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Systems Engineer - Ultrasound (Cambridge, MA or Bothell, WA)

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

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Master's degree

Job overview

The Systems Engineer – Ultrasound develops and integrates next-generation ultrasound imaging systems, with a focus on image quality, clinical performance, and workflow efficiency. The role designs and tests imaging algorithms and subsystems, leads system capability development and technical investigations, and collaborates across engineering, clinical, marketing, and product teams to translate customer and market needs into engineering specifications.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Software SkillsC/C++GPU ProgrammingCUDAOpenCLOpenCVMATLABPython

Qualifications

Master's in Electrical Engineering or RelatedPhD2+ Years Systems Engineering, Signal Processing or EquivalentImaging Experience

Benefits

Paid Time Off
401(k) Match
Tuition Assistance

Full job description

The Systems Engineer – Ultrasound is responsible for delivering outstanding image quality, clinical performance and workflow efficiency by driving the development and integration of next-generation ultrasound imaging systems. The role handles internal investigations into technical complaints regarding development and system integration issues, driving resolution, and implementing preventive measures to mitigate future issues.

Your role:

  • Apply principles of acoustic wave propagation and signal processing theory to design, implement and test new ultrasound imaging algorithms, system architectures, and imaging subsystems.

  • Lead the development and implementation of new ultrasound system capabilities, including project planning, algorithm and hardware design, integration strategy, and software implementation.

  • Lead internal investigations into technical complaints regarding development and system integration issues, driving resolution and implementing preventive measures to mitigate future issues.

  • Collaborate cross-functionally with R&D team members, Marketing, Product Management, and internal/external stakeholders to support new feature requirements for specific clinical applications and market needs, and translate marketing/customer requirements into engineering specifications.

  • Engage with experts in electrical engineering, biomedical engineering, physics, software development, clinical science, and product management to deliver innovative solutions that meet complex clinical and technical requirements.

You're the right fit if:

  • You have a Master’s Degree in in Electrical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or equivalent disciplines. PHD, preferred.

  • You’ve acquired 2+ years of experience in systems engineering, signal processing or equivalent. Imaging experience strongly, preferred.

  • Your skills include strong software skills in C/C++, GPU programming with CUDA or OpenCL, OpenCV, MATLAB and Python.

  • 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 onsite role.

About Philips

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Philips Transparency Details

The pay range for this position in Cambridge, MA and Bothell, WA 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 10,536 open Systems Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$115–182K/yr
  • Washington median$132–194K/yr285 salary ranges
  • US median$115–188K/yr7,864 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $149K, is 12% below the Washington median midpoint ($169K) — in the middle half of Systems Engineer salary ranges in Washington.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 336 open Systems Engineer jobs in Washington and 10,536 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Washington
Experience
This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience — less than three in four Systems Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 8,741 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a master's degree; 250 of the 10,536 open Systems Engineer jobs (2%) ask for a master's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 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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