Senior Design Quality Engineer

Philips; Bedford (MA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Philips is seeking a Senior Design Quality Engineer to lead design control processes across hardware, software, and systems, ensuring compliance with FDA regulations and ISO 13485. You will validate inputs, oversee V&V, and drive design transfer while integrating risk management and PMS insights.

The role focuses on CAPA management, post-market feedback, and continuous improvement, with collaborative leadership across cross-functional teams to deliver safe, reliable medical devices.

Qualifications

• 5+ years' experience in FDA-regulated medical device environments.
• In-depth knowledge of Risk Management (ISO 14971) and QMS Design Controls.
• Experience with Design Verification/Validation, CAPA, and defect management.
• ASQ-CQE or ISO Lead Auditor training desired.

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute comprehensive process validation strategies using statistical tools to ensure seamless transition of new products to production, meeting quality and regulatory standards.
• Lead the entire design control process, from eliciting and validating design inputs to managing verification, validation, and design transfer, ensuring adherence to regulatory and quality standards.
• Draft and uphold quality engineering documents, including quality plans for hardware, software, and systems, ensuring documentation is accurate and compliant.
• Conduct assessments of product and system designs, review performance data, and perform root cause analysis to address quality deficiencies.

Job description

Senior Design Quality Engineer

Job Description

Your role

• Plan and execute comprehensive process validation strategies using statistical tools to ensure seamless transition of new products to production, meeting quality and regulatory standards.
• Leads the entire design control process, from eliciting and validating design inputs to managing verification, validation, and smooth design transfer, ensuring rigorous adherence to regulatory and quality standards. Leads quality improvement projects by integrating quality, reliability, and Post Market Surveillance (PMS) insights into all stages of the product lifecycle, driving continuous enhancement of product quality and reliability.
• Drafts and upholds detailed quality engineering documents, including quality plans for hardware, software, and systems, ensuring all documentation is accurate, up-to-date, and compliant with regulatory requirements.
• Conducts thorough assessments of product and system designs, reviews performance data, and performs root cause analysis to identify and address quality deficiencies, ensuring the highest standards of design excellence.
• Validates critical design inputs such as usability, reliability, performance, manufacturability, and safety, ensuring alignment with both quality standards and regulatory requirements.
• Guides comprehensive risk management activities throughout the product lifecycle, ensuring potential risks are accurately identified, assessed, and effectively mitigated to uphold product safety and quality.
• Leverages post-market performance data to assess product effectiveness in the field, providing actionable feedback to manufacturing and design teams, and initiating corrective actions when necessary.
• Ensures preparation for quality audits and inspections, maintaining all necessary documentation and processes to demonstrate compliance with both internal and external quality standards.
• Records, manages, and executes CAPA processes, including problem identification, root cause analysis, and implementation of solutions to prevent recurrence and drive continuous improvement.
• Apply continuous improvement techniques to enhance quality practices, ensuring ongoing audit readiness and strict adherence to both internal and external quality standards throughout the product lifecycle.
• Builds and nurtures effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders, providing expert guidance and mentorship to cross-functional teams, ensuring alignment with quality standards and successful project milestones.
• Contributes to the development, implementation, and revision of QMS processes, including standard operating procedures (SOPs), work instructions, and quality manuals, ensuring their accuracy, clarity, and compliance with relevant standards.
• Previous experience documenting design, process and/or QMS changes and executing applicable gap assessments.

You're the right fit if

• You have a minimum of 5+ years' experience in FDA regulated medical device environments, with a focus on Design Assurance/Control, detailed knowledge of Risk Management (ISO 14971), and strong Understanding of all aspects of the QMS related to Design Controls.
• You have proven experience in Design Verification/Validation, Root Cause analysis and Defect Management.
• You have detailed experience in identifying, promoting, and supporting processes and design quality tools for use in tracking/preventing product defects, design traceability, and Design for Reliability.
• You have extensive experience in CAPA processes, including problem identification, root cause analysis, implementation of solutions to prevent recurrence and drive continuous improvement.
• You're experienced in utilizing Quality, Reliability and Post Market Surveillance (PMS) insights/data analytics to lead continuous improvement throughout all stages of the product lifecycle.
• You're able to share knowledge, insights regarding quality standards, and regulatory requirements.
• You have a minimum of a Bachelor's Degree (Required), in Quality, Engineering or similar disciplines. ASQ-CQE, ISO 13485 training, ISO Lead Auditor certification-desired
• You must be able to successfully perform the following minimum Physical, Cognitive and Environmental job requirements with or without accommodation for this position.

How we work together

We believe that we are better together than a part. For our Office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week. Onsite roles require f ull-time (5 days per week) presence in the company's facilities. Field roles are most effectively done outside of the company's main facilities, generally at the customers' o