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As Supplier Development Engineer you will have an opportunity to strengthen the capability, quality ownership, and performance of strategic suppliers, ensuring they consistently deliver safe, compliant, and high-quality products that improve patient outcomes worldwide. This position can be based either in Hamburg or in Boblingen. Please apply in English.
Your role:

• Technical Supplier Leadership & Risk Management: Lead deep technical and process capability assessments for high-risk or specialized suppliers, including emerging technologies, to evaluate performance and identify gaps. Drive resolution of critical supplier issues through root cause analysis, while identifying systemic risks and implementing sustainable mitigation strategies at both supplier and product levels.

• Supplier Maturity & Performance Advancement: Drive deployment of supplier maturity frameworks by assessing QMS effectiveness, process capability, and operational performance, translating findings into prioritized improvement roadmaps. Monitor supplier maturity progression over time and integrate insights into sourcing strategies, supplier segmentation, and key business decisions.

• Supplier-Owned Quality (SOQ) & First-Time-Right (FTR) Execution: Lead initiatives to shift quality ownership to suppliers by implementing robust process controls, in-process monitoring, and structured governance models. Integrate FTR principles into APQP, NPI, and design transfer activities, ensuring alignment with CtQ requirements while proactively mitigating risks to improve first-pass yield and product conformance.

• Coaching, Capability Building & Standardization: Serve as a technical subject matter expert by coaching suppliers and internal teams on quality tools, methodologies, and expectations, while driving adoption of standardized supplier development practices. Promote consistency through training, knowledge sharing, and best practice deployment across teams and Business Units.

• Program Leadership, Compliance & Continuous Improvement: Lead complex supplier development programs for strategic and high-risk suppliers by defining objectives, KPIs, and success criteria while tracking progress and removing barriers to ensure measurable results. Maintain regulatory and QMS knowledge, support audit best practices, and provide updates to stakeholders while contributing to continuous improvement of supplier development and audit programs.

You're the right fit if:

• You have acquired a minimum of 7 years of experience with a Bachelor’s degree in Quality Engineering, Safety Engineering, Process Engineering, Continuous Improvement, or a related field, with demonstrated expertise in supplier quality and development within regulated environments.
• Your skills include strong understanding of medical device QMS, supplier controls, and regulatory expectations; ability to assess complex manufacturing and quality processes and identify risk-based
• improvement opportunities; knowledge of various special process strongly preferred (injection molding, etc.)
• You have a bachelor’s/master’s degree in engineering science, Supply Chain Management, Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering or equivalent. Problem solving methodology certifications are a nice to have.
• You are an excellent communicator, negotiator, and relationship builder with internal and external partners. You have high attention to detail, analytical thinking skills, and sound professional judgment; You also have a strong ability to work independently and manage multiple audits in parallel. Willing and able to travel up to 50% domestically and internationally to supplier sites and flexibility to work across time zones as needed.

Compensation & benefits for Boblingen office

Doing meaningful work should come with fair, transparent rewards. The base salary range for this role is € 103,510.62 –€ 138,014.16. 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 5% bonus, with your rewards linked to your performance and company performance. We’ll share the full approach with you during the interview process, so you can make a clear, informed decision.

Philips benefits for you: 

• Annual leave: 30 days  

• Mobility and devices: subsidized Germany ticket, leasing opportunities for private use (bicycles, cars, smartphones,…) 

• Philips University & Philips in Balance: Wide range of professional training courses and for personal development & Healthcare 

• Philips Pension Fund: Employer-funded pension plan  

• “Partnerzeit” – two paid weeks off after your partner has given birth 

• Philips MyShop: Discount on Philips products  

• Free drinks and low prices in our canteen and Café 

• Culture: Informal culture, a paid day for voluntary work, various team/cultural activities (on sustainability, diversity, ...), etc.   

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

About Philips
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