Incoming Quality Control Lead – Swing Shift

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Quality

Quality Control

Business Enablement/Support

Santa Clara, California, United States of America

About Med Tech Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments. Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at  An internal pre-identified candidate for consideration has been identified. However, all applications will be considered. We are searching for the best talent for Incoming Quality Control Lead – Swing Shift position.

The Incoming Quality Control Lead – Swing Shift supports daily IQC operations during the 2:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. PST shift and serves as the primary operational point of contact for the shift. This role coordinates incoming inspection and material-release priorities, provides technical guidance to inspectors, reinforces quality and EHS requirements, supports issue escalation, and maintains continuity between shifts. The Lead works cross-functionally to promote safe, compliant, timely, and audit-ready IQC operations.

You will be responsible for:

• Serve as the primary operational point of contact for swing shift IQC activities and communicate priorities, status, risks, and resource needs.
• Coordinate daily inspection assignments, adjust priorities, monitor progress, and support coverage based on material and production needs.
• Provide day-to-day technical guidance and coaching to inspectors on drawings, specifications, inspection plans, sampling requirements, supplier documentation, metrology methods, and IQC procedures.
• Reinforce Environmental, Health, and Safety requirements, including PPE, safe equipment use, ergonomics, housekeeping, emergency procedures, and prompt escalation of hazards, incidents, near misses, or unsafe conditions.
• Support timely material release by confirming inspection completion, required approvals, revision alignment, and electronic record readiness.
• Support nonconformance, supplier-blocker, and rework workflows; coordinate issue resolution with cross-functional partners and expedite unresolved quality or release risks.
• Use applicable electronic systems, including SAP and EtQ, to support inspection status, quality records, nonconformance activities, and release readiness.
• Maintain clear shift handoffs by communicating completed work, open priorities, inspection blockers, and material, facility, or equipment concerns.
• Support inspector training and qualification, standardized work, 5S, controlled-document availability, material segregation, and overall area readiness.
• Support inspection equipment readiness, including calibration, maintenance, qualification or validation activities, and equipment-related issue escalation.
• Participate in tier meetings, audits, safety walkthroughs, investigations, risk assessments, CAPA activities, KPI reviews, and continuous-improvement initiatives as needed.
• Collaborate with Quality, Engineering, Manufacturing, Warehouse, Planning, Supplier Quality, and other partners to resolve inspection constraints and support business needs.
• Support updates to IQC procedures, work instructions, job aids, and…