**Innovation & Automation Engineer 1** Drives the identification, development, and validation of new manufacturing solutions and technologies, improving processes and KPIs while providing expert support in production, troubleshooting, and activities such as CAPAs, NPIs, and industrialization. **Your role:** + Propose and develop assembly automation and innovation solutions, assessing emerging technologies and collaborating on specifications to improve manufacturing from raw materials to finished assemblies. + Lead mid- to large-size projects guided by senior engineers, including concept development, testing, prototype analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives, while managing related costs and reporting to management. + Monitor KPIs, perform FMEA and root cause analysis, implement CAPA/NCR actions, and identify opportunities to enhance process safety, reproducibility, flexibility, and simplicity. + Collaborate with cross-functional teams and external partners, provide guidance and training to operators and technicians, and contribute to DFMA (Design for Manufacturability and Assembly) projects. + Apply broad technical knowledge across disciplines, including programming, operating systems, and data analysis, to resolve complex manufacturing challenges creatively and effectively. **You're the right fit if:** + Bachelor degree in engineering or technical degree with at least 2 years of relevant experience. + Advanced English proficiency. + Knowledge of advanced Microsoft Office, Minitab statistical analysis, and basic statistics. + Familiarity with simulation and Lean Manufacturing principles. **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 role is an office role. **About Philips** We are a health technology company. We built our entire company around the belief that every human matters, and we won't stop until everybody everywhere has access to the quality healthcare that we all deserve. Do the work of your life to help the lives of others. * Learn more about our business. * Discover our rich and exciting history. * Learn more about our purpose. If you’re interested in this role and have many, but not all, of the experiences needed, we encourage you to apply. You may still be the right candidate for this or other opportunities at Philips. Learn more about our culture of impact with care here. \#LI-PH1