R&D Engineering Technician, Ultrasound (Cambridge, MA)

Philips • Cambridge, MA

6d • $25 - $40 • Onsite

About The Position

The R&D Technical Assistant will prepare/conduct test samples for reliability and design qualification testing, document test plans and reports, as well as supporting hands-on prototyping, machine preventative maintenance and failure analysis teardowns to support the development of medical ultrasound transducers.
Your role:
Determines the method/sequence of work, whether parts with abnormalities should be replaced or modified and desirability of using and making tools and accessories.
Assesses and analyzes the desirability/necessity of improvements and simplifications in processes and procedures and draws up a change form.
Conducts and coordinate’s reliability and design qualification testing in collaboration with R&D reliability engineers, Product Industrialization engineers, and Supply Chain engineers.
Conducts and coordinates performance, acoustic, and safety testing and performs failure analysis in collaboration with R&D engineers.
Supports prototype builds and documents test plans, protocols, and reports.
Performs preventative maintenance on laboratory equipment and operates laboratory equipment/environmental chambers, relating to the reliability and design qualification testing of medical ultrasound transducers.
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 role.
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Requirements

• You have a Vocational Degree. Associates or Bachelors Degree in Acoustics or an Engineering discipline, desired.
• You’ve acquired 1+ years of experience in working in/maintaining a highly regulated Test/R&D lab environment (FDA/ISO medical device highly desired).
• Your skills include hardware troubleshooting, testing, prototyping and any experience in reliability, failure analysis and acoustics highly desired.
• You must be able to successfully perform the following minimum Physical, Cognitive and Environmental job requirements with or without accommodation for this position.
• You’re a self-starter, highly motivated with good organizational/time management skills, strong interpersonal and communication skills, and an excellent team player capable of working with cross-functional/multi-site teams.

Responsibilities

• Determines the method/sequence of work, whether parts with abnormalities should be replaced or modified and desirability of using and making tools and accessories.
• Assesses and analyzes the desirability/necessity of improvements and simplifications in processes and procedures and draws up a change form.
• Conducts and coordinate’s reliability and design qualification testing in collaboration with R&D reliability engineers, Product Industrialization engineers, and Supply Chain engineers.
• Conducts and coordinates performance, acoustic, and safety testing and performs failure analysis in collaboration with R&D engineers.
• Supports prototype builds and documents test plans, protocols, and reports.
• Performs preventative maintenance on laboratory equipment and operates laboratory equipment/environmental chambers, relating to the reliability and design qualification testing of medical ultrasound transducers.

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree