Senior Mechatronics Systems Technologist

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Senior Mechatronics Systems Technologist

You will Lead the Mechatronics Technologies competence across Innovation Engineering. Help shape future capabilities in Mechatronics aligned with industry trends and Philips business needs. Serve as a bridge between cutting-edge academic/industry research and practical application within regulated medical device environments.

Your role:

Technology Leadership:

• Define and evolve the mechatronics technology roadmap, with a strong link to digital- and AI applications.
• Identify gaps in current capabilities and develop plans to close them.

Expert Contribution:

• Drive mechatronics design in product and system development, including modeling, simulation, and analysis.
• Select optimal sensing and actuation strategies, and apply advanced control techniques including AI-based methods.

Competence Building:

• Mentor team members across locations (e.g. Eindhoven and Pune).
• Be a trainer – take ownership of the Mechatronics training curriculum and organize company-wide trainings with support of the Philips University
• Champion AI, model-based design, and system performance innovations.

Stakeholder Engagement:

• Act as an internal consultant across projects.
• Engage externally with universities, consortia, and industrial networks to stay ahead of trends and attract top talent.

You're the right fit if:

Must-Have Qualifications:

• Academic thinking level: PhD or MSc in Mechanical, Electronics, or Mechatronics Engineering (focus on Dynamics & Control).
• 10+ years of experience in mechatronics and hardware/system design.
• Deep expertise in control theory, sensing & actuation, and AI for control systems.
• Strong stakeholder and communication skills.

Strong Preferences:

• Demonstrated leadership in regulated product development (preferably medical devices).
• Thought leadership presence (conference speaking, academic collaborations).
• Systems Engineering familiarity (V-model, requirements management).
• Risk and quality compliance: ISO-14971, ISO-13485, EU-MDR.
• DfSS/DMAIC certification (Greenbelt or Blackbelt).
• Experienced in Matlab/Simulink, AI tooling (e.g., ML models, neural nets, MPC).

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.

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