Senior System Engineering Manager

Philips•New Kensington, PA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

As our Sr System Engineering Manager, you will lead a team of systems engineers within the Sleep & Respiratory Care segment, combining technical expertise with leadership skills to advance product safety, drive innovation, and support team development. Your role involves leading and managing 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. You will build, mentor, and retain a high-performing organization by hiring top talent and coaching engineers to strengthen technical rigor, systems thinking, and leadership capability. You will also translate business and R&D strategy into executable systems engineering plans, staffing models, and priorities, providing clear direction on scope, ownership, and execution. Serving as the senior technical authority for system-level decisions, you will guide cross-functional teams through architectural, clinical, usability, and product tradeoffs. The position oversees systems engineering activities including product architecture development, system and subsystem requirements definition, interface definition, system-level risk analysis, and coordination of system build and integration efforts. Additionally, you will 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. This is an office role, requiring in-person work at least 3 days per week in New Kensington, PA.

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 include 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.