Senior Engineer, Quality
Baxter · Round Lake, IL
- Level
- Senior
- Team
- Quality
- Base pay
- $96k–$132k
- Experience asked
- 5+ years
- Industry
- Medical devices
- Posted
- 18 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A senior quality role at Baxter (medical devices) in Round Lake, IL. Here, you will find more than just a job—you will find purpose and pride.
- They ask for
- 5+ years
- Tools it names
- CAPA
- Base pay
- $96k–$132k
- Day to day
- some off-shift / weekend coverage
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026
Quality Engineer roles in Illinois: typical posted base $98k–$146k. This one lists $96k–$132k.
Median of the low and high ends of 36 live postings that list pay, out of 46 quality engineer openings in Illinois, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Illinois plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 45 other live quality postings in Illinois.
- Base pay
- In line with similar roles
- Experience asked
- More than usual (5+ vs 4+)
Typical $98k–$136k, from 30 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 4+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 50%
- Root cause 43%
- Supplier quality 43%
- Team leadership 37%
- SPC 35%
- FDA / GMP 35%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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Questions worth asking about this team:
- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- Which standards drive the work here: ISO 13485, IATF 16949, AS9100?
- How much of the job is customer complaints versus prevention?
- How does off-shift and weekend coverage work?
- How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
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This plant: Baxter in Round Lake
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Full description from BaxterAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Your Role at Baxter
Baxter seeks a Senior Engineer, Quality to join our Infusion Therapies and Platforms business in Round Lake, IL. Senior Engineer, Quality is an exciting role in supporting solutions and container design activities within our Design Quality team. This position involves further improving our product quality by actively supporting management of product life cycle activities for a wide array of Baxter’s Therapeutic products and associated manufacturing / quality processes.
This role is based out of the Round Lake, IL location.
Education and/or Experience
- ✓Minimum of a BS in Engineering or Science
- ✓3 to 5 years related experience within Quality or Engineering.
Baxter is committed to supporting the needs for flexibility in the workplace. We do so through our flexible workplace policy which includes a required minimum number of days a week onsite. This policy provides the benefits of connecting and collaborating in-person in support of our Mission. The flexible workplace policy is subject to local laws and legal requirements. At its discretion, Baxter may decide to adjust, suspend, or discontinue as business needs change.
Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.
US Benefits at Baxter (except for Puerto Rico)
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This is where your work makes a difference.
At Baxter, we believe every person—regardless of who they are or where they are from—deserves a chance to live a healthy life. It was our founding belief in 1931 and continues to be our guiding principle. We are redefining healthcare delivery to make a greater impact today, tomorrow, and beyond.
Our Baxter colleagues are united by our Mission to Save and Sustain Lives. Together, our community is driven by a culture of courage, trust, and collaboration. Every individual is empowered to take ownership and make a meaningful impact. We strive for efficient and effective operations, and we hold each other accountable for delivering exceptional results.
Here, you will find more than just a job—you will find purpose and pride.
What you'll be doing
- •Leads Post Market Risk Assessments of product issues to assess the need for Action
- •Leads product performance investigations via failure analysis in individual complaints or through the evaluation of product-related trends (e.g., complaint, SCAR)
- •Leads or participates in cross functional Complaint, Change Control and CAPA Review Boards
- •Supports cross functional teams in the readiness for any potential internal and/or external audits and inspections
- •Provides Quality support to R&D and laboratory studies, investigations, and instrument qualification activities
- •Function as Quality Core Team member supporting new and improved product design and implementation projects (including large programs) and manage a variety of complex issues in associated projects
- •Responsible for defining scope of quality deliverables and support for NPD and SPO development activities
What you'll bring
- •Display a solid understanding of theories/practices utilized by other disciplines outside primary area of expertise.
- •Ability to engage management and other functions to influence decisions on courses of action with minimal assistance using both written and verbal methods.
- •Effectively operate in and facilitate cross-functional teams with minimal guidance.
- •Must be able to provide solutions that reflect understanding business objectives, cost implications, and engineering challenges.
- •Capable of problem solving and dealing with ambiguous situations.
- •Experience with quality systems/ISO requirements.
- •Working knowledge of environmental, safety, and regulatory compliance in a regulated manufacturing environment