Sr. Engineer QA - Manufacturing

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Requisition : 63270 Title:Sr. Engineer QA - Manufacturing Division:Arthrex Manufacturing Inc (US02)Location:Ave Maria, FL

Arthrex, Inc. is a global medical device company and a leader in new product development and medical education in orthopedics. Arthrex is actively searching for an Engineer Sr – QA for our manufacturing site in Ave Maria, FL. The Sr Engineer – QA is responsible for various Quality Assurance functions for the manufacturing development of medical devices. The ideal candidate with have a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and 5+ years experience with continuous improvement manufacturing processes in a highly regulated industry.

This position requires leadership skills, the willingness and ability to mentor Quality Assurance team members. Join our talented team at a global medical device company focused on Helping Surgeons Treat Their Patients Better.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Participates in the development of medical devices and components from design initiation through design transfer and by representing Quality Assurance for manufacturability in all design and development project teams.
• Participates in all manufacturing activities to assure compliance of design specifications.
• Leads development of quality plans of new product introductions based on designspecificatons, PFMEA, and control plans.
• Works with design team and assist/provide feedback on design specifications and improvements.
• Evaluates and develops effective and efficient methods of testing and inspection of products.
• Utilizes problem solving tools and techniques and apply risk based approach to problem solving.
• Determines necessity of testing and initiates testing by preparing test and inspection plans, and identifying and obtaining required test fixtures and test/inspection instrumentation.
• Initiates new projects and acts as the project leader for key initiatives, identifies best practices.
• Provides technical support on manufacturing technical issues.
• Performs quality trending and leads/supports process improvement initiatives.
• Approves manufacturing product and process changes and assures the change management is controlled, adequate, and documented.
• Ensures information and documentation is consistently accurate.
• Responsible for MRB activities for assigned products, timely resolution of nonconformities, issuing and/or monitoring corrective actions associated with nonconformance and deviations.
• Provides input and direction to other members of the quality assurance department to assist them in their assignments and provide them with learning experience.
• Supports manufacturing suppliers with assistance in on-site resolution of quality and process related issues andcorrective and preventive actions.
• May supervise other engineers, technicians, and support personnel.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering required
• 5 years experience in a Quality Control or Quality Assurance position required, preferably in a medical device company.

• Working knowledge of risk assessments, design control requirements, PFMEAs, control plans, quality plans, testing and inspection equipment and techniques.
• Manufacturing process knowledge.
• Technical knowledge in development methodologies, design, project implementation, including, but not limited to GD&T, DOE, verification, and validation.
• SPC (Staticstical Process Control) knowledge.
• Strong communication skills and ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical staff.
• Project management skills preferred.
• Recognized process improvement (i.e.: Lean, Six Sigma) and problem solving (i.e.: RCA, DMAIC, 5 Whys) training preferred.