Electronics Design Engineer - Test Automation

Job Title

Electronics Design Engineer – Test Automation- fixed term (All genders)

Job Description

Electronics Design Engineer – Test Automation

As an Electronics Design Engineer – Test Automation, you will play a key role in ensuring the quality, safety, and reliability of technology that healthcare professionals rely on every day.
Working at the intersection of hardware, software, and manufacturing, you will design and develop automated test solutions that help deliver high-quality medical devices to patients around the world in close collaboration with engineers across R&D, quality and manufacturing.

This is a fixed term position till September 2028

In this role, you will:

• Develop electronic hardware for automated production test systems for our patient monitoring portfolio, working closely with R&D throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Translate product, measurement, and test requirements into hardware concepts, specifications, and electrical designs.
• Design analog, digital, and mixed-signal circuits, including measurement interfaces, signal conditioning, sensor interfaces, and test fixtures.
• Select components, create schematics, and support PCB layout, prototype assembly, and hardware integration.
• Bring up prototypes, characterize circuit performance, and verify and validate designs against defined requirements.
• Develop and integrate automated measurement and test sequences to control instruments, operate test hardware, and evaluate measurement results.
• Investigate complex electrical and measurement problems, identify root causes, and implement robust design improvements.
• Use measurement data to continuously improve test coverage, reliability, accuracy, and efficiency.
• Document design decisions, calculations, test results, and verification activities in accordance with applicable medical device quality requirements.
• Collaborate with test software engineers, R&D, quality, and manufacturing teams to integrate your designs into complete production test systems.
• Support our global manufacturing sites by troubleshooting, maintaining, and improving deployed test hardware.
• Explore new technologies and contribute to the evolution of our test development platform through automation, digitalization, and AI-assisted engineering approaches.

You’re the right fit if:

• You hold a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electronics Engineering, Technical Informatics, or a related engineering discipline.
• You have practical experience in electronic hardware development, from circuit design and component selection through prototype bring-up and verification.
• You have a solid understanding of analog and digital electronics, measurement technology, signal conditioning, sensor interfaces, and ideally mixed-signal or high-speed designs.
• You enjoy hands-on engineering and are comfortable using oscilloscopes, multimeters, power supplies, signal generators, and other laboratory and measurement equipment.
• You enjoy investigating complex technical problems and turning ideas into working hardware.
• You have programming or test automation experience with technologies such as Python, LabVIEW, TestStand, Go, or comparable environments.
• You are interested in using modern engineering tools, including AI-assisted development and coding tools, to improve productivity and explore new approaches.
• Experience with medical device development, structured verification and validation, FDA requirements, or ISO 13485 is an advantage, but not essential.
• You are fluent in German. English language skills are an advantage.
• You take ownership of your work, enjoy working independently, and collaborate effectively across disciplines.
• Most importantly, you are curious about technology, passionate about electronics, and motivated to see your designs become real test systems used in manufacturing.

Compensation & Benefits

Doing meaningful work should come with fair, transparent rewards. The base salary range for this role is €93,050.83 – €124,067.77. We determine pay within the range using objective factors, like the skills the role requires, your relevant experience and the responsibility you'll have in this role, alongside internal equity and local market considerations. An entry-level position below this range may be offered if the job requirements are not yet fully met; in this case, the employee will be placed in a lowersalary band. We ensure compliance with internal compensation structures as well as standard market conditions.

This role is eligible for Short Term Incentive, with your rewards linked to individual performance and company results. We’ll share the full approach with you during the interview process, so you can make a clear, informed decision.

Benefits include: 

• Annual leave: 30 days  

• Mobility and devices: subsidized Germany ticket, leasing opportunities for private use (bicycles, cars, smartphones,…) 

• Philips University & Philips in Balance: Wide range of professional training courses and for personal development & Healthcare 

• Philips Pension Fund: Employer-funded pension plan  

• Philips “Partnerzeit”: two paid weeks off after your partner has given birth 

• Philips MyShop: Discount on Philips products  

• Culture: Informal culture, a paid day for voluntary work, various team/cultural activities (on sustainability, diversity, ...), etc.  

How We Work Together

We believe that we are better together than apart. Onsite roles require full-time presence in the company’s facilities

About Philips

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• Learn more about our purpose.

If you’re interested in this role and have many, but not all, of the experiences needed, we encourage you to apply. You may still be the right candidate for this or other opportunities at Philips. Learn more about our commitment to diversity and inclusion here.