Supplier Quality Engineer

Philips International; Farnborough; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A global healthcare technology company is seeking a Supplier Quality Engineer in Farnborough, UK. The role involves coordinating supplier assessments, overseeing various quality processes, and ensuring compliance in product development. Candidates should have a relevant engineering degree and experience in quality management, ideally in the Medical Device sector. The position requires in-person work at least 3 days a week, offering a blend of onsite collaboration and flexibility.

Benefits

Flexible work arrangements

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Qualifications

• Relevant experience in Quality Engineering, Safety Engineering, or related fields.
• Experience in the Medical Device industry or similar regulated sectors.
• Knowledge of Quality Management Procedures and Methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate technical assessments of suppliers to meet quality standards.
• Oversee DFMAT, SAF, MSA, PFMEA, and other quality processes.
• Manage APQP plans to ensure compliance and quality.
• Promote collaboration between R&D and suppliers for product design.
• Negotiate Supplier Quality Agreements and perform defect analysis.

Skills

Quality Engineering

Continuous Improvement Techniques

Process Engineering

Supplier Quality Management

Education

Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Engineering or equivalent

Tools

Quality Management Procedures

Job description

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Supplier Quality Engineer

Apply locations Farnborough time type Full time posted on Posted Yesterday job requisition id 560836

Job Title

Supplier Quality Engineer

Job Description

Supplier Quality Engineer

In late January, we announcedthat Bridgefield Capital signed an agreement to acquire Philips’ Emergency Care business which includes leading brands and products like HeartStart AEDs, Intrepid and DFM100 monitor defibrillators, Tempus monitor and Tempus ALS systems, and Corsium and ECI informatics solutions. We expect the transaction to close at the end of 2025.

With Bridgefield’s support and building on our 40+ year legacy of growth and innovation in emergency medical technology, the Emergency Care business will continue passionately pursuing our mission of saving lives, lowering the cost of healthcare, and advancing the science of resuscitation while serving the public access AED, EMS, military, and hospital market segments.

In this role and as part of an agile company that has the dedicated resources needed to achieve its strategic goals, you’ll have every opportunity to become a part of the “NewCo” we are forming and grow both personally and professionally and potentially make an even bigger impact on the acute care space – as well as on the consumers, patients and healthcare workers who depend on these innovative life-saving solutions.

Your role:

• Coordinating technical capability assessments of potential new suppliers, ensuring they meet stringent quality standards, monitoring supplier performance, reporting, and improvement, and coordinates the supplier selection.

• Overseeing conduction of DFMAT (Design for Manufacturing and Assembly Technique), SAF (Supplier Approval Form), MSA (Measurement System Analysis), PFMEA (Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis), Control Plan, SPC (Statistical Process Control), PV&V (Process Validation and Verification), FAI (First Article Inspection), LRA (Logistics Risk Assessment), and SICR (Supplier Initiated Change Request).

• Managing, developing, monitoring, and controlling APQP (Advanced Product Quality Planning) plans as part of the NPI process to ensure consistent quality and compliance as well as facilitating supplier improvement initiatives.

• Sustains Design for Excellence (DfX) collaboration between R&D and suppliers, promoting innovation and high-quality product design.

• Ensures Critical to Quality (CtQ) characteristics are effectively communicated to suppliers and rigorously maintained throughout the production process.

• Negotiating Supplier Quality Agreements, performing defect analysis to determine supplier responsibility, and acting as an independent reviewer for Supplier Corrective Action Requests.

• Be sure to speak to your recruiter about all the benefits on offer.

How we work together

• We believe that we are better together than apart. For this role, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week at our Farnborough, Hampshire office.

You’re right for this role if you have:

• A Bachelor's/ Master's Degree in Engineering Science, Supply Chain Management, Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering or equivalent.

• Relevant experience in areas such as Quality Engineering, Safety Engineering, Process Engineering, Continuous Improvement Techniques or equivalent, gained ideally within the Medical Device industry, but if not a similar regulated sector (Aerospace, Pharmaceutical, Defence, Automotive).

• Managed Supplier Quality Management within a contract manufacturer

• Knowledge of Quality Management Procedures and Methodologies including CAPA, SCAR etc

If you’re interested in this role and have many, but not all, of the experiences needed, we encourage you to apply. You may still be the right candidate for this or other opportunities at Philips. Learn more about our commitment to diversity and inclusion here .

Because we are at our best when you are, you can safely share any reasonable tools or adjustments needed during our recruitment process and beyond.

For more information, read our Inclusion and Diversity Policy and, to know more about your Human Rights, we encourage you to view this report .

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