philips cartridge engineer - closes 12/5/2013

Your Team

"Handheld Diagnostics" is a growing Venture within the Philips Healthcare Incubator. The aim is to commercialize a new platform in the field of Point-of-Care Diagnostics. This platform radically improves the speed, reliability and ease of use of protein diagnostics. Troponine I testing in whole blood is selected as the first application. Aim is to generate new business in a new market which will significantly contribute to the growth ambitions of Philips.

Your challenge

As Cartridge Development Engineer your main responsibility will be the development of the microfluidic cartridge and the development of related manufacturing process to enable integration of a biological assay in the cartridge.

Your responsibilities

You work in multi disciplinary teams where your key areas of responsibility will be:

* Development of a disposable micro fluidic cartridge for in-vitro-diagnostics applications (blood cartridges).

* Development of cartridge related manufacturing processes that allow a good fluidic behavior and the integration of biological assays (e.g. surface hydrophylisation, application of coatings, etc.).

* Plan and carry out (micro fluidic and process) experiments to develop and evaluate new designs.

* Analysis of micro fluidic structures (theoretical analysis, fit with experimental data).

* Coordination with 3rd party suppliers of plastic parts, filters, tools/equipment, coatings, etc.

* Characterization of parts (flatness, roughness, dimensions, hydrophylicity, micro-scale features, optical properties, thermo-mechanic properties, etc.).

* Alignment of results and planning with parallel development teams (biological assay, process development, analyzer development, equipment development).

* Contribute to setting up a high-volume manufacturing line for the disposable cartridge.

* Align with 3rd party development partners.

* Reporting and documentation of results in project teams.

* Participate in the product creation process.

* Participate in field trials, alpha/beta testing and verification: define corrective and improvement actions.