Advanced Mechanical Engineer

Job Description

Job Title

Job Description

In this role, you have the opportunity to

Be part of a team dedicated to improving the Philips supply chain. Philips is a leading innovator in the healthcare and diagnostic imaging market with technology that helps save lives, improve patient outcomes, and reduce the cost of medical care around the world. As an international organization, Philips is well placed to offer a broad range of technical and leadership opportunities in various organizations throughout the world.

You are responsible for

In this role, you will focus primarily on improving the supply chain for medical equipment (Magnetic Resonance, Computed Tomography and Advanced Molecular Imaging, Ultrasound, Digital X-ray). Your responsibilities will include, but not limited to:

• Support global cross functional teams for assigned supplier transfer projects
• Build internal and external network to identify high impact supplier transfer projects that result in productivity, quality improvement, and reduction in Total Cost of Ownership.
• Manage the update, as required, of designs to improve manufacturability, performance, quality and cost
• Conduct supplier design reviews
• Review and ensure adequacy of supplier part qualification activities
• Execute and support phase in – phase out (PIPO) planning for assigned transfer projects
• Support input for make/buy analysis
• Support the deployment of early supplier involvement for assigned transfer projects
• Use appropriate project management tools, communicate plans and risk management techniques to create rigor in project planning and execution
• Participates in Dfx conventions to build cost reduction business cases and funnels
• Active participation in multidisciplinary teams through all phases of the supplier transfer process

You are a part of

The Supply Base Rationalization team is responsible for qualifying new suppliers and their components in support of a world class supply base. This team will support multiple modalities (CT/MR/DXR) within Philips Healthcare to meet their cost and quality objectives through supply base transitions as well as design optimizations.

To succeed in this role, you should have the following skills and experience

• B.S. in Mechanical Engineering
• MS in engineering preferred
• 5 or more years of proven design engineering and project management experience leading cross-functional teams
• Experience supporting global projects
• Experience with CAD software(s)
• Demonstrated strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Knowledge of manufacturing quality systems and working in a regulated industry
• Experience with geometric dimensioning and tolerance
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Project, Excel, Power Point, and Word required
• Strong English written and verbal communication skills required

In return, we offer you

We offer experiences and opportunities that add many unexpected and enriching moments to our employees’ lives. Especially when the innovative health technologies and solutions they help develop benefit their own friends and family.

Why should you join Philips?

Working at Philips is more than a job. It’s a calling to create a healthier society through meaningful work, focused on improving 2.5 billion lives a year by delivering innovative solutions across the health continuum. Our people experience a variety of unexpected moments when their lives and careers come together in meaningful ways. Learn more by watching this video.

To find out more about what it’s like working for Philips at a personal level, visit the Working at Philips page on our career website, where you can read stories from our employee blog. Once there,you can also learn about our recruitment process, or find answers to some of the frequently asked questions.