Job Title
Architect Test and Verification Engineering
Job Description
Role title - Architect Test and Verification Engineering
In this role, you have the opportunity to architect the quality and safety of our healthcare systems.
Your challenge
As Test and Verification Architect you are responsible for the realization and management of Product testing and verification in product creation and its lifecycle maintenance projects. These projects can cover every phase of the product life cycle, from development, manufacturing, market deployment, operation and maintenance to phase.
You will be mainly involved in develop and implement test strategies, design for testability (DFT), Design for manufacturing test (DfMT) guidelines for systems ,subsystems ,parts , PCBA designs. Additionally, the definition and review of testable requirements and the development of an optimization, integration, and testing strategy towards product realization.
In your role, you will support system architects to integrally manage the design, development, execution and reporting of tests. You will maintain and develop knowledge and expertise resulting in state-of-the-art approaches to serve our customers with the test and verification service proposition.
You will help to deploy best practices throughout the global company by providing training and coaching to development engineers and system architects.
You are responsible for
- The management and realization of product test and verification in R&D projects and projects covering life cycle maintenance of product across the businesses.
- Integrally manage the design, development, execution and reporting of all test and verification engineering activities.
- Defining and reviewing testable requirements and the development of an optimization, integration and testing strategy ,Test Methodology ,Test protocols towards product realization.
- Support project leaders, system architects and lead engineers to develop a risk-based integration and testing strategy
- Review of (quality of) Design verification documentation, FMEAs, Risk Assessments and being able to perform gap analysis with respect to standards and regulations.
- Create, supervise and/or review test protocols
- Create actionable integration and verification plans to release products and processes according to specified requirements.
- Prepare and set up the test base in line with the project plan.
- Take ownership for test execution, sample management and test reporting.
- Liaise with test centers, lab facilities to execute the verification plan.
- Develop and implement design for testability (DFT),Design for manufacturing test (DfMT) guidelines and ensure guidelines are followed throughout the design process.
- Develop and implement test strategies, Define testability metrics for PCBA designs.
- Manage your activities and services according to good project management practices.
- Coordinate small teams of test & verification engineers if applicable.
- Deploy best practices for risk and test and verification management globally in Philips to R&D project teams or organizations via training & coaching to enhance maturity.
- Identify improvement opportunities in Philips businesses with respect to the Test and Verification proposition and develop actionable proposals and plans to address these.
You are a part of
The Test and Verification Engineering team which is part of the Quality and Reliability engineering department of Innovation Engineering and is a diverse group of more than 28 technical experts located in the Netherlands, India and US.
All have extensive experience in the field of test and verification strategy definition, requirement engineering and/or test automation and are actively supporting complex, innovative projects for Philips businesses as our internal customers, located all over the world.
To succeed in this role, you should have the following skills and experience
- Masters or Batchelor’s degree in Electronics/ E&TC /Electrical Engineering
- Around 15 yrs. of experience with Minimum 8 years of experience as a Test and Verification lead/architect in an industrial product R&D environment.
- Experience of working in a regulated environment or a medical device company has a strong preference
- In-depth knowledge and a proven track record in implementing and applying concepts in test and verification and test management field.
- Experience in risk based test strategy development and implementation.
- Experience with functional tester developments for systems, modules ,PCBA and Components.
- Experience in DFT guidelines, Test Coverage and test methodologies.
- DfSS green Belt or equal by experience and manufacturing quality control knowledge.
- Experience / ability to design-develop, test and debug Test automation applications.
- Experience in Test automation using Python , Labview , other platforms /tools is plus
- Good understanding of PCBA mfg process and in-process control techniques is plus
- Good understanding of commercially available PCBA test techniques is plus
- Working Experience in Industrial automation protocols is plus
- You combine analytical and architectural thinking, physical insight, continuous learning mindset and ability to create structure that leads to deliver sustainable results and creative solutions.
- Strong communication skills, gathering relevant information, bringing strategies to results of teams and convincing various stakeholders.
- Excellent reporting and documentation skills.
- Good project management skills.
Furthermore to be successful in this role you are :
- Motivated, self-driven with a determination to succeed and the ability to adapt to change.
- Analytical, you are open to new ideas and believe in continuous learning in order to develop new competencies.
- A critical but constructive reviewer
- Customer focused, have excellent communication skills and you are a team player.
- Leadership: Provides guidance and enables development in own team. Mentors junior staff within own team.
About Philips
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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.
