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Effective Tuesday, January 4, 2022, all U.S.-based employees are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID as a condition of employment at Philips*. Employees may request a reasonable accommodation. *Montana employees are currently excluded from this requirement at this time.

If you are a Colorado resident and this role is a field-based or remote role, you may be eligible to receive additional information about the compensation and benefits for this role, which we will provide upon request. You may contact 888-367-7223, option 5, for assistance.

Philips is a global leader in health technology, committed to improving billions of lives worldwide and striving to make the world healthier and more sustainable through innovation. Driven by the vision of a better tomorrow.

But it’s not just what we do, it’s who we are. We are 80,000, wonderfully unique individuals, with two things in common: An unwavering sense of purpose and a relentless determination to deliver on our customers’ needs. It’s what inspires us to create meaningful solutions – the kind that make a real difference – when it matters most.

The world and our customers’ needs are changing faster than ever before and while we are proud of what we do already, we know we can do more. That’s why we need you, to help us tackle increasingly complex challenges posed by ever evolving health and well-being needs.

In this role, you have the opportunity to make life better

Looking at the challenges the world is facing today Philips’ purpose has never been more relevant. So, whatever your role, if you share our passion for helping others, you’ll be working towards creating a better and fairer future for all.

We are looking for a talented new Acoustic Development Engineer to join our team! You will be responsible for the acoustic design of future generations of ultrasound transducer products and the in‐ terface to the ultrasound imaging system.

Responsibilities will include:

• Working with development teams to design ultra‐ sound transducer arrays that meet imaging objectives
• Performing finite element modeling to guide design and optimize performance
• Define specifications and establish tolerances for new transducers Guiding development of new transducer materials and defining aspects that are critical to quality
• Developing test methods and designing experiments that further advance ultrasound knowledge
• Assisting production engineers solve problems and sustain excellent transducer performance

You will be working in the Ultrasound Transducer R&D organiza‐ tion within Philips Healthcare in Reedsville, PA. The transducer R&D team is a multi-site organization that works globally with Philips and suppliers to advance the state of the art in Transducer design and performance. We have a strong commitment to our customers, to innovation, and to quality.

To succeed in this role, you’ll need a customer-first attitude and the following

• BS in Engineering with a concentration in Acoustics Experience designing ultrasound transducer arrays
• 3+ years of experience designing ultrasound transducers
• Experience using finite element methods for trans‐ ducer design (preferably with PZFlex)
• Experience working in transducer design teams Experience in developing acoustic materials
• Experience in testing transducers and interpreting test results
• Experience with lab electronics and design of experiments
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Good organizational and time management skills
• Experience in medical ultrasound and diagnostic imaging preferred
• Experience in developing manufacturing processes preferred
• Experience with CMUT technology preferred
• Experience with signal processing and statistics preferred

US work authorization is a precondition of employment. The company will not consider candidates who require sponsorship for a work-authorized visa.

Company relocation benefits will not be provided for this position. For this position, you will reside in or within commuting distance to Reedsville, PA

How we work at Philips

Our newly adopted hybrid work concept fuses flexibility with collaboration to deliver great outcomes for our people and our customers. We are embracing an approach wherein we spend more time together than apart – which for full-time employees translates to an average of at least 3 days working from the office and up to 2 days from home – for our hybrid roles.

Hybrid work flexibility means people can meet the changing demands of work and home in the most balanced, productive, and healthy way.

Our hybrid working model is defined in 3 ways:

We believe in the importance of impactful collaboration: There's a certain energy when everyone’s in the same room that can heighten idea generation and creative friction needed for problem-solving.

We embrace flexibility: Choosing where, when, and how to work can vary according to task and team schedules. Flexibility isn’t office or online, it means choosing the space that works best for you, your teams, and our customers on a case-by-case basis.

We want to be at our best: The way we work, and our workspaces are designed to support our well-being, offer career advancement opportunities, and enable us to be at our best.

Why should you join Philips?

Working at Philips is more than a job. It’s a calling to create a healthier society through meaningful work, focused on innovative, customer-first health technology solutions. Help us improve the health and well-being of billions of people, every year. Ultimately creating a career that no one could have planned for. Even you.

Visit our careers website to explore what it’s like working at Philips, read stories from our employee blog, find information about our recruitment process and answers to some frequently asked questions.

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Philips is an Equal Employment and Opportunity Employer/Disabled/Veteran and maintains a drug-free workplace.