Systems Architect- Medical Ultrasound Hardware (Cambridge, MA or Bothell, WA)

Philips; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 115,000 - 182,000; Full time

Job summary

Philips is seeking a Systems Architect for Medical Ultrasound Hardware in Cambridge, MA or Bothell, WA. You will shape architectures integrating hardware, software, imaging, and transducers to deliver safe, reliable, scalable ultrasound platforms.

You will lead system-level studies, evaluate new compute and transducer technologies, and drive verification strategies while mentoring engineers and aligning with clinical needs and regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree required; PhD preferred.
• 5+ years in Ultrasound System Architecture or equivalent.
• Experience in product development, verification/testing, regulatory and risk management.

Responsibilities

• Create and evolve imaging platform architectures for diagnostic ultrasound products with clear interfaces and design rationale.
• Lead system-level trade studies balancing image quality, performance, power, thermals, cybersecurity, and cost.
• Evaluate emerging compute, GPU, transducer-interface technologies against clinical needs.
• Define integration and verification strategies to uncover interface issues and mitigate risks.
• Communicate architecture options and decisions to teams and leaders; mentor engineers.

Skills

Systems Architecture

Product Development Lifecycle

Verification & Validation

Technical Documentation

Regulatory Requirements

Requirement Analysis

Strategic Planning

Risk Management

Education

Master’s Degree in related discipline

PhD preferred

Job description

Job Title

Systems Architect- Medical Ultrasound Hardware (Cambridge, MA or Bothell, WA)

Job Description

In this role you will help shape the future of Philips Ultrasound imaging platforms. As a Systems Architect, you will integrate hardware, software, imaging, transducers, and clinical needs to create safe, reliable, and scalable solutions that advance clinical performance and care.

Your role:

• Create and evolve imaging platform architectures for diagnostic ultrasound products, defining clear boundaries, interfaces, assumptions, and design rationale. Translate clinical, user, business, service, manufacturing, quality, and regulatory needs into architecture drivers and measurable system requirements.
• Lead system-level trade studies that balance image quality and performance with thermal and power constraints, reliability, cybersecurity, cost, supply continuity, serviceability, sustainability, and platform reuse. Use modeling, prototyping, and focused experiments to reduce uncertainty and make evidence-based recommendations.
• Evaluate emerging compute, GPU, acquisition, signal-path, display, control, power, connectivity, and transducer-interface technologies against real product and clinical needs. Contribute to reusable platform enablers and technology roadmaps that accelerate innovation across the ultrasound portfolio.
• Define integration and verification strategies that uncover interface issues and retire the most important technical and patient-safety risks early. Maintain design and requirement integrity while guiding decisions across hardware, software, imaging, transducers, clinical science, design quality, manufacturing, and service.
• Communicate architecture intent, alternatives, evidence, risks, and decisions clearly to technical teams and business leaders. Mentor engineers and strengthen systems thinking, architecture quality, and engineering rigor across your program teams.

You're the right fit if:

• You have a Master’s Degree in a related discipline; PhD preferred.
• You’ve acquired 5+ years of industry and/or academic experience in Ultrasound System Architecture, System Design, Hardware Engineering, or equivalent.
• Your skills include Product Development Lifecycle Management, Verification and Validation Testing, Technical Documentation, Regulatory Requirements, Requirement Analysis, Business Acumen, Strategic Planning, Systems Architecture, and Risk Management.
• You combine curiosity and invention with engineering discipline. You are energized by new technology and equally committed to patient safety, reliability, quality, and responsible product realization.
• 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 Bothell, WA and Cambridge, MA is $115,000 to $182,000.

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 Cambridge, MA or Bothell, WA.

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