The R&D Engineering Technician will prepare/conduct test samples for reliability and design qualification testing, document test plans and reports, as well as supporting hands-on prototyping, machine preventative maintenance and failure analysis teardowns to support the development of medical ultrasound transducers. **Your role:** + Determines the method/sequence of work, whether parts with abnormalities should be replaced or modified and desirability of using and making tools and accessories. + Assesses and analyzes the desirability/necessity of improvements and simplifications in processes and procedures and draws up a change form. + Conducts and coordinate’s reliability and design qualification testing in collaboration with R&D reliability engineers, Product Industrialization engineers, and Supply Chain engineers. + Conducts and coordinates performance, acoustic, and safety testing and performs failure analysis in collaboration with R&D engineers. + Supports prototype builds and documents test plans, protocols, and reports. + Performs preventative maintenance on laboratory equipment and operates laboratory equipment/environmental chambers, relating to the reliability and design qualification testing of medical ultrasound transducers. **You're the right fit if:** + You have a minimum of 1+ years’ experience working in/maintaining a highly regulated Test/R&D lab environment (FDA/ISO medical device highly desired). + You have proven experience with Microsoft Office applications, as well as with competence-specific tools. + You have hands-on experience with hardware troubleshooting, testing, prototyping and any experience in reliability, failure analysis and acoustics highly desired. + You’re a self-starter, highly motivated with good organizational/time management skills, strong interpersonal and communication skills, and an excellent team player capable of working with cross-functional/multi-site teams. + You have a minimum of a Vocational Degree. Associates or Bachelors Degree in Acoustics or an Engineering discipline desired. + You must be able to successfully perform the following minimum Physical, Cognitive and Environmental job requirements with or without accommodation for this **position** **.** **How we work together:** We believe that we are better together than a part. For our **_Office-based_** teams, this means working in-person **_at least 3 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. **This is an Office role.** **About Philips:** We are a health technology company. We built our entire company around the belief that every human matters, and we won't stop until everybody, everywhere, has access to the quality of healthcare that we all deserve. Do the work of your life to help improve the lives of others. + Learn more about our business. + Discover our rich and exciting history. + Learn more about our purpose. + Learn more about our culture. **Philips Transparency Details:** + The Hourly pay range for this position in Cambridge, MA is $25/HR to $39/HR. The actual hourly pay offered may vary within the posted ranges depending on multiple factors including job-related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, geographical location, and internal equity.  At Philips, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top end of the hourly pay range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each case. In addition, other compensation, such as an annual incentive bonus, sales commission or long-term incentives may be offered. Employees are eligible to participate in our comprehensive Philips Total Rewards benefits program, which includes a generous PTO plan, 401k (up to 7% match), HSA (with company contribution), stock purchase plan, education reimbursement and much more. Details about our benefits can be found here. **Additional Information:** + 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. + Company relocation benefits **_will not_** be provided for this position. For this position, you must reside in **or** within commuting distance to **_Cambridge, MA_** . **_\#LI-PH1_** It is the policy of Philips to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all colleagues and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, gender, pregnancy/childbirth, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability or perceived disability, genetic information, citizenship, veteran or military status or a person’s relationship or association with a protected veteran, including spouses and other family members, marital or domestic partner status, or any other category protected by federal, state and/or local laws. As an equal opportunity employer, Philips is committed to a diverse workforce. 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