Associate I - Quality Assurance Engineering-1

Alcon•Irvine, CA

1d•$79,900 - $103,400•Onsite

About The Position

This role is part of Alcon's Engineering function, a team focused on improving quality, processes, products, packaging and materials across our business to help deliver brilliant outcomes. The Associate I, Quality Assurance Engineering, is primarily responsible for developing, modifying, and maintaining quality evaluation and control systems. You will conduct inspections, tests, and statistical analysis to manage product quality risks and ensure corrective measures meet reliability standards.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent years of directly related experience (or high school +8 yrs; Assoc.+4 yrs)
The ability to fluently read, write, understand and communicate in English

Nice To Haves

Experience in Quality/Manufacturing/Operations/Engineering in Medical Device or Healthcare.
Excellent verbal/written communication skills.
Experience with MS Office, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, MS Teams, and SharePoint.
Experience in leadership, project management, effective decision-making capabilities, strong analytical, problem solving and negotiation skills.
Exposure to hands-on troubleshooting of complex electromechanical/optical machines/consoles.
Experience working in current MRP systems (i.e. SAP)

Responsibilities

Contributes to investigations into production and customer-facing quality issues of medium complexity to identify root cause, implement corrective and preventative actions, and monitor effectiveness. May execute tasks to support higher complexity investigations.
Demonstrates conceptual understanding and application of role-specific technical and Quality skills.
Develops cross-functional relationships to successfully influence behavior within a team or project.
Monitors global product performance using data-driven statistical analysis and risk-based approaches.
Effectively communicates (written and verbal) technical problems and solutions within small teams and to direct manager.
Performs hands-on troubleshooting of customer returned devices and manufacturing nonconformities and completes associated technical documentation.
Ensure compliance with the company's Quality System policies and procedures and applicable external requirements and standards, including FDA, ISO 13485, and other worldwide regulatory agencies pertaining to medical devices.
Supports internal/external audits.