Senior Software Design Quality Engineer - AI

Job Title

Senior Software Design Quality Engineer - AI

Job Description

In this role, you have the opportunity to

As a highly experienced Senior Design Quality AI Engineer you will have opportunity to lead design assurance activities for complex software-driven and AI-enabled products. This role requires deep expertise in software development, design quality engineering, and applied artificial intelligence, ensuring products meet the highest standards of safety, performance, compliance, and reliability.

The ideal candidate will act as a strategic technical SME within the organization, partnering cross functionally with Engineering, Product Management, Data Science, Cybersecurity, Clinical/Regulatory, and Manufacturing teams to embed quality and compliance throughout the product lifecycle. that Please note no relocation support will be provided.

You are responsible for

Design Quality Engineering Expertise

• Lead Design Quality Engineering activities for assigned projects across the full software product lifecycle—from concept to commercialization.
• Drive compliance with design control processes (e.g., ISO 13485, IEC 62304, ISO 14971, IEE1633, and AI regulation frameworks such as EU AI Act-ready practices).
• Act as key partner for defining and maintaining quality strategies, KPIs for complex, multi component systems integrating software, cloud, data, and AI/ML in compliance with applicable regulations and standards.

Software & AI Quality Assurance

• Oversee quality planning, documentation, and reviews for software and AI-enabled solutions (foundation models, prompt engineering).
• Design quality assurance for deep neural networks”, as well as “Governance of training pipelines” (for reproducibility).
• Ensure robust validation strategies for artificial intelligence models, including dataset quality, model performance, bias detection, and continuous learning.
• Partner with R&D teams to ensure transparency, explainability, and traceability in AI model development.

Risk Management & Compliance

• Oversee risk management activities per ISO 14971, including hazard analyses, FMEAs, fault tree analyses, cybersecurity risk assessments, and AI-specific risks.
• Evaluate design robustness and reliability using data-driven methods and statistical techniques.

Technical Reviews & Design Assurance

• Collaborate with R&D team and conduct expert-level design reviews on architecture, algorithms, code, test strategy, and verification/validation evidence.
• Identify gaps early in the design and drive cross-functional remediation.
• Serve as a quality SME during regulatory submissions and audits.

Process Excellence & Continuous Improvement

• Mentor teams in quality engineering best practices.
• Support in developing advanced processes for AI product lifecycle, dataset governance, software traceability, DevOps, and continuous quality monitoring.
• Champion culture of “Quality by Design” across R&D.

You are a part of

You will be part of the global Philips Q&R organization and will be reporting within the Design Quality team for IGT-Systems. As a member of this team, you contribute to our constant strive for shift left approach and further product quality improvements, so we continuously exceed both internal and external stakeholder expectations. 

To succeed in this role, you should have the following skills and experience

We are looking for a self-motivated and skilled individual who continuously strives for excellence as a way of life, not just as a job. We’re looking for someone who can inspire others to adopt this mentality of prioritizing quality above all else in a relentless pursuit to improve the quality of life for the billions of people, that Philips improves every year.

Specific skill requirements for this role include:

• Bachelor's (Master’s preferred) degree in Software Engineering, computer science or related field with 15+ years of experience.
• Experience in New product development, and LCM projects as Design Quality Engineer.
• Technical skills in C++, C# Python or any programming language will be a plus.
• Sound understanding of regulatory landscape including ISO13485, ISO14971, IEEE1633, FDA Drugs and cosmetic act (CFRs), IEC62304 and AI.
• Sound understanding of AI foundation models, prompt engineering, and data processing techniques.
• Experience with automated testing tools and frameworks (e.g., Selenium, JUnit, PHPUnit).
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Proven ability to lead and mentor teams in a collaborative environment.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience with Agile methodologies and tools.
• Knowledge of regulatory standards and compliance related to software quality assurance and AI.

Compensation & benefits

Doing meaningful work should come with fair, transparent rewards. The base salary range for this role is EUR 78,187.00 - EUR 130,312.00 gross per year. We determine pay within the range using objective factors, like the skills the role requires, your relevant experience and the responsibility you'll have in this role, alongside internal equity and local market considerations. 

This role is eligible for 3% short term incentive with your rewards linked to both individual performance and company results. We’ll share the full approach with you during the interview process, so you can make a clear, informed decision. Benefits include hybrid working, paid time-off, health and wellbeing benefits, learning and development opportunities.

How we work together
We believe that we are better together than apart. For this role, it means working in-person at least 3 days per week.
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