Quality Engineer (Onsite - Brookings, SD)

Solventum in; Brookings (SD); On-site; USD 85,000 - 117,000; Full time

Job summary

Solventum is seeking a Quality Engineer for an onsite role in Brookings, SD. You will support test vessel characterization, qualifications, and cycle development to ensure product quality and process understanding.

The position requires a science/engineering degree with relevant quality experience and may include CAPA, root cause investigation, and cross-functional collaboration responsibilities. Travel and relocation may be considered as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics field and 1 year of quality manufacturing or quality laboratory experience.
• OR High School Diploma/GED plus five years of quality manufacturing or quality laboratory experience.
• Bachelor's degree or higher in an engineering discipline (completed and verified prior to start).
• Experience performing root cause investigations and supporting CAPA processes.
• Experience leading teams or managing project-based work, including coordination of tasks, timelines, or deliverables.
• Experience working with autoclave sterilization processes.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams, including quality, manufacturing, engineering, or operations.

Responsibilities

• Support plant and division efforts to characterize and standardize test vessel process performance parameters for process/product understanding.
• Assist with product qualifications and test cycle development.
• Run experiments to characterize vessel performance and variability, and make recommendations using a risk/benefit approach to a cross-functional audience.
• Develop system requirements and specifications for test vessels.
• Support vessel trouble shooting, investigation, and analysis to address anomalous product performance.

Skills

Root cause investigations

CAPA processes

Project leadership

Cross‑functional collaboration

Autoclave sterilization

Education

Bachelor's degree in science/engineering/math

Engineering discipline (BS or higher)

Job description

Quality Engineer (Onsite - Brookings, SD) (Finance)

Thank you for your interest in joining Solventum. Solventum is a new healthcare company with a long legacy of solving big challenges that improve lives and help healthcare professionals perform at their best. At Solventum, people are at the heart of every innovation we pursue. Guided by empathy, insight, and clinical intelligence, we collaborate with the best minds in healthcare to address our customers' toughest challenges. While we continue updating the Solventum Careers Page and applicant materials, some documents may still reflect legacy branding. Please note that all listed roles are Solventum positions, and our Privacy Policy: https://www.solventum.com/en-us/home/legal/website-privacy-statement/applicant-privacy/ applies to any personal information you submit. As it was with 3M, at Solventum all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Job Description:

Quality Engineer (Solventum)

3M Health Care is now Solventum

At Solventum, we enable better, smarter, safer healthcare to improve lives. As a new company with a long legacy of creating breakthrough solutions for our customers' toughest challenges, we pioneer game-changing innovations at the intersection of health, material and data science that change patients' lives for the better while enabling healthcare professionals to perform at their best. Because people, and their wellbeing, are at the heart of every scientific advancement we pursue.

We partner closely with the brightest minds in healthcare to ensure that every solution we create melds the latest technology with compassion and empathy. Because at Solventum, we never stop solving for you.

The Impact You'll Make in this Role

As a Quality Engineer, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:

• Support plant and division efforts to characterize and standardize test vessel process performance parameters for process/product understanding
• Assist with product qualifications and test cycle development
• Run experiments to characterize vessel performance and variability, and make recommendations using a risk/benefit approach to a cross-functional audience
• Develop system requirements and specifications for test vessels
• Support vessel trouble shooting, investigation, and analysis to address anomalous product performance

Your Skills and Expertise

To set you up for success in this role from day one, Solventum requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics discipline (completed and verified prior to start) and (1) one year of quality manufacturing or quality laboratory experience in a private, public, government or military environment

OR

• High School Diploma/GED AND five (5) years of quality manufacturing or quality laboratory experience in a private, public, government or military environment

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• Bachelor's degree or higher in an engineering discipline (completed and verified prior to start)
• Experience performing root cause investigations and supporting corrective and preventive action (CAPA) processes
• Experience leading teams or managing project-based work, including coordination of tasks, timelines, or deliverables
• Experience working with autoclave sterilization processes
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams, including quality, manufacturing, engineering, or operations

Work location: Onsite: Brookings, SD

Travel: May include up to 5% domestic

Relocation Assistance: May be authorized

Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).

Supporting Your Well-being

Solventum offers many programs to help you live your best life - both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, Solventum regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope.

Applicable to US Applicants Only:The expected compensation range for this position is $85,200 - $117,150, which includes base pay plus variable incentive pay, if eligible. This range represents a good faith estimate for this position. The specific compensation offered to a candidate may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, the candidate's relevant knowledge, training, skills, work location, and/or experience. In addition, this position may be eligible for a range of benefits (e.g., Medical, Dental & Vision, Health Savings Accounts, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Disability Benefits, Life Insurance, Voluntary Benefits, Paid Absences and Retirement Benefits, etc.). Additional information is available at: https://www.solventum.com/en-us/home/our-company/careers/#Total-Rewards

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