Senior System Engineer - Product Safety & Risk Management

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As a Senior Systems Engineer you will contribute to the creation and maintenance of high-quality products, meeting user, business and regulatory requirements. You will manage complexity and show technical leadership and effective stakeholder management.

Your role:

• You will be an expert leading our teams in the domain of product safety risk management
• You are part of the Systems Engineering group in MR R&D
• You will oversee the engineering team's execution to ensure designs meet criteria for quality, safety and reliability, while maintaining comprehensive risk management related documentation and advancing system engineering practices
• You will conduct risk assessments, implement control measures, and support regulatory submissions to align with medical standards and ensure product safety throughout the life cycle, including support of complaint investigations and post-market surveillance
• You are aware of ISO 14971 and its implications for medical device development and are comfortable communicating and implementing the standard in your work context.
• You are able to work with industry standard document management systems.
• You are comfortable using office tooling to create and maintain documentation.
• From a competitive salary to flexible working, a career at Philips comes with all sorts of wonderful benefits. Be sure to speak to your recruiter about benefits in your region.

You're the right fit if:

• You hold a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field* and have a minimum of 7 years of relevant work experience OR a Master’s degree in a relevant field* and a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience. A PhD degree in a relevant field* would be a plus. *relevant fields: safety engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, physics
• You hold 5+ years of Quality/Risk Management experience and have experience creating risk management deliverables in a highly regulated industry (preference will be given to the medical device/healthcare industry)
• Extensive experience in product development and preferrably post-market surveillance in a highly regulated industry (preference will be given to the medical device/healthcare industry)
• You have a strong drive to maintain state of the art risk management files
• Experience with audits would be considered a plus
• You can work independently but also as part of a team
• You can influence the thinking of, and gain acceptance from, others including stakeholders and take responsibility for timely decisions.

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 role is an office role.

 *This role is not open to relocation.

About Philips 

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If you’re interested in this role and have many, but not all, of the experiences needed, we encourage you to apply. You may still be the right candidate for this or other opportunities at Philips. Learn more about our commitment to diversity and inclusion here. 

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