Senior Supplier Quality Inspector

Founded in 2006, Ortho Pediatrics is an orthopedic company focused exclusively on advancing the field of pediatric orthopedics. As such it has developed the most comprehensive product offering to the pediatric orthopedic market to improve the lives of children with orthopedic conditions. Ortho Pediatrics currently markets 53 products that serve three of the largest categories within the pediatric orthopedic market. This product offering spans trauma and deformity, scoliosis, and sports medicine/other procedures.

Ortho Pediatrics’ global sales organization is focused exclusively on pediatric orthopedics and distributes its products in the United States and over 70 countries outside the United States. For more information, please visit

The Senior Supplier Quality Inspector is responsible for performing advanced product quality inspections directly at Orthopediatrics’ supplier locations. This role serves as an on‑site quality presence, ensuring components and finished medical devices meet all critical‑to‑quality requirements, specifications, and regulatory expectations. The position requires a highly self‑directed individual capable of independently generating inspection documentation, developing inspection methods, and serving as a technical resource for supplier‑related quality activities.

• Conduct on‑site inspections at supplier facilities using appropriate gaging, metrology tools, and inspection methods to verify conformance to specifications.
• Develop, refine, and document inspection methods, including SOPs, work instructions, and inspection plans tailored to supplier processes and product characteristics.
• Independently generate inspection documentation, including inspection records, reports, and supplier feedback summaries (when applicable).
• Evaluate supplier‑provided inspection data and verify accuracy, completeness, and alignment with Orthopediatrics’ requirements.
• In partnership with development/design engineering, identify critical‑to‑quality characteristics and ensure inspection activities are aligned with risk‑based quality expectations.
• Support CAPA activities related to supplier performance, inspection failures, or recurring quality issues.
• Assist with MSA and Gauge R&R studies to validate inspection methods and measurement systems used at supplier sites.
• Act as a subject matter expert for supplier‑related inspection processes and daily quality operations.
• Maintain clean, safe, and organized inspection work areas while working independently at supplier facilities.
• Provide training or guidance to supplier personnel or new internal team members as needed.
• Support other operational quality activities when not performing supplier‑site inspections.

There are no supervisor responsibilities with this position.

• Ability to work independently with minimal oversight in supplier environments.
• Strong ability to read and interpret product drawings/prints, specifications, and GD&T.
• Detailed knowledge of non‑destructive testing, inspection techniques, and metrology equipment (micrometers, calipers, optical comparators, go/no‑go gauges, etc.).
• Demonstrated experience developing and maintaining inspection‑related SOPs and Work Instructions.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with suppliers, internal teams, and cross‑functional stakeholders.
• Strong problem‑solving skills and critical thinking abilities.
• Working knowledge of medical device quality system regulations, including FDA QMSR, ISO 13485, cGMP, cGDP, and EU MDR.
• Ability to maintain accurate documentation and records.
• Skilled in identifying and evaluating critical‑to‑quality attributes during inspection.

• Minimum 4 years of product quality inspection experience in the medical device field.
• Experience performing inspections at supplier sites preferred.
• Knowledgeable in commonly used inspection methods, gauging, and measurement system validation.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint).

Ability to read and comprehend instructions, correspondence, and memos.…