Mechanical Designer – Embedded Engineering

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Mechanical Designer – Embedded Engineering

This position resides in EC (Emergency Care and Public Access) Business Category within the Connected Care Cluster. Emergency Care is expanding access to and quality of respiratory care, resuscitation, and emergency care solutions (including devices, services, and digital/data solutions). We are the number one provider of therapeutic care solutions, saving and improving more and more lives every year.

The incumbent develops (parts and elements of) products, systems and/or solutions according to the V-model that serve user and business requirements amongst others by applying internal and external research results and technology advancements while taking care of the total system as well as inner workings of a design.

Your role:

• Mechanical engineering support for lifecycle/sustaining projects involving electromechanical systems in both production and after-market phases. Activities include but are not limited to Root Cause Analysis, proposal and development of creative design solutions, as well as the support of verification and validation (V&V) activities required for their implementation
• Responsibilities may also include the reverse engineering and detailed design of legacy mechanical components that involve a variety of fabrication methods including, but not limited to, plastic injection molding, die-casting, sheet-metal forming, and machining processes.
• Design mechanical enclosures, housings, and structures for embedded systems.
• Ensure designs meet thermal, structural, and manufacturability requirements.
• Work closely with electronics and firmware teams to integrate PCB layouts, sensors, and actuators within mechanical designs.
• Ensure proper heat dissipation, EMI shielding, and mechanical stability for embedded components.
• Support the production of existing systems by investigating the root cause of issues found in manufacturing and early-life field failures experienced by customers / end users.
• Conceive, develop, and implement creative design solutions to improve manufacturability and prevent the recurrence of defects.
• Review and modify mechanical designs files, including both 3D models and 2D drawings, for products currently in production phase.
• Reverse engineer and create mechanical design files, including both 3D models and 2D drawings, for legacy products in post-production phase.
• Employ empirical test methods to verify design performance and then document the results.
• Collaborate across technical disciplines to achieve project and program deliverables. These include, but are not limited to:
  • Electrical, Software, Systems, Experience Design, Design Transfer, Quality, Regulatory personnel.
  • Contract design firms, contract manufacturing firms.
• Drive/execute continuous improvement projects related to design implementation, manufacturing, product quality, and field reliability.
• Drive/execute strategic projects aligned with business goals that meet internal stakeholder objectives as well as mechanical engineering design requirements.
• Participates in design reviews, including reviews of design inputs and outputs.
• Keeps abreast of new developments in all relevant technological domains.
• Contributes to technology roadmaps and other strategic-related activities

You're the right fit if:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical/Electronics/Mechanical Engineering or related field. Master’s degree is preferred.
• Total 8+ years’ experience with Minimum 3 years of experience in medical device or other similar industry
• Solid understanding of medical device product development, preferably Design Control experience with Class III medical devices.  (FDA CFR Title 21, 820.30)
• Understanding of thermal management, material selection, and DFM/DFA principles.
• Experience working with electronics packaging, PCB integration, and EMI shielding.
• Demonstrated expertise in 3D modeling, with proficiency in SolidWorks and PTC Creo software packages required.
• Proficiency in the application of drafting standards in creating 2D part drawings.
• Proficiency in mechanical engineering design, with demonstrated knowledge of plastic injection molding, die-casting, sheet-metal forming, and machining processes.
• Exposure to plastics tooling release process and knowledge of design principles to address cosmetic issues.
• Knowledge of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing method (GD&T), statistical tolerance analysis, and statistical process control (SPC).
• Demonstrated knowledge of understanding and application of Design for Manufacturing (DfM) and Design for Assembly (DfA) principles
• Exposure to mechanical reliability analysis and testing methods.
• Knowledge of mechanical defect investigation methods and tools.
• Methodical, effective troubleshooting/problem solving skills.
• Strong engineering skills/knowledge in product design and various manufacturing process.
• Strong collaborative abilities - proactively seeks guidance from internal and external stakeholders and subject matter experts (SME’s).
• Efficiently plans, manages, and executes technical deliverables for complex projects.
• Excellent writing skills for documentation and presentation skills for verbal communication.

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 based role.

About Philips
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