Job Title
Manufacturing Test Engineer
Job Description
Manufacturing Test Engineer
In this role, you will support the development and lifecycle management of complex manufacturing test systems by defining test strategies, maintaining control plans, and ensuring the installation, validation, and compliance of advanced test equipment to deliver reliable, high-quality product testing.
Your role:
- Serves as the primary owner of manufacturing test-related activities within PDLM subprojects, partnering with Product Industrialization Engineers to ensure effective coordination of test system requirements throughout product development and launch. Provides critical input on manufacturing test needs, helping bridge product design and production through robust, validated testing processes.
- Responsible for developing and maintaining test control plans and work instructions that support embedded quality standards and regulatory compliance. Ensures adherence to safety, environmental, legal, and company requirements while establishing reliable and repeatable manufacturing test processes.
- Oversees the installation, commissioning, and validation of complex test equipment, supporting manufacturing ramp-up activities and seamless transition to full-scale production. Ensures new test systems are integrated efficiently while maintaining high standards of product quality, reliability, and operational performance.
- Drives design changes and continuous improvements that enhance test coverage, functionality, and efficiency. Monitors test system performance after project handover, implement process and equipment enhancements, and resolve operational challenges to sustain long-term effectiveness.
- Provides the factory test perspective during project sign-off and closure, ensuring all testing requirements are addressed before final approval. Applies analytical problem-solving, lean manufacturing principles, and Capex optimization strategies to improve productivity, manage recurring test equipment investments, and support ongoing site-level test system procurement and deployment.
You're the right fit if:
- You’ve acquired minimal experience with a Bachelor's Degree OR minimum 4 years of experience with Vocational Education in areas such as manufacturing, engineering, industrial engineering, systems engineering, production or equivalent.
- Your skills include manufacturing principles, environmental health and safety, quality monitoring, equipment installations, product lifecycle management, process improvements, lean manufacturing, business acumen, cost optimization, design for manufacturability, regulatory compliance, CAPA methodologies, Lean Six Sigma, and Labview, preferred.
- You have a Bachelor's Degree, preferred, Vocational Education in Mechanical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Sciences, Manufacturing Engineering, Manufacturing Process Optimization or equivalent.
- You must be able to successfully perform the following minimum Physical, Cognitive and Environmental job requirements with or without accommodation for this position.
- You have exposure to software writing, strong attention to detail and thorough follow through on projects.
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 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 onsite 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 healthcare that we all deserve. Do the work of your life to help improve the lives of others.
Philips Transparency Details
The pay range for this position in Murrysville, PA is $69,000 to $111,000.
The actual base 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.
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, 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.
At Philips, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top end of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each case.
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 Murrysville, PA.
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This requisition is expected to stay active for 45 days but may close earlier if a successful candidate is selected or business necessity dictates. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible to ensure consideration.
Philips is an Equal Employment and Opportunity Employer including Disability/Vets and maintains a drug-free workplace.