Your Team
Philips Medizin Systeme Böblingen develops and manufactures patient monitoring systems for the global market. Our solutions are widely used in intensive care units, operating rooms, and maternal and neonatal care settings. With more than one million monitors installed worldwide, Philips is a global leader in patient monitoring technology.
You will be part of the international Sustaining & Value Engineering team, which is responsible for maintaining and continuously improving our active product portfolio. The team manages a broad range of activities, including design changes driven by component obsolescence, quality improvements, cost optimization initiatives, and compliance with the latest standards and regulations. You will collaborate closely with colleagues across multiple countries and disciplines, contributing to projects that have a direct impact on healthcare providers and patients worldwide.
What We Offer
This role offers a unique combination of technical product ownership, project leadership, and cross-functional collaboration within a highly regulated medical technology environment. You will gain valuable insights into the entire product lifecycle while working with a diverse portfolio of innovative patient monitoring solutions.
As part of an experienced and supportive team, you will have the opportunity to expand your expertise in engineering, quality, regulatory compliance, and project management. Our international environment provides exposure to global stakeholders and development opportunities within one of the world's leading health technology companies.
What We Are Looking For
Required Qualifications & Experience
Master's degree, Diploma, or equivalent degree in Electrical Engineering, Medical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
Several years of professional experience in the medical device industry or another highly regulated industry.
Strong understanding of product development, design verification, design changes, risk management, and product lifecycle processes.
Experience working within Quality Management Systems and regulatory frameworks.
Good knowledge of international standards and regulations, particularly IEC 60601-1.
Experience leading smaller cross-functional projects and driving problem-solving activities.
High level of quality awareness, accountability, and attention to detail.
Strong organizational skills and the ability to work independently.
Fluent German and English, both written and spoken.
What Makes You Successful
You combine strong technical expertise with a proactive and structured working style. You are comfortable coordinating stakeholders from different disciplines, making sound engineering decisions, and driving change in a complex, quality-driven environment. Most importantly, you are motivated by contributing to products that help clinicians deliver better care and improve patient outcomes worldwide.
Doing meaningful work should come with fair, transparent rewards. The base salary range for this role is € 93,050.83 –€124,067.77.
We determine pay within the range using objective factors, like the skills the role requires, your relevant experience and the responsibility you'll have in this role, alongside internal equity and local market considerations.
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What we offer
The Sustaining & Value Engineering department is interdisciplinary and intercultural, with locations spread over 4 countries. Due to the wide range of products and areas of responsibility, you will have the opportunity to gain many new insights and develop your competency in various areas within the change projects. We have clear product owners, but this does not mean you are alone in this, we have a team that shares the knowledge, and you will have the support of experienced colleagues. Due to our international orientation of the team, you will also work on projects with colleagues across national borders.
Benefits include:
- Annual leave: 30 days
- Mobility and devices: subsidized Germany ticket, leasing opportunities for private use (bicycles, cars, smartphones,…)
- Philips University & Philips in Balance: Wide range of professional training courses and for personal development & Healthcare
- Philips Pension Fund: Employer-funded pension plan
- Philips “Partnerzeit”: two paid weeks off after your partner has given birth
- Philips MyShop: Discount on Philips products
How We Work Together
We believe that we achieve better results when we work together rather than apart. For this role this means to be on-site at least 3 days a week.
Skills Required
- Master's degree, Diploma, or equivalent in Electrical Engineering, Medical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline
- Several years of professional experience in the medical device industry or another highly regulated industry
- Strong understanding of product development, design verification, design changes, risk management, and product lifecycle processes
- Experience working within Quality Management Systems and regulatory frameworks
- Good knowledge of international standards and regulations, particularly IEC 60601-1
- Experience leading smaller cross-functional projects and driving problem-solving activities
- High level of quality awareness, accountability, and attention to detail
- Strong organizational skills and ability to work independently
- Fluent German and English, written and spoken
Philips Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Philips and has not been reviewed or approved by Philips.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support is positioned as a standout, including a strong 401(k) match (often described at 7%) alongside pensions in some contexts.
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Flexible Benefits — Flexible benefits are emphasized through choice in health insurance options and a broad “Total Rewards” approach that combines compensation, health and wellness, and work-life support.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Leave and time off breadth appears strong, with generous paid time off and policies covering parental leave, caregiving responsibilities, volunteering, and family medical leave.
Philips Insights
What We Do
As a leading health technology company, it is our purpose to improve people’s health and well-being through meaningful innovation. Our goal is to improve 2.5 billion lives per year by 2030. We're always looking for ways to make life better – not only for our customers, but also for everyone working here. That's why we're taking steps to create an environment where we all 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.
