Senior Design Quality Engineer
Philips · Bedford, MA
- Level
- Senior
- Team
- Quality
- Base pay
- $102k–$164k
- Travel
- 10%
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 5+ years
- Industry
- Medical devices
- Posted
- 9 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A senior quality role at Philips (medical devices) in Bedford, MA. You’re experienced in utilizing Quality, Reliability and Post Market Surveillance (PMS) insights/data analytics to lead continuous improvement throughout all stages of the product lifecycle.
- They ask for
- 5+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- Root cause, CAPA, ISO 13485, FDA / GMP, Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ), Internal audits
- Base pay
- $102k–$164k
- Day to day
- about 10% travel
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Your role
- ◆Plan and execute comprehensive process validation strategies using statistical tools to ensure seamless transition of new products to production, meeting quality and regulatory standards.
- ◆Leads the entire design control process, from eliciting and validating design inputs to managing verification, validation, and smooth design transfer, ensuring rigorous adherence to regulatory and quality standards. Leads quality improvement projects by integrating quality, reliability, and Post Market Surveillance (PMS) insights into all stages of the product lifecycle, driving continuous enhancement of product quality and reliability.
- ◆Drafts and upholds detailed quality engineering documents, including quality plans for hardware, software, and systems, ensuring all documentation is accurate, up-to-date, and compliant with regulatory requirements.
- ◆Conducts thorough assessments of product and system designs, reviews performance data, and performs root cause analysis to identify and address quality deficiencies, ensuring the highest standards of design excellence.
- ◆Validates critical design inputs such as usability, reliability, performance, manufacturability, and safety, ensuring alignment with both quality standards and regulatory requirements.
- ◆Guides comprehensive risk management activities throughout the product lifecycle, ensuring potential risks are accurately identified, assessed, and effectively mitigated to uphold product safety and quality.
- ◆Leverages post-market performance data to assess product effectiveness in the field, providing actionable feedback to manufacturing and design teams, and initiating corrective actions when necessary.
- ◆Ensures preparation for quality audits and inspections, maintaining all necessary documentation and processes to demonstrate compliance with both internal and external quality standards.
- ◆Records, manages, and executes CAPA processes, including problem identification, root cause analysis, and implementation of solutions to prevent recurrence and drive continuous improvement.
- ◆Apply continuous improvement techniques to enhance quality practices, ensuring ongoing audit readiness and strict adherence to both internal and external quality standards throughout the product lifecycle.
- ◆Builds and nurtures effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders, providing expert guidance and mentorship to cross-functional teams, ensuring alignment with quality standards and successful project milestones.
- ◆Contributes to the development, implementation, and revision of QMS processes, including standard operating procedures (SOPs), work instructions, and quality manuals, ensuring their accuracy, clarity, and compliance with relevant standards.
- ◆Previous experience documenting design, process and/or QMS changes and executing applicable gap assessments.
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Job Title
Senior Design Quality Engineer
Job Description
The Senior Design Quality Engineer is responsible for the entire design control process, from validating design inputs to overseeing verification, validation, and design transfer, as well as leading comprehensive process validation strategies to ensure new products and current portfolio meet quality and regulatory standards during production.
You're the right fit if
- •You have a minimum of 5+ years’ experience in FDA regulated medical device environments, with a focus on Design Assurance/Control, detailed knowledge of Risk Management (ISO 14971), and strong Understanding of all aspects of the QMS related to Design Controls.
- •You have proven experience in Design Verification/Validation, Root Cause analysis and Defect Management.
- •You have detailed experience in identifying, promoting, and supporting processes and design quality tools for use in tracking/preventing product defects, design traceability, and Design for Reliability.
- •You have extensive experience in CAPA processes, including problem identification, root cause analysis, implementation of solutions to prevent recurrence and drive continuous improvement.
- •You’re experienced in utilizing Quality, Reliability and Post Market Surveillance (PMS) insights/data analytics to lead continuous improvement throughout all stages of the product lifecycle.
- •You’re able to share knowledge, insights regarding quality standards, and regulatory requirements.
- •You have a minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree (Required), in Quality, Engineering or similar disciplines. ASQ-CQE, ISO 13485 training, ISO Lead Auditor certification-desired
- •You must be able to successfully perform the following minimum Physical, Cognitive and Environmental job
How we work together
We believe that we are better together than a part. For our Office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week. Onsite roles require f ull-time (5 days per week) presence in the company’s facilities. Field roles are most effectively done outside of the company’s main facilities, generally at the customers’ or suppliers’ locations. This is an Office role.
About Philips
We are a health technology company. We built our entire company around the belief that every human matters, and we won't stop until everybody everywhere has access to the quality. healthcare that we all deserve. Do the work of your life to help improve the lives of others.
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Philips Transparency Details
- •The pay range for this position in Bedford, MA is $102,480 to $163,968.
At Philips, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top end of the range for their role and c