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Software System Engineer
Philips North America LLC · 🇺🇸 Shenyang
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- 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. USCIS also records 14 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- 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. 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 roles5 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).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
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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Sponsor Radar — Philips North America LLC
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. USCIS also records 14 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
Job Title Software System Engineer Job Description Job Responsibilities • Translate stakeholder, user, product, and regulatory needs into system and software requirements that are clear, testable, feasible, and traceable across the full development lifecycle. • Define, analyze, review, and maintain software requirements, including functional, interface, performance, reliability, safety, security, serviceability, and error-handling requirements. • Collaborate with software architects and development teams to ensure system intent is correctly translated into software architecture, software design, interface definitions, and integration strategies. • Coordinate system decomposition, system partitioning, and allocation of requirements to subsystems and software items, ensuring consistency, completeness, and technical coherence. • Support software development in regulated environments by ensuring development activities, deliverables, and traceability are aligned with IEC 62304, applicable quality procedures, and company design control requirements. • Operate effectively in Agile development ways of working by managing product backlog, and contributing to sprint planning, design reviews, acceptance discussions, and incremental clarification of requirements and design outcomes. • Drive investigation of technical issues, anomalies, complaints, and integration problems by reproducing issues, analyzing evidence, identifying root causes, coordinating resolution, and supporting effective corrective and preventive actions. • Contribute to risk management, verification planning, and integration planning by ensuring that requirements and design decisions are adequately covered by verification and that identified risks are translated into engineering actions. • Review system and software design proposals, identify requirement conflicts and design trade-offs, and recommend improvements to enhance reliability, maintainability, usability, performance, and product quality. • Contribute to software and system integration readiness by clarifying interfaces, supporting end-to-end scenarios, and helping teams define conditions for successful verification, validation, release, and maintenance. • Apply modern engineering practices, including Harness Engineering and AI-assisted coding or analysis approaches, to improve requirement elaboration, design reviews, defect investigation, and engineering productivity, while adhering to approved governance, coding standards, security, and compliance expectations. Required Qualifications Education Bachelor's / Master's Degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent. Work Experience • Minimum 3 years of experience in System Engineering, Software Engineering, System Design, Software Design, System Integration, or equivalent. • Experience in regulated product development, medical software, or similar quality-critical domains is preferred. • Demonstrated experience in requirements engineering, technical issue investigation, root cause analysis, and cross-functional collaboration in Agile development environments is expected. • Familiarity with IEC 62304, design controls, traceability, and modern AI-assisted engineering practices such as Harness Engineering or structured AI coding support is highly desirable. Preferred Skills (Technical/Functional Skills) • Systems Engineering and Software Engineering • Requirements Engineering, Traceability, and Interface Definition • System Design, Software Design, and Systems Integration • IEC 62304 and regulated software development lifecycle practices • Agile development methods and cross-functional product development collaboration • Technical problem solving, root cause analysis, and complaint or issue investigation • Risk Management, Verifi