Quality Engineering Supervisor
Listed on 2026-08-30
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Quality Assurance - QA/QC
Quality Engineering, Production QC/QA
Description
Job DetailsJob Type
Full-time
San Jose, CA
DescriptionQuality Engineer Supervisor
Job Type Full-time
San Jose, CA
Full-time | Permanent | Onsite
Salaried | $140k - $180k
About Us:
Vantedge Medical is the premier metals-based med-tech solutions partner from concept to full-scale manufacturing. We are at the forefront of precision engineering and innovation, specializing in the development and manufacturing of vital components for medical markets such as Robotic Assisted Surgery, Orthopedics, Surgical Instruments, Dental, and more. Our teams work in unison, collaborating and problem-solving to serve the manufacturing needs of the top Medical Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) around the globe.
Making a difference in the lives of patients and their families drives us to go above and beyond every day. With a steadfast commitment to advancing medical technology, we take immense pride in the work we do - and have a lot of fun doing it.
About the Role:
The Quality Engineering Supervisor leads the Quality Engineering team supporting the San Jose site's machining, sheet metal fabrication, and electro-mechanical assembly value streams. Reporting to the Director of Quality, this hands-on leader is accountable for effective product and process quality planning, engineering investigations, validation, corrective action, and continual improvement. The role partners closely with Operations, Manufacturing Engineering, New Product Introduction, Supply Chain, Quality Control, and customers to ensure products and processes meet applicable customer, regulatory, and Quality Management System requirements.
Responsibilities:
- Lead, coach, and develop the San Jose Quality Engineers; establish priorities, assign work, monitor deliverables, and provide timely technical and performance feedback.
- Provide day-to-day Quality Engineering leadership across machining, sheet metal fabrication, and electro-mechanical assembly, including cable, test, and final assembly operations.
- Serve as a hands‑on escalation point for significant product and process quality issues. Establish containment, lead cross-functional problem solving, communicate status and risk, and drive issues to verified closure.
- Act as the Voice of the Customer in internal decisions and actively support customer meetings, technical reviews, quality escalations, complaints, returns, and corrective‑action responses.
- Lead product and process quality planning, including PFMEAs, control plans, inspection plans, critical‑to‑quality characteristics, sampling strategies, capability studies, and Measurement System Analysis/GR&R.
- Support New Product Introduction and manufacturing transfers by ensuring quality requirements, acceptance criteria, process controls, validation plans, and readiness evidence are defined and completed before production release.
- Plan, review, and approve equipment and process qualification/validation activities. Scope includes machining, forming, punching, welding and joining, special processes, inspection equipment, and electro‑mechanical assembly and test processes, as applicable.
- Lead or oversee investigations of nonconformances, customer complaints, audit findings, and adverse quality trends using structured problem‑solving methods. Ensure CAPA and corrective actions address root cause and demonstrate effectiveness.
- Provide Quality Engineering support to the Material Review Board (MRB), including technical assessment, risk‑based disposition, corrective‑action escalation, and reduction of aging nonconforming material.
- Establish and maintain process‑performance metrics for assigned value streams, including yield, defects, scrap/rework, customer escapes, process capability, and cost of poor quality. Use data and statistical methods to identify and drive improvement priorities.
- Partner with Quality Control and Metrology to develop capable and efficient inspection methods, fixtures, programs, measurement systems, and acceptance strategies for incoming, in‑process, and final inspection.
- Partner with Manufacturing Engineering and Operations to improve process controls, error‑proofing, work instructions, manufacturing practices, and production flow while…
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