Senior System Engineering Manager

Philips•Alvin, TX

14h•$126,000 - $202,000•Hybrid

About The Position

As the Sr System Engineering Manager, this role involves leading a team of systems engineers within the Sleep & Respiratory Care segment. The manager will combine technical expertise with leadership skills to enhance product safety, drive innovation, and support team development. Key aspects include leading and managing a multidisciplinary team of systems, reliability, and usability engineers, setting expectations, and fostering systems thinking across new product development and sustaining engineering programs. The position also involves building, mentoring, and retaining a high-performing organization by hiring top talent and coaching engineers to strengthen technical rigor, systems thinking, and leadership capabilities. The manager will translate business and R&D strategy into executable systems engineering plans, staffing models, and priorities, providing clear direction on scope, ownership, and execution. This role serves as the senior technical authority for system-level decisions, guiding cross-functional teams through architectural, clinical, usability, and product tradeoffs. It also oversees systems engineering activities such as product architecture development, system and subsystem requirements definition, interface definition, system-level risk analysis, and coordination of system build and integration efforts. A crucial part of the role is driving continuous improvement in systems engineering practices by adopting modern tools, digital workflows, and emerging technologies, including AI-enabled methods, to improve efficiency, quality, and decision-making. The company is a health technology company focused on providing quality healthcare access globally.

Requirements

Minimum of 5 years’ experience in Systems Engineering.
Minimum of 1 year experience leading teams.
Proven track record of leading and delivering complex systems projects within FDA regulated medical device/systems environments.
Skills in systems engineering tools, systems architecture, and product design for electromechanical devices.
Hands-on experience in electromechanical systems.
Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related field.
Ability to successfully perform the minimum Physical, Cognitive and Environmental job requirements with or without accommodation for this position.
Expert at conveying complex topics to key stakeholders, cross functional teams and leadership.
US work authorization is a precondition of employment.
Must reside in or within commuting distance to New Kensington, PA.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree
INCOSE certification

Responsibilities

Lead and manage a multidisciplinary team of systems, reliability, and usability engineers, setting clear expectations and fostering strong systems thinking across new product development and sustaining engineering programs.
Build, mentor, and retain a high performing organization by hiring top talent and coaching systems, reliability, and usability engineers to strengthen technical rigor, systems thinking, and leadership capability.
Translate business and R&D strategy into executable systems engineering plans, staffing models, and priorities, providing clear direction on scope, ownership, and execution.
Serve as the senior technical authority for system level decisions, guiding cross functional teams through architectural, clinical, usability, and product tradeoffs.
Oversee systems engineering activities including product architecture development, system and subsystem requirements definition, interface definition, system level risk analysis, and coordinate system build and integration efforts.
Drive continuous improvement in systems engineering practices by adopting modern tools, digital workflows, and emerging technologies, including AI enabled methods, to improve efficiency, quality, and decision making.