Principal Design Quality Engineer

Katalyst CRO; Lawrence (MA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Katalyst CRO in the United States (Massachusetts) seeks a Design Quality Engineer to lead design control activities across NPI and DHF/DMR reviews, ensuring FDA and ISO compliance while mentoring junior staff.

The role includes coordinating Change Notices, driving risk management, TMV, and ensuring product quality by design through verification, validation, and procedure development.

Qualifications

• Experience with FDA and ISO requirements for design control.
• Ability to review DHF files and CNs for accuracy and completeness.
• Mentor and guide engineering staff on design quality practices.
• Coordinate design assurance activities across multiple sites.

Responsibilities

• Lead design control processes and ensure regulatory compliance.
• Review and approve design outputs and Change Notices (CNs).
• Provide guidance to engineering staff and ensure quality by design.
• Contribute to DHF deliverables and manufacturing procedures.

Skills

Design control knowledge

Regulatory compliance

Quality Engineering

Risk management

FDA/ISO awareness

Mentorship

DHF/DMR review

Change control

Job description

Summary

Participate in the New Product Development (NPI) and design changes, Design History File (DHF) and Device Master Record (DMR) reviews meetings and fully understand the design control process and Quality Engineering. Utilize technical training and compliance experience to ensure that company design control projects comply with internal design control procedures in accordance with FDA and ISO requirements.

• A seasoned, experienced professional with a full understanding of design control process; resolves a wide range of issues in creative ways.
• Responsible for assuring projects meet customer expectations, and regulatory requirements.
• Act as a subject matter expert on design control process and Quality Engineering. The Quality Engineering subjects are Risk Management, Test Method Validation (TMV), Statistics, Reliability Engineering, Process Validation (PV).
• Successfully address complex engineering issues where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors.
• Provide guidance to engineering staff and other personnel, and ensure that design control requirements are being met in an effective manner in order to achieve quality by design, including those for design verification, validation, specification and procedure development, risk management, and design review.
• Provides input to design and manufacturing engineering project DHF deliverables including material specifications, drawings, inspection procedures, and manufacturing procedures, to ensure that the resulting products can be adequately manufactured and tested. Review DHF files for accuracy and completeness and provide guidance on FDA compliance and procedures.
• Review and approve design control related Change Notices (CNs) within the documentation system as applicable.
• Coordinate the Design Assurance activities of other team members and assist staff with complex tasks that may require considerable judgment and initiative.
• Create processes and process improvements to ensure consistent implementation of internal requirements and external regulations and standards.
• Represent the design quality functions for the review and approval of designated design outputs.
• Assist in the development and maintenance of company procedures for design control, change managements, risk management, process validation and related areas of the quality management system.
• Represent the design quality assurance department to FDA, ISO and all other auditors.
• Work independently on high visibility new product development projects; including projects involving multiple technologies and design sites.
• Maintain knowledge of current regulatory requirements and standards as they pertain to the development and release of medical devices.
• Provide mentorship and assistance to junior level staff with more complex tasks that require a higher level of understanding of functions, and elevate issues to supervisor/manager for resolution, as necessary.
• Assist with various projects as assigned by a direct supervisor.
• Other duties as assigned.

Roles & Responsibilities

• A seasoned, experienced professional with a full understanding of design control process; resolves a wide range of issues in creative ways.
• Responsible for assuring projects meet customer expectations, and regulatory requirements.
• Act as a subject matter expert on design control process and Quality Engineering. The Quality Engineering subjects are Risk Management, Test Method Validation (TMV), Statistics, Reliability Engineering, Process Validation (PV).
• Successfully address complex engineering issues where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors.
• Provide guidance to engineering staff and other personnel, and ensure that design control requirements are being met in an effective manner in order to achieve quality by design, including those for design verification, validation, specification and procedure development, risk management, and design review.
• Provides input to design and manufacturing engineering project DHF deliverables including material specifications, drawings, inspection procedures, and manufacturing procedures, to ensure that the resulting products can be adequately manufactured and tested. Review DHF files for accuracy and completeness and provide guidance on FDA compliance and procedures.
• Review and approve design control related Change Notices (CNs) within the documentation system as applicable.
• Coordinate the Design Assurance activities of other team members and assist staff with complex tasks that may require considerable judgment and initiative.
• Create processes and process improvements to ensure consistent implementation of internal requirements and external regulations and standards.
• Represent the design quality functions for the review and approval of designated design outputs.
• Assist in the development and maintenance of company procedures for design control, change managements, risk management, process validation and related areas of the quality management system.
• Represent the design quality assurance department to FDA, ISO and all other auditors.
• Work independently on high visibility new product development projects; including projects involving multiple technologies and design sites.
• Maintain knowledge of current regulatory requirements and standards as they pertain to the development and release of medical devices.
• Provide mentorship and assistance to junior level staff with more complex tasks that require a higher level of understanding of functions, and elevate issues to supervisor/manager for resolution, as necessary.
• Assist with various projects as assigned by a direct supervisor.