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Senior System Architect - Ultrasound (Cambridge, MA or Bothell, WA)

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Compensation
$115–182K/yr
Location
Bothell, WAHybrid
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Master's degree

Job overview

The Senior Systems Architect will set the direction for Philips’ next-generation ultrasound imaging platforms. The role leads system-level architecture across hardware, software, imaging, transducers, and clinical needs, shaping technology strategy and product decisions. It owns long-range architecture and roadmaps, governs major programs from concept through launch, and provides technical and organizational leadership while mentoring architects and senior engineers.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Ultrasound System ArchitectureSystem DesignHardware EngineeringPlatform ArchitectureDesign ControlsRisk ManagementLeadershipMentoring

Qualifications

Master's Degree in Related DisciplinePhD10+ Years Industry or Academic ExperienceLead Architect or Technical Authority Experience

Benefits

Paid Time Off
401(k) Match
Tuition Assistance

Full job description

This role is responsible for setting the direction for the next generation of Philips Ultrasound imaging platforms. As a Senior Systems Architect, you will lead system-level architecture across hardware, software, imaging, transducers, and clinical needs, shaping technology strategy, key product decisions, and future engineering talent.

Your role:

  • Own the long-range architecture vision and technology roadmap for ultrasound imaging platforms, aligning platform strategy with product, portfolio, clinical, and business objectives.

  • Establish architecture principles, platform interfaces, and system-level decision frameworks, translating cross-functional requirements into scalable platform strategies and measurable outcomes.

  • Serve as the technical authority for major programs from concept through launch, governing critical trade-offs across performance, reliability, cost, risk, and architectural integrity.

  • Set the technology agenda for emerging capabilities and future platforms, directing modeling, prototyping, integration, verification, validation, and risk-reduction strategies to enable evidence-based decisions.

  • Provide organizational and technical leadership across product generations, influencing senior leaders, suppliers, and technology partners while mentoring architects and senior engineers and strengthening systems-thinking capabilities.

You're the right fit if:

  • You have a Master’s Degree in a related discipline; PhD preferred.

  • You've acquired 10+ years of industry and/or academic experience in Ultrasound System Architecture, System Design, Hardware Engineering, or equivalent, including significant time as lead architect or technical authority on complex products.

  • You have a track record of defining platform architectures that shipped and scaled across multiple products or generations. You've made high-consequence technology decisions that balance clinical value, risk, quality, cost, and long-term platform strategy.

  • You lead through influence, earning the trust of senior leaders and developing other architects. You bring deep command of design controls and risk management, and you're energized by turning new technology into responsible, differentiated products. 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 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 office role.

About Philips

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Philips Transparency Details

The pay range for this position in Bothell, WA and Cambridge, MA is $115,000 to $182,000.

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 Cambridge, MA or Bothell, WA.

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As an equal opportunity employer, Philips is committed to a diverse workforce. In order to ensure reasonable accommodation for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Veterans' Readjustment Act of 1974, and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, applicants that require accommodation in the job application process may contact 888-367-7223, option 5, for assistance.

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How this job compares

Set against the 875 open Systems Architect jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 29, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$115–182K/yr
  • Washington median$143–270K/yr28 salary ranges
  • US median$146–237K/yr692 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $149K, is 24% below the Washington median midpoint ($195K) — in the lowest quarter of Systems Architect salary ranges in Washington.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 31 open Systems Architect jobs in Washington and 875 across the US. 11% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Washington
Experience
This posting asks for at least 10 years of experience; Systems Architect postings that state a minimum ask for 8 years at the median (666 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a master's degree; 27 of the 875 open Systems Architect jobs (3%) ask for a master's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 29, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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