Quality Assurance Engineer - Design Quality

Varian Medical Systems International India; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Varian Medical Systems International India is seeking a QA Engineer-Design Quality to act as the quality representative on cross-functional teams, ensuring regulatory compliance and robust medical device designs.

The role involves supporting design verification, validation, audits, and quality system processes across PLC activities, with a focus on reducing risk and maintaining compliance with international standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering or related technical field required.
• 4-6 years experience in medical device software lifecycle phases like design and development, testing, CAPA or regulatory activities.
• Professional certification (ISO 13485, SQA-Software Quality Assurance) preferred.
• Experience with ISO 13485, ISO 14971, IEC 62304, FDA QMSR/QSR 21 CFR 820 and EU MDR 2017/745.
• Healthcare software (SaMD/EHR) requirements gathering, development, verification and validation preferred.

Responsibilities

• Be a member of the Pune engineering team and ensure Quality System requirements are established and maintained per Varian PLC.
• Review designs and documentation to ensure compliance with Quality System, laws and regulations.
• Support Quality during audits and review ECNs for compliance with Quality System and standards.
• Review and ensure product life cycle activities meet regulations and standards, and assist in manufacturing transfers.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Problem solving

Software test scripting

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Test scripting tools

Job description

Job Summary

QA Engineer-Design Quality typically serves as the quality representative on the cross-functional project team, works closely with the project team leader. Provides quality assurance and regulatory requirement support and typically works as a member of one or more new product development and/or sustaining engineering projects. Responsible for minimizing risk to the organization associated with product design and realization efforts and assists in ensuring robust medical device product designs under governing international standards and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Is a member of Pune engineering team and has the responsibility and authority for ensuring Quality System requirements are established and maintained in accordance with applicable quality procedures of Varian Product Life Cycle (PLC)
• Participate in reviews of designs and design documentation to ensure that all domestic, international engineering practices, Quality System documentation, laws and regulations are being met consistently.
• Support Quality group during internal/external audits with respect to internal Quality System documentation and all appropriate regulations.
• Review ECN s to ensure compliance to Quality System, QSR and International standards and requirements for Product Life Cycle (PLC) and sustaining activities.
• Ensure that product development projects and changes to existing products are conducted in compliance with all appropriate regulations and standards.
• Work with teams to ensure successful transfer of new products to manufacturing. Review production processes for quality of Process Validation.
• Provide input to the creation of Design Verification and Validation protocols and test reports.
• Provide guidance and direction for sample size and statistical analysis for testing.
• Provide guidance and/or training to project teams on procedures, Design Verification and Validation, statistical methods and Design Controls.
• Review Design History Files for conformance to applicable requirements.
• Supports Regulatory Affairs regarding regulatory submissions e.g. 510(k) submissions containing medical device software.
• Understand and be able to review software development lifecycle records for compliance with good documentation practices.
• Maintain a complete awareness of the cost of quality and promote activities to monitor and reduce quality costs.
• Provide external supplier support as required.
• May be responsible for specific SME (Subject Matter Expert) support, general improvement projects and support of CAPAs.

Characteristics

• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously without supervision.
• Provide authoritative guidance to all appropriate regulations, safety standards and internal Quality System processes.
• Ability to monitor and analyse process and product data statistically and identify improvement opportunity.
• Ability to write / review software test scripts manual / automated
• Able to work with project teams effectively. Gains buy-in on new ideas and able to give feedback without offending.
• Must be able to manage and meet personal commitments.
• Not only provides input but also provides potential solutions.
• Excellent communication, problem solving and interpersonal skills (teams).
• Effective skills in analytical thinking and problem solving.
• Team player.

Quality Engineering Ownership

• Phase End Design Reviews - drives compliance of the review, reviews document and provides DHF reviews.
• Provides Software Summary Assessment
• Provides Post Market surveillance and customer complaint data for design inputs including; Complaints, CAPAs, Journals, Customer Surveys and Audit Findings.
• Obtains and distributes on-going metrics for review by relevant teams:
• Number of Recalls - by type
• Number of Discrepancy Reports (by priority and phase discovered)
• Complaint analysis as pertaining to Design Control
• Tracking of scheduled delays (length / cause)

Provides Quality Reviews for:

• Design Input Requirements
• Design Change management
• Design Architecture
• Risk Management
• Defects, complaints
• Testing (Design Verification and Validation, protocols and test reports)
• Relevant traceability for engineering changes
• Design History File
• Phase Gate Reviews
• Other documents, as requested, such as software summary reports for international regulatory submissions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor s degree in computer science, Engineering or related technical field required. Master s degree or equivalent preferred.
• 4-6 years experience of working on either of medical device software lifecycle phase like design and development, testing, auditing, CAPA or relevant regulatory activities.
• Professional certification (i.e. Certified Internal/Lead Auditor for ISO 13485, SQA-Software Quality Assurance) is preferred.
• Experience of working with healthcare provider that follows ISO 13485, ISO 14971, IEC 62304, FDA QMSR/QSR 21 CFR 820, EU MDR 2017/745, MDSAP, QSIT or similar medical device regulations.
• Experience of healthcare software (SaMD or EMR, EHR) related customer requirement gathering, solution development, verification and validation testing, customer acceptance, complaint handing is preferred.
• Experience of working in regulated industry of medical device is added advantage.
• Working knowledge of software development and/or electrical/mechanical engineering.
• Requires excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to relocate to work location to work with geographically diverse and international teams.