Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two. Worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
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Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 25 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest May 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first.
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The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
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No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area.
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What Philips North America LLC paid sponsored hires in similar roles5 certified filings for “Software Development Engineer” (Software Developers) in MA: $131k–$131k, median $131k.
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Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
Details and sources
- Employer is on a government sponsor record
- The US Department of Labor certified 25 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest May 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- No salary bar for this route
- H-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Philips North America LLC paid sponsored hires in similar roles
- 5 certified filings for “Software Development Engineer” (Software Developers) in MA: $131k–$131k, median $131k. Most were filed at wage level II (80%) — 2 lottery entries, ≈31% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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About the role
Job Title
Systems Engineer
Job Description
Systems Engineer (New Kensington, PA)
You will play a critical role as a part of the Sleep and Respiratory Care R&D/Systems Engineering Team that is responsible for developing and sustaining respiratory ventilators and sleep therapy devices, ensuring our Sleep & Respiratory Care (S&RC) products are safe, reliable and of the highest quality.
Your role:
• Responsible for the overall Systems Engineering deliverables and activities including translation of user and business requirements to product requirements, technical approach and system architecture development, harmonization of system design among the relevant products and projects of the segment(s), allocation of derived requirements to subsystems, and integration strategy and methods.
• Drives refinement and translation of user requirements (including but not limited to clinical, serviceability, reliability, and manufacturability), regulatory requirements, and system architecture and concepts into functional requirements. Manage requirements to be compliant with requirement management policies and ensure coverage, quality, and full implementation of requirements.
• Responsible for technical approach, system top level design, feasibility of potential technical solutions, and allocation of derived requirements (including functionality, interface specifications and design budgets) onto affected subsystems. Plans and executes system-level design reviews.
• Owns system-level defect analysis and remediation during System Integration, Verification and Validation phases. Support Product Risk Management, regulatory and standard fulfillment and country approval.
• Manage technical risk by conducting thorough risk analyses, including Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (DFMEA), and developing risk control measures.
You're the right fit if:
• You’ve acquired 2+ years successfully developing complex medical devices and a focus in systems engineering (hardware, software, consumables), with experience in Sleep Therapy/Ventilation products and accessories highly desired. Experience in test-Driven design methodologies, analytical and architectural thinking, system view, physical insight, flexibility, and a hands-on mentality to deliver sustainable results and creative solutions.
• Your skills include strong understanding of System Design process, including Model-Based (MBSE/V Model) Design approach-conceptualization, writing requirements, functional and technical design, check & optimize, verification, integration and finally validation, Medical Device/ FDA Quality System Regulations (ISO 13485/14971/10993/18562 ,17510 2015, IEC 62366 etc.) and clearance processes.
• You have a Bachelor’s Degree, required in Engineering preferably in Systems, Biomedical, Mechanical or similar discipline, Master’s degree, preferred.
• You must be able to successfully perform the following minimum Physical, Cognitive and Environmental job requirements with or without accommodation for this position .
• You’ve demonstrated a relentless focus on Patient Safety and Quality as an organizational value and bring highly effective communication, computer, documentation, presentation, and interpersonal skills, as well as the ability to work independently, cross-functionally, and collaboratively.
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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