Supplier Quality Engineering Team Lead; Hybrid

Supplier Quality Engineering Team Lead (Hybrid)

Kardium Inc., Glenlyon Parkway, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Posted Friday, May 15, 2026 at 10:00 a.m.

By joining the Kardium team, you can help make a difference in the lives of millions around the world. We have developed a ground-breaking medical device for the diagnosis and treatment of the most common heart rhythm disorder, atrial fibrillation – which can cause stroke, heart failure, and other heart-related complications.

Kardium’s mission is to deliver the best treatment for atrial fibrillation. To achieve this, we have developed the Globe Pulsed Field System – we have a fantastic technical team that has developed a product with strong, unique, and customer-valued differentiators versus other solutions on the market. We have built connections with key opinion leaders who are already using the Globe System and are helping to tell our story.

We have obtained FDA approval and officially begun the commercial launch of the Globe Pulsed Field System. This is a pivotal and exciting time in our journey, as we bring this life-changing technology to patients!

As a Supplier Quality Engineering Team Lead, you will play a key role in Kardium’s manufacturing scale up by leading supplier quality activities to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, quality standards, and company expectations. You will lead the investigation and resolution of supplier quality issues, enhance incoming inspection program, analyze supplier quality data, and implement improvement initiatives to reduce defects and variability.

Please note, this opportunity is a hybrid work arrangement, located in Burnaby, BC.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Proactively lead supplier quality engineering activities for raw materials, components, and contract manufacturers.
• Partner with key suppliers to establish robust quality plans to ensure high-yield commercial scaling.
• Conduct supplier audits and assessments in accordance with ISO 13485, FDA QSR, and company requirements.
• Analyze supplier quality data, identify trends and implement improvement initiatives to reduce defects and variability.
• Drive supplier corrective and preventive actions (SCAR/CAPA) and ensure timely closure.
• Lead a team of Supplier Quality Engineers, building capabilities and prioritizing team activities to support production schedules and quality objectives.
• Collaborate with Manufacturing, R&D, Regulatory Affairs, and Operations to mitigate and resolve supplier-related quality issues.
• Participate in material review board (MRB) activities related to supplier nonconformances.

Our Kardium team is smart, creative, and passionate about creating cutting-edge medical devices to help improve people’s lives. We work within a collaborative environment based on trust and respect. And we understand that only by working together can we solve the unsolvable.

You will be successful in this role because you possess these attributes:

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in electrical, mechanical or manufacturing engineering (or equivalent).
• 7+ years of supplier quality engineering experience in medical device manufacturing or regulated industry.
• 3+ years of leadership or team lead experience.
• Proven track record in supplier development including conducting supplier audits and managing supplier corrective actions.
• Proficiency in root cause analysis and statistical/problem-solving tools.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.
• Domestic and international travel to supplier sites may be required (up to 25%).

Kardium has listed the total cash compensation range (base salary + 5% Retirement Savings Plan contribution) that we expect to pay applicants for this role, as of the time of this posting. Pay offered will be determined based on numerous relevant business and candidate factors including, for example, education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, and business or organizational needs. For candidates with more or less experience than listed above, the pay range will be adjusted.

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