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Staff QA Engineer

Dexcom•San Diego, CA
•$111,100 - $185,100

About The Position

Dexcom is seeking a Staff QA Engineer to provide technical leadership in quality engineering for regulated manufacturing and product development. The role leads complex, high-risk quality investigations and drives root cause analysis, CAPAs, NCMRs/MRB, Health Hazard Evaluations, and other product and process risk assessments through appropriate disposition and sustainable corrective actions. The engineer advances Quality Management System excellence by identifying systemic weaknesses and leading improvements to procedures, process controls, validation frameworks, FMEAs, and other quality processes across functions or sites. The role defines risk-based validation and qualification strategies covering equipment and process qualification, Test Method Validation, measurement system analysis, and software verification and validation, with a focus on compliance and product safety throughout the product lifecycle. As a technical lead on complex cross-functional initiatives, the Staff QA Engineer communicates technical and compliance matters to technical teams, cross-functional stakeholders, and senior leadership, and drives decisions and alignment across functions and sites. The role also provides risk-based quality leadership for design transfer, commercialization, and significant product or process changes, represents Quality during internal audits and external regulatory inspections, and contributes to organizational quality and compliance strategy.

Requirements

  • A degree in Chemical Engineering or a similar discipline from an accredited college or university, with substantial quality engineering experience in regulated manufacturing environments.
  • Advanced application of quality engineering principles, including risk management, root cause analysis, statistical analysis, process capability, sampling plans, measurement system analysis, and data-driven decision-making.
  • Experience using quality and statistical tools such as JMP and Excel.
  • Demonstrated experience developing and evaluating risk-based validation strategies, including IQ/OQ/PQ/PV, Test Method Validation, measurement system analysis/Gage R&R, and software verification and validation.
  • Experience applying risk-based quality engineering to design transfer, commercialization, manufacturing issues, and process changes.
  • Advanced written, oral, and presentation skills, including the ability to explain complex technical information, communicate risk and recommendations, influence without direct authority, and present to technical teams, cross-functional stakeholders, and senior leadership.
  • Ability to work independently with minimal direction, navigate ambiguity, establish technical direction, and lead multiple high-priority quality initiatives across functions or sites.
  • Typically requires a bachelor's degree in a technical discipline and 8–12 years of related experience, or a master's degree and 5–7 years of equivalent industry experience, or a PhD and 2–4 years of experience.

Responsibilities

  • Lead complex, high-risk quality investigations, including root cause analysis, CAPAs, NCMRs/MRB, Health Hazard Evaluations, and other product and process risk assessments; drive appropriate disposition and sustainable corrective actions.
  • Provide technical leadership and guidance in risk management, Six Sigma, process capability, statistical analysis, sampling strategies, and risk-based problem solving.
  • Identify systemic weaknesses and lead sustainable improvements to procedures, process controls, validation frameworks, FMEAs, and other quality processes across functions or sites.
  • Define and provide technical leadership for risk-based validation and qualification strategies, including equipment and process qualification, Test Method Validation, measurement system analysis, and software verification and validation.
  • Serve as a quality engineering technical lead across complex cross-functional initiatives and communicate technical and compliance issues through documentation, oral communication, and presentations.
  • Drive decisions and alignment across functions and sites, including with technical teams and senior leadership.
  • Provide risk-based quality leadership for design transfer, commercialization, and significant product or process changes; influence technical decisions and establish controls as products and processes scale to high-volume manufacturing.
  • Represent Quality during internal audits and external regulatory inspections, provide subject matter expertise, lead responses to complex technical issues, and help shape organizational quality and compliance strategy.

Benefits

  • A full and comprehensive benefits program.
  • Growth opportunities on a global scale.
  • Access to career development through in-house learning programs and/or qualified tuition reimbursement.
  • Opportunity to work with life-changing CGM technology.

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