Job Title

Hardware Development Engineer - Mechanical (Reedsville, PA)

Job Description

Hardware Development Engineer – Mechanical (Reedsville, PA)

As a Hardware Development Engineer, you will be sustaining post launch mechanical and electro-mechanical components for ultrasound products. You will work with a cross functional team of electrical, mechanical, system, manufacturing, and service engineers to support existing hardware throughout the product lifecycle. This role involves troubleshooting field issues, implementing design changes, supporting manufacturing, and ensuring product reliability, while ensuring that design is consistent with the higher-level architecture and requirements.

Your role:

Post-Launch Support & Leadership
Provide ongoing support for mechanical and electro-mechanical components after product launch. Lead complex technical projects and mentor junior engineers and technicians.
Lifecycle Engineering & Problem Solving
Support electromechanical systems through production and aftermarket phases, focusing on root cause analysis and creative design solutions. Assist with verification and validation activities to ensure successful implementation.
Manufacturing & Field Issue Resolution
Investigate manufacturing and customer-reported failures to identify root causes. Develop and implement design improvements to enhance manufacturability and prevent recurring defects.
Design Documentation & Obsolescence Management
Create and update mechanical design packages including CAD drawings, BOMs, and test procedures. Manage component obsolescence by qualifying alternate parts and verifying module performance.
Cross-Functional Collaboration & Strategic Input
Collaborate with teams across design, test, manufacturing, quality, and supply chain to drive corrective actions and improvements. Contribute to VAVE, sustaining engineering, supplier transfers, and advise on make-or-buy decisions.

You're the right fit if:

You have 3+ years of experience in mechanical engineering, contributing as an individual contributor with a disciplined and independent work style.
You bring expertise in design techniques and reliability principles (e.g., DFSS, Risk Analysis, DFMEA, DFM, GD&T), hardware/software interfaces, thermal modeling (preferred), and configuration management tools such as eMatrix, Windchill, or SAP. Bonus skills include proficiency in CAD & FEA tools like ProE, SolidWorks, Ansys Classic, and Ansys Workbench.
You hold a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering or an equivalent qualification.
You must be able to successfully perform the following minimum Physical, Cognitive and Environmental job requirements with or without accommodation for this position and be open to traveling domestically and internationally up to 20% of the time.
You demonstrate excellent communication, technical writing, and collaboration skills that support cross-functional teamwork and effective documentation.

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 is an office-based role.

About Philips:

We are a health technology company. We built our entire company around the belief that every human matters, and we won't stop until everybody everywhere has access to the quality healthcare that we all deserve. Do the work of your life to help improve the lives of others.

Philips Transparency Details:

The pay range for this position in PA is $99,000 to $158,000

The actual base pay offered may vary within the posted ranges depending on multiple factors including job-related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, geographical location, and internal equity.

In addition, other compensation, such as an annual incentive bonus, sales commission or long-term incentives may be offered. Employees are eligible to participate in our comprehensive Philips Total Rewards benefits program, which includes a generous PTO, 401k (up to 7% match), HSA (with company contribution), stock purchase plan, education reimbursement and much more. Details about our benefits can be found here.

At Philips, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top end of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each case.

Additional Information:

US work authorization is a precondition of employment. The company will not consider candidates who require sponsorship for a work-authorized visa, now or in the future.
Company relocation benefits will not be provided for this position. For this position, you must reside in or within commuting distance to Reedsville, PA.

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This requisition is expected to stay active for 45 days but may close earlier if a successful candidate is selected or business necessity dictates. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible to ensure consideration.

Philips is an Equal Employment and Opportunity Employer including Disability/Vets and maintains a drug-free workplace.