Senior Quality Engineer, Complaint Handling # 4699

Grail•Durham, NC

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

Our mission is to detect cancer early, when it can be cured. We are working to change the trajectory of cancer mortality and bring stakeholders together to adopt innovative, safe, and effective technologies that can transform cancer care. We are a healthcare company, pioneering new technologies to advance early cancer detection. We have built a multi-disciplinary organization of scientists, engineers, and physicians and we are using the power of next-generation sequencing (NGS), population-scale clinical studies, and state-of-the-art computer science and data science to overcome one of medicine’s greatest challenges. GRAIL is headquartered in the bay area of California, with locations in Washington, D.C., North Carolina, and the United Kingdom. It is supported by leading global investors and pharmaceutical, technology, and healthcare companies. For more information, please visit grail.com This position is a key individual contributor in the Quality Operations: Clinical Laboratory organization, responsible for executing, maintaining, and improving the Sustaining and Post Market Quality elements of GRAIL’s quality management system (QMS). This position interacts with departments throughout the organization including but not limited to all-Quality, Clinical Laboratory Operations, Technical Operations, Regulatory Affairs, Compliance, Program Management, Clinical Affairs, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and Research & Development. The person in this role consistently applies critical thinking skills and good judgment to proactively identify and solve complex problems, effectively communicating status and recommendations to management. Primary responsibilities include facilitating and supporting Complaint Handling and Post Market Surveillance (PMS) activities. This individual contributes to a positive environment of accountability and performance excellence. This individual may represent the Quality Operations during audits and inspections as well as on various project teams as determined by management. This position will require regular on-site presence at the discretion of management. This role is based in Menlo Park, California, and will move to Sunnyvale, California, in Fall 2026. It offers a flexible work arrangement, with the ability to work from GRAIL's office or from home. Our current flexible work arrangement policy requires that a minimum of 40%, or 16 hours, of your total work week be on-site. Your specific schedule, determined in collaboration with your manager, will align with team and business needs and could exceed the 40% requirement for the site. At our Menlo Park campus, Tuesdays and Thursdays are the key days where we encourage on-site presence to engage in events and on-site activities.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in science, engineering, or other technical area.
5+ years of experience working within a medical device, pharmaceutical, or biotech quality management system.
Working knowledge and understanding of regulations and standards, including but not limited to QSR, ISO 13485, Quality System, CAP/CLIA, NYS, ISO 15189 and other applicable industry requirements.
Proven ability to efficiently manage workload under tight deadlines and pressure in a composed manner.
Demonstrated ability to perform meticulous work with a high degree of accuracy and completeness.
Demonstrated project management experience developing processes and leading their implementation in a cross functional environment.
Experience supporting regulatory inspections/audits and responding to findings.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Nice To Haves

Experience using an eQMS, preferably Veeva Quality Suites.
Experience with SalesForce for compliant handling is preferred.

Responsibilities

Support Quality Operations through expert interpretation, establishment, and execution of quality concepts and principles in accordance with GRAIL’s quality management system and regulatory requirements including ISO 13485, ISO 14971, 21 CFR 820, IVDR, CAP/CLIA/NYSDOH, ISO 15189, and related regulations and standards.
Use proactive, creative problem-solving to contribute to development of concepts and principles to achieve goals and objectives.
Demonstrate technical proficiency, creativity, teamwork, collaboration with others, and regular independent thought.
Exercise excellent judgment within broadly defined practices and policies in selecting methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.
Act independently to determine methods and procedures to successfully complete assignments.
Structure day-to-day work autonomously, effectively communicating status and issues with management.
Identify and evaluate deficiencies and improvement opportunities, working cross functionally to resolve and improve on existing processes.
Create and support a quality culture by driving compliance activities around Complaint Handling and Post Market Surveillance Programs, partnering across the organization to manage continuous process/quality improvements that strongly align with GRAIL procedures and customer (internal and external) needs while meeting all applicable Medical Device Regulations and Standards.
Support continuous quality system process improvements, workflow implementations, and system configurations associated with Complaint Handling and PMS Programs.
Partner with GRAIL Customer Service, Medical Information, Clinical Surveillance to facilitate feedback evaluation, complaint investigations and closure across all GRAIL sites.
Perform assessments for reportability on adverse events, impact/risk, and trend analysis.
Evaluate and identify areas of non-compliance, risk and/or potential improvement to management and develop plans for appropriate action to address causes of deficiencies.
Provide Quality review, feedback, and approval for Complaint Handling and PMS Programs.
Respond to all inbound , complaints and post-market risk management related inquiries and maintain effective cross-functional team communications to advance GRAIL’s quality activities and promote standard methodologies.
Generate and maintain post market surveillance plans and reports.
Facilitate timely and effective clinical lab-related NCRS, CAPAS, planned deviations, validations, and change control workflows related to Complaint Handling/Post Market Surveillance.
Support generation of Quality Systems metrics, which roll up to Quality Indices and Key Performance Indicators, and Quality Management Review.
Cultivate positive relationships with key partners, leadership team members, and other cross-functional partners throughout GRAIL, including third-party vendors/consultants.
Implement programs to comply with all applicable regulatory requirements including 21 CFR 820, ISO 13485, and ISO 14971, IVDR, ISO 15189, 21 CFR Part 493 (CLIA), CAP, New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH), and related regulations and standards.
Represent Quality Operations on sanctioned cross-functional projects driving toward effective, on-time completion of business goals and objectives.
Drive a culture of quality across the organization with the goals of efficiency, compliance, and continual improvement.