Philips
Senior Hardware System Architect
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Senior Hardware System ArchitectJob Description
CT HW System Architect Engineer
An experienced CT Hardware Subsystem Architect Engineer to define, develop, and govern the architecture of critical hardware subsystems for CT HW platforms. The architect will be responsible for establishing subsystem architecture, defining technical roadmaps, driving key technology decisions, managing subsystem interfaces, and ensuring that subsystem performance, reliability, safety, manufacturability, serviceability, and cost targets are achieved.
Your role:
Own the end-to-end architecture of the assigned CT HW subsystem.
Lead architecture reviews and critical design reviews, Serve as primary technical authority for the subsystem.
Define subsystem architecture strategy aligned with platform roadmap.
Develop subsystem technical requirements and architecture specifications.
Ensure architecture supports future scalability and platform reuse.
Drive architectural trade-offs for balancing performance, reliability, complexity, cost, and schedule.
Ensure architecture supports future platform scalability and technology evolution.
Analyze system requirements, clinical needs, product requirements, and regulatory requirements, flow down to subsystem and critical components.
Allocate subsystem performance budgets and margins, establish and maintain complete end-to-end traceability throughout the development lifecycle.
Establish and maintain complete end-to-end traceability throughout the development of lifecycle.
Define subsystem interfaces, lead interface reviews, and integration planning.
Ensure subsystem architecture supports lifetime reliability and field performance requirements.
系统架构与技术领导
全面负责所分配CT硬件子系统的端到端架构设计与管理。
主导架构评审(Architecture Review)和关键设计评审(Critical Design Review),担任该子系统的首席技术专家和技术决策人。
制定与CT平台技术路线图相一致的子系统架构策略。
开发并维护子系统技术需求及架构规范(Architecture Specification)。
确保架构设计支持未来平台扩展性(Scalability)及平台复用(Platform Reuse)。
架构设计与需求管理
主导架构权衡分析(Architecture Trade-off),平衡以下关键目标:
性能(Performance)
可靠性(Reliability)
系统复杂度(Complexity)
成本(Cost)
项目进度(Schedule)
确保架构能够适应未来技术发展及平台演进需求。
分析并分解以下需求至子系统及关键组件:
系统需求(System Requirements)
临床需求(Clinical Needs)
产品需求(Product Requirements)
法规要求(Regulatory Requirements)
性能分配与可追溯性管理
制定子系统性能预算(Performance Budget)和设计裕量(Margin Allocation)。
建立并维护覆盖整个产品开发生命周期的端到端需求追溯体系(End-to-End Traceability)。
确保需求、架构、风险控制、验证活动之间具备完整可追溯性。
接口与集成管理
定义子系统接口规范(Interface Definition)。
主导接口评审和集成规划工作。
推动跨团队协同,确保系统集成顺利实施。
生命周期与可靠性管理
确保子系统架构满足产品全生命周期的可靠性要求。
确保产品在市场和客户现场环境下持续满足性能目标。
You're the right fit if:
Master or Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Electrical, Electronics, Systems Engineering, or related discipline).
10+ years of system engineering experience.
6+ years of architecture ownership or technical leadership and demonstrated experience for complex medical devices (CT, MR, X-ray, Radiation Therapy), imaging systems, industrial automation, aerospace, automotive, or other highly regulated systems.
Solid working knowledge of ISO13485, EU MDR, FDA 21 CFR, ISO14971.
Ability to translate regulatory and safety requirements into subsystem architecture, requirements, risk controls, and verification plans.
Strong and practical knowledge on DFMEA, problem solving, prefer Design For Six Sigma (GB/BB) certified candidates.
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 4 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.
Indicate if this role is an office/field/onsite role.
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