Lead Quality Control Inspector

Danaher Corporation•Lodi, CA

12d•$35 - $48•Onsite

About The Position

Bring more to life. Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology? At Cepheid, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact. You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life. At Cepheid, we are passionate about improving health care through fast, accurate, molecular diagnostic systems and tests. As a member of our team, you’ll get to make an immediate, measurable impact on a global scale, within an environment that fosters career growth and development. Our mission drives us to develop groundbreaking solutions for the world’s most complex health challenges. Together, we bring MORE change to the world. Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible. The Lead Quality Inspector is responsible for ensuring incoming materials meet Cepheid’s Incoming Inspection requirements utilizing established inspection and test methods to maintain established quality objectives and goals. This position reports to the Director, Supplier Quality and is part of the US Global Quality Operations located in Lodi, CA and will be an on-site role. In this role, you will have the opportunity to: Perform Lead duties overseeing overall inspection process including assigning day to day tasks and activities to inspectors, ensure inspectors are trained, and maintain compliance to released documentation Perform inspection on high precision machined parts, injection molded parts, sheet metal, cable assemblies, PC Boards Assemblies and packaging materials to determine compliance with specifications. Drive and support the development or improvement of inspection methods introduced by R&D and the Engineering groups including working with suppliers.

Requirements

High School degree (or equivalent experience) and minimum of 8 years of experience in QC Inspection role
Understands GD&T terminology, MSA, mechanical drawings and working knowledge of inspection sampling plans
Basic understanding of Control Charts and other SPC tools that will be used to track and trend performance and strong Computer knowledge with ability to use basic functions in Excel, Word, and Outlook

Nice To Haves

Develop and write Validation protocols to ISO 13485 standards
MicroVu/CMM Experience
Initiate and release Document Change Orders and draft procedures assisting with validating or troubleshooting testing methods.

Responsibilities

Perform Lead duties overseeing overall inspection process including assigning day to day tasks and activities to inspectors, ensure inspectors are trained, and maintain compliance to released documentation
Perform inspection on high precision machined parts, injection molded parts, sheet metal, cable assemblies, PC Boards Assemblies and packaging materials to determine compliance with specifications.
Drive and support the development or improvement of inspection methods introduced by R&D and the Engineering groups including working with suppliers.

Benefits

Cepheid, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives.
Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job.
Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info.
The hourly range for this role is $34.86 to $48.09.
This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting.
This range may be modified in the future.
This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.
We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable.
The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.