Quality Engineer

Novanta Inc.; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 77,000 - 116,000; Full time

Job summary

Novanta Inc. is seeking a Quality Engineer for the Precision Medicine team to ensure product quality, reliability, and performance in healthcare applications.

You will collaborate with Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Operations to address root causes, drive improvements, and support verification and validation activities. This hands-on role emphasizes data-driven decision making and cross-functional teamwork.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or related technical discipline.
• Experience leading or supporting CAPA investigations and corrective actions in a manufacturing quality environment.
• Experience in quality engineering, manufacturing, supplier quality, or continuous improvement.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, schematics, and GD&T.
• Strong problem-solving, data analysis, and independent work in fast-paced settings.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering projects from concept to commercialization.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to meet objectives.
• Design, develop, test, and optimize products and systems.
• Analyze issues, identify root causes, implement corrective actions.
• Support improvements, cost reductions, and continuous improvement.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation and design records.
• Participate in verification, validation, and qualification.
• Provide technical support for manufacturing, customers, and field issues.
• Ensure compliance with quality, regulatory, and safety standards.

Skills

CAPA investigations

Root cause analysis

Quality engineering

Supplier quality

Continuous improvement

Engineering drawings

GD&T

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Job description

Build a career powered by innovations that matter! At Novanta, our innovations power technology products that are transforming healthcare and advanced manufacturing—improving productivity, enhancing people’s lives and redefining what’s possible. We create for our global customers engineered components and sub-systems that deliver extreme precision and performance for a range of mission-critical applications—from minimally invasive surgery to robotics to 3D metal printing. Novanta is one global team with over 26 offices located in The Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific. Looking for a great place to work? You have found it with a culture that embraces teamwork, collaboration and empowerment. Come explore Novanta. At Novanta, our technologies help advance healthcare and manufacturing worldwide. As a Quality Engineer on our Precision Medicine team, you will ensure the quality, reliability, and performance of products that support critical healthcare applications and improve patient outcomes. In this highly collaborative role, you will partner with Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Operations to solve complex challenges, drive continuous improvement initiatives, strengthen supplier quality, and implement sustainable solutions that enhance product performance, operational excellence, and customer satisfaction. If you are a hands-on problem solver who enjoys using data to drive meaningful improvements, this is an opportunity to make a lasting impact in an innovative, mission-driven environment. Novanta's Precision Medicine business develops advanced technology solutions that support life sciences, diagnostics, and medical device customers. Through innovative photonics, vision, precision motion, and automation technologies, the team helps enable critical applications including medical diagnostics, laboratory automation, drug discovery, genomic sequencing, and other healthcare advancements that improve patient outcomes around the world.

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead and execute engineering projects from concept through commercialization.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Engineering, Operations, Quality, Product Management, and Supply Chain to achieve project objectives.
• Design, develop, test, and optimize products and systems to meet customer and business requirements.
• Analyze technical issues, identify root causes, and implement corrective actions.
• Support product improvements, cost reduction initiatives, and continuous improvement activities.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, specifications, and design records.
• Participate in product verification, validation, and qualification activities.
• Provide technical support for manufacturing, customers, and field-related issues as needed.
• Ensure compliance with applicable quality, regulatory, and safety standards.

Required Experience, Education, Skills, Training and Competencies

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, preferably Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Experience leading or supporting CAPA investigations, root cause analysis, and corrective action implementation within a manufacturing quality environment.
• Experience in quality engineering, manufacturing, supplier quality, or continuous improvement environments.
• Ability to work independently, prioritize effectively, and drive solutions in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Experience partnering with suppliers and cross-functional teams to resolve quality and operational challenges.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, schematics, and GD&T.
• Working knowledge of quality systems, process controls, supplier quality management, and continuous improvement methodologies.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to sit, stand, and move throughout manufacturing and office environments.
• Ability to use a computer and standard office equipment for documentation, reporting, and analysis activities.
• Ability to participate in manufacturing floor activities, inspections, and Gemba walks.
• Ability to occasionally lift and carry materials or equipment associated with quality inspections and audits.

Travel Requirements

• Travel up to 10% as required to support suppliers, manufacturing sites, customer visits, training, or business initiatives.
• Ability to travel domestically and occasionally internationally based on business needs.

Compensation and Benefits

The base pay for this position ranges from $77,330 to $115,600 per year depending on experience, qualifications, and geographic market.

Dependent on the position offered, annual bonuses and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of the compensation package.

Novanta supports all aspects of your life's needs.

This position provides a full range of medical, financial, and other benefits to make your quality of life better.

Novanta is proud to be an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action workplace.

We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, military and veteran status, disability, genetics, or any other category protected by federal law or Novanta policy.

Please call [phone] if you need a disability accommodation for any part of the employment process.

Solving complex challenges, delivering innovations that matter! Novanta is a leading global supplier of core technology solutions that give medical, life science, and advanced industrial original equipment manufacturers a competitive advantage.

We combine deep proprietary expertise and competencies in precision medicine, precision manufacturing, robotics and automation, and advanced surgery with a proven ability to solve complex technical challenges.

This enables Novanta to engineer proprietary technology solutions that deliver extreme precision and performance, tailored to our customers' demanding applications.

The driving force behind our growth is the team of innovative professionals who share a commitment to innovation, the Novanta Growth System, and our customers’ success.

Novanta’s common shares are quoted on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol "NOVT".