Systems Architect – Medical Ultrasound Hardware (Cambridge, MA)

Philips • Cambridge, MA

3d • $114,000 - $182,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Systems Architect – Medical Ultrasound Hardware (Cambridge, MA)
You will have an immediate opportunity to develop innovative Ultrasound technologies that will help save lives, improve patient outcomes, and reduce the cost of healthcare across the globe.
Your role:
Define and contribute to the end‑to‑end hardware system architecture for next‑generation diagnostic ultrasound platforms, ensuring cohesive integration across transducers, front-end electronics, beamforming hardware, and system-level components. Partner with cross-functional teams to translate clinical and product requirements into robust architectural choices.
Lead technical decision-making for system partitioning, signal flow, performance optimization, and hardware trade studies. Deliver clear recommendations grounded in engineering rigor, risk assessment, and scalability.
Drive innovation in acoustic, electronic, and mechanical subsystems to advance imaging performance, reliability, and manufacturability. Evaluate emerging technologies and guide their incorporation into system roadmaps.
Maintain system requirements, interfaces, and verification strategies to ensure architectural integrity throughout the product lifecycle. Collaborate closely with hardware, transducer, and firmware teams to maintain alignment.
Serve as the technical authority and mentor for systems engineering and hardware teams. Influence strategic decisions, provide architectural governance, and elevate engineering excellence across the organization.

Requirements

• You have 5+ years of experience leading system architecture for complex electromechanical or medical imaging systems.
• Demonstrated ability to define system partitions, manage interfaces, and drive hardware integration at scale.
• You have demonstrated experience with medical ultrasound (other imaging modalities could be considered.
• You earned an advanced degree in electrical engineering, biomedical engineering, physics, or a related discipline, with deep expertise in ultrasound system hardware or other complex imaging modalities.
• A strong foundation in signal chains, acoustics, and real‑time hardware systems is essential.
• You have a proven track record of leading cross-functional engineering teams and influencing design decisions across acoustics, electronics, mechanical engineering, and systems engineering.
• Skilled at translating clinical and product needs into rigorous architectural requirements.
• You bring strong analytical, communication, and decision‑making skills, with the ability to navigate trade-offs and defend architectural choices to the engineering community and senior leadership.
• Experience working within regulated environments (e.g., FDA, IEC 60601) is highly preferred.
• You must be able to successfully perform the following minimum Physical, Cognitive and Environmental job requirements with or without accommodation for this position.
• 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.
• For this position, you must reside in or within commuting distance to Cambridge, MA.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working within regulated environments (e.g., FDA, IEC 60601) is highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Define and contribute to the end‑to‑end hardware system architecture for next‑generation diagnostic ultrasound platforms, ensuring cohesive integration across transducers, front-end electronics, beamforming hardware, and system-level components.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to translate clinical and product requirements into robust architectural choices.
• Lead technical decision-making for system partitioning, signal flow, performance optimization, and hardware trade studies.
• Deliver clear recommendations grounded in engineering rigor, risk assessment, and scalability.
• Drive innovation in acoustic, electronic, and mechanical subsystems to advance imaging performance, reliability, and manufacturability.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and guide their incorporation into system roadmaps.
• Maintain system requirements, interfaces, and verification strategies to ensure architectural integrity throughout the product lifecycle.
• Collaborate closely with hardware, transducer, and firmware teams to maintain alignment.
• Serve as the technical authority and mentor for systems engineering and hardware teams.
• Influence strategic decisions, provide architectural governance, and elevate engineering excellence across the organization.

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: Mid Level