Research & Development Engineer

Philips International; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 83,000 - 131,000; Full time

Job summary

Philips Research & Development in San Diego seeks an Engineer to design, develop, and launch next-generation intravascular ultrasound catheters. You will analyze requirements, create test plans, document results, and implement improvements to ensure quality and compliance.

The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration, design reviews, and supplier assessments within a medical devices framework. Office-based, full-time position in California.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical or biomedical engineering.
• Experience in design, analysis, testing and documentation for medical devices is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Analyze engineering requirements and determine optimal design solutions for catheter products with advanced judgment and autonomy under general supervision.
• Create and implement test plans, procedures, and protocols to verify and validate engineering designs while ensuring compliance with established processes and regulatory requirements.
• Maintain accurate documentation of design specifications, test results, and validation activities, including oversight of junior team documentation efforts.
• Implement design improvements based on testing and evaluation activities to enhance product quality, efficiency, performance, and reliability.
• Monitor catheter and system performance to proactively identify improvement opportunities.

Skills

Engineering design

Requirements analysis

Verification & validation testing

Technical documentation

Troubleshooting

Product lifecycle management

Quality specifications

Regulatory compliance

Hardware engineering

Research & analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in mechanical or biomedical engineering

Job description

Job Title Research & Development Engineer Job Description

Apply your engineering expertise to design, develop and launch our next generation intravascular ultrasound catheter while supporting quality, reliability, compliance, and cross-functional collaboration. Your role: Analyze engineering requirements and determine optimal design solutions for catheter products with advanced judgment and autonomy under general supervision. Create and implement test plans, procedures, and protocols to verify and validate engineering designs while ensuring compliance with established processes, quality standards, and regulatory requirements. Maintain accurate documentation of design specifications, test results, and validation activities, including oversight of junior team documentation efforts. Implement design improvements based on testing and evaluation activities to enhance product quality, efficiency, performance, and reliability. Monitor catheter and system performance to proactively identify improvement opportunities. Participate in design reviews, technical discussions, vendor evaluations, and supplier technology assessments for potential medical device integration. Build effective relationships, share knowledge, and influence projects and peer groups within the medical devices engineering function.

You're the right fit if: No prior experience required with a bachelor’s degree. Your skills include engineering design, requirements analysis, verification and validation testing, technical documentation, troubleshooting, product development lifecycle management, quality specifications, regulatory compliance, hardware engineering, research and analysis. You have at least a bachelor's degree in mechanical or biomedical engineering. You must be able to successfully perform the following minimum Physical, Cognitive and Environmental job requirements with or without accommodation for this position. You’re a skilled professional preferably possessing the following skills: technical acumen, product design, quality specifications, regulatory requirements, troubleshooting, requirements analysis, hardware engineering, and business acumen.

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 California is $83,000 to $131,000 annually. 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. 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. 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.

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