Quality Engineering Manager

Agile Search Inc.; Danbury (CT); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Agile Search Inc. partners with a global medical device manufacturer to hire a Quality Engineering Manager in Danbury, CT. You will own a team of quality engineers, define priorities, and drive a robust QMS to meet business goals.

You will lead audits, apply ISO 13485 standards, and solve complex quality problems to enable strategic decisions and cross-functional collaboration across the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in a technical discipline plus 7+ years of related experience.
• Strong quality engineering foundation including structured problem-solving, and the ability to identify and resolve technical and organizational problems.
• A track record of producing high-quality work that measurably impacts the business.
• 2+ years demonstrated leadership, mentoring people to achieve challenging goals.
• Deep QMS expertise applied in complex manufacturing environments; control plans, FMEA, and the tools of the trade.
• Significant ISO 13485 or other highly regulated manufacturing environment experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of quality engineers; accountable for the outcomes of the team's work, and mentoring talent.
• Set the department's priorities, processes, and procedures in alignment with business objectives.
• Lead internal and external audits and drive QMS compliance.
• Tackle complex quality problems using quality tools, requiring analysis and judgment, selecting methods, evaluating variables, and contributing to improved decision making for the organization.
• Drive cultural change and build cross-functional networks for embedding a positive quality ethos across the organization.

Skills

Leadership

Quality engineering

Problem solving

QMS

ISO 13485

Education

Bachelor

Job description

This opportunity is with a global medical device manufacturer that's stable, growing, and built around a technology specialty in high demand. This is a Quality Engineering Manager role with ownership, leading a team of quality engineers, shaping how a department runs, and making decisions that move the business.

What you\'ll own

• Lead and develop a team of quality engineers; accountable for the outcomes of the team's work, and mentoring talent.
• Set the department's priorities, processes, and procedures in alignment with business objectives.
• Lead internal and external audits and drive QMS compliance.
• Tackle complex quality problems using quality tools, requiring analysis and judgment, selecting methods, evaluating variables, and contributing to improved decision making for the organization.
• Drive cultural change and build cross-functional networks for embedding a positive quality ethos across the organization.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's in a technical discipline plus 7+ years of related experience
• Strong quality engineering foundation including structured problem-solving, and the ability to identify and resolve technical and organizational problems.
• A track record of producing high-quality work that measurably impacts the business.
• 2+ years demonstrated leadership, mentoring people to achieve challenging goals.
• Deep QMS expertise applied in complex manufacturing environments; control plans, FMEA, and the tools of the trade.
• Significant ISO 13485 or other highly regulated manufacturing environment experience.

Agile Search's client pairs the stability of a global manufacturer with the momentum of a specialty product offering in high demand. This is a rare combination of a secure and growing corporation with tremendous upside as well as an excellent leadership team.

This search is conducted on an equal-opportunity basis. All qualified candidates are considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Accommodations are available on request during the process.