Supplier Quality Engineer II

About the position

At Medtronic, you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You'll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world. In this exciting role as a Supplier Quality Engineer II, you will have responsibility for and authority to provide Quality Assurance Engineering representation to select business teams, facilitating design transfer to manufacturing and process improvements to obtain optimum product reliability, safety, and effectiveness. Coordinate quality indicators and statistics feedback to the business team for use in business decisions-partner with Operation quality and site Manufacturing Engineers in process improvements. Perform, direct, or consult in Product and process validations. Drive and lead Engineering Change Notices, test methods, and equipment to ensure medical device design and production follow applicable standards. Drive investigations, corrective action implementation, and corrective action verification activities assigned to business teams.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Site R&D, Quality, and Manufacturing Engineering to assist in developing test methods, equipment acquisition for new product testing, validations/qualifications, statistical analysis of data for significance, and other documented requirements for quality objectives.
• Participate in released product engineering projects, including selecting suppliers, qualifying new suppliers, and setting up supplier controls.
• Investigate and report on supplier corrective actions effectiveness and timeliness.
• Participate in Corporate Supplier Quality Teams.
• Knowledge with PPAP process and part/product validation and qualification.
• Develop and ensure proper execution of the Supplier Quality Strategy.
• Manage all Supplier Quality related activities.
• Partner with Supply Chain to integrate strategies and ensure coordination and alignment across Sectors.
• Assist with supplier development by evaluating and developing supplier processes through process and product and/or tooling validations and assist in conducting supplier review meetings and supplier training.
• All activities must be performed in compliance with the Quality System.
• Perform duties in compliance with environmental, health and safety-related site rules, policies, or governmental regulations.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Science or technical field with 2+ years of work experience in Engineering and/or Quality OR Advanced Degree in Engineering, Science or technical field with 0+ years of work experience in Engineering and/or Quality.

Nice-to-haves

• Past experience with electro-mechanical commodities.
• Experience in medical device design and application of test standards.
• Experience in application statistical methods to design reliability and process capability.
• Certified Quality Engineer, Reliability Engineer, or equivalent desired.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Cross-functionally and an effective team player.
• Excellent presentation skills.
• Must be able to handle multiple tasks/projects and manage priorities accordingly.
• Working knowledge of appropriate industry standards.
• Knowledge/basic understanding of specification development, industry standards, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T), etc.

Benefits

• Health, Dental and vision insurance
• Health Savings Account
• Healthcare Flexible Spending Account
• Life insurance
• Long-term disability leave
• Dependent daycare spending account
• Tuition assistance/reimbursement
• Simple Steps (global well-being program)
• Incentive plans
• 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match
• Short-term disability
• Paid time off
• Paid holidays
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Employee Assistance Program
• Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement
• Capital Accumulation Plan