Principal Electrical Engineer- Medical Device

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

Job summary

Philips in San Diego, California is seeking a Principal Electrical Engineer to lead PCBA design and development for medical devices. You will interface with suppliers, design partners, and contract manufacturers to deliver high-quality, cost-effective electronics that meet IEC 60601-1 and ISO 13485 standards.

You will drive electrical requirements, architecture, and verification plans, review documentation, and guide design for manufacturability and testability while coordinating with quality

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 10+ years electrical engineering experience focusing on PCBA design and development.
• Experience with suppliers, EMS partners, and contract manufacturers.

Responsibilities

• Lead PCBA design, development, prototyping, and industrialization.
• Review schematics and layouts to Philips standards and system architecture.
• Drive DFM/DFT/DFC and component selection strategies.
• Manage supplier change requests and lifecycle risks.
• Oversee PCBA verification and validation including EMC testing.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure integrated product development.

Skills

PCB design

Schematic design

Supplier management

DFM/DFT/DFC

IEC 60601

EMC testing

Power integrity

Altium/Cadence

Mentor Graphics

Windchill

Education

Bachelor's or Master's 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

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.

Philips Transparency Details

The pay range for this position in CA is $141,960 to $227,136. 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. Employees are eligible to participate in our comprehensive Philips Total Rewards benefits program, which includes a generous PTO, 401k (up to 7% match), HSA (with company contribution), stock purchase plan, education reimbursement and much more. Details about our benefits can be found here. At Philips, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top end of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each case.

Additional Information US work authorization is a precondition of employment. The company will not consider candidates who require sponsorship for a work‑authorized visa, now or in the future. Company relocation benefits will not be provided for this position. For this position, you must reside in or within commuting distance to San Diego, California. #LI-PH1 This requisition is expected to stay active for 45 days but may close earlier if a successful candidate is selected or business necessity dictates.

Philips is an Equal Employment and Opportunity Employer including Disability/Vets and maintains a drug‑free workplace.

Philips is an Equal Employment and Opportunity Employer including Disability/Vets and maintains a drug‑free workplace. 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