partners.
• Review schematics and layouts to ensure Philips standards.
• Drive DFx decisions and component selection considering lifecycle risks.
• Oversee verification and validation including EMC and electrical safety.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver integrated products.

Skills

Schematic design

PCB layout

Electrical engineering

Supplier management

DFM/DFT/DFC

Regulatory knowledge (IEC 60601-1/606

ISO 13485 familiarity

Altium

Cadence

Windchill

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium

Cadence

Mentor Graphics

Windchill

Job description

Job Title

Principal Electrical Engineer- Medical Device

Job Description

As a Principal Electrical Engineer, you will be part of the multidisciplinary IntraSight Hardware Team, contributing to innovative imaging clinical solutions. You will serve as the key technical interface between Philips and external suppliers, design partners, and contract manufacturers for PCBA development, ensuring high-quality, reliable, and cost-effective electronic designs that meet performance, safety, quality, and regulatory requirements.

Your role

Serve as the primary electrical engineering interface to suppliers, design partners, and contract manufacturers, providing technical leadership for PCBA design, development, prototyping, and industrialization. Drive alignment on electrical requirements, schematics, PCB layout, architecture, acceptance criteria, timelines, cost, and quality.

Lead supplier selection, technical evaluations, design reviews, and issue resolution in partnership with sourcing, procurement, and cross-functional engineering teams. Review and approve schematics, PCB layouts, and design documentation to ensure alignment with Philips standards and system architecture.

Drive design for manufacturability (DFM), design for testability (DFT), design for cost (DFC), and component selection strategies while considering availability, lifecycle, obsolescence, and overall product cost. Manage supplier change requests and mitigate component and PCBA lifecycle risks.

Oversee PCBA verification and validation, including functional, signal integrity, power integrity, electrical safety, and EMC testing, ensuring compliance with applicable medical device standards such as IEC 60601-1 and IEC 60601-1-2. Partner with quality and regulatory teams to ensure suppliers meet required quality systems, documentation, and regulatory expectations.

Lead root cause analysis and resolution of electrical and PCBA-related issues throughout development and sustaining phases, including manufacturing defects and field returns. Collaborate with systems, mechanical, software, quality, regulatory, and procurement teams to ensure successful integrated product development.

You're the right fit if:

• A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field, with 10+ years of electrical engineering experience and a strong focus on PCBA design and development. Demonstrated expertise in schematic design, PCB layout, board-level architecture, and electronics manufacturing.
• Proven experience working directly with suppliers, EMS partners, and contract manufacturers, including leading technical discussions, supplier evaluations, design reviews, and development activities. Strong ability to manage external partners while balancing technical, cost, quality, and business priorities.
• Strong knowledge of DFM, DFT, DFC, signal integrity, power integrity, EMC, and electrical testing, validation, and verification. Experience with component lifecycle management, obsolescence mitigation, and root cause analysis is highly valued.
• Experience developing medical devices or other regulated products, with a strong understanding of standards such as IEC 60601-1, IEC 60601-1-2, and ISO 13485 . Familiarity with EDA tools such as Altium, Cadence, or Mentor Graphics and PLM systems such as Windchill is preferred.
• Excellent communication, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence suppliers and cross-functional teams. A proactive, ownership-driven mindset and the ability to lead complex technical issues from development through sustaining are essential.

You must be able to successfully perform the following minimum Physical, Cognitive and Environmental job requirements with or without accommodation for this position .

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

About Philips

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Philips Transparency Details

The pay range for this position in CA is $141,960 to $227,136.00.

The actual base pay offered may vary within the posted ranges depending on multiple factors including job-related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, geographical location, and internal equity.

In addition, other compensation, such as an annual incentive bonus, sales commission or long-term incentives may be offered.