Senior Supplier Quality Engineer – Global Quality Impact

Medtronic; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 99,000 - 149,000; Full time

Job summary

Medtronic in Irvine, California, is seeking a Supplier Quality Engineer to ensure purchased materials and components meet quality and regulatory requirements throughout the product lifecycle.

The role focuses on supplier qualification, onboarding, audits, and cross-functional collaboration with R&D, Manufacturing, Operations Quality, and Sourcing to support new product introductions and process improvements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 4+ years of relevant experience, Master's degree and 2+ years of relevant experience, or PhD.
• Experience in supplier quality, quality engineering, manufacturing quality, or a related quality-focused engineering function.
• Experience leading investigations, root cause analysis, and corrective action activities.
• Experience working within a regulated quality management system and applying quality and compliance requirements.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams and external suppliers to resolve quality and process issues.

Responsibilities

• Lead supplier qualification and onboarding activities, including quality assessments, audits, documentation review, and approval of new suppliers.
• Drive investigation, root cause analysis, and resolution of supplier-related nonconformances, complaints, and material quality issues.
• Partner with Research and Development, Manufacturing, Operations Quality, and Sourcing teams to support new product introductions, design changes, and supplier transfers.
• Monitor supplier quality performance using established metrics and drive corrective and preventive actions to improve quality, delivery, and reliability.
• Support risk management activities for supplied materials, components, and manufacturing processes, including risk assessments and mitigation plans.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to develop inspection strategies, control plans, test methods, and qualification requirements for new products and components.
• Conduct supplier audits and assessments to evaluate compliance with quality system, regulatory, and operational requirements.
• Support validation, qualification, and continuous improvement activities at supplier sites to ensure consistent product quality and process performance.

Skills

Supplier quality

Quality engineering

Root cause analysis

Audits

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PhD

Tools

APQP

PPAP

FMEA

SPC

MSA

DOE

Job description

Medtronic in Irvine, California, is seeking a Supplier Quality Engineer to ensure purchased materials and components meet quality and regulatory requirements throughout the product lifecycle.

The role focuses on supplier qualification, onboarding, audits, and cross-functional collaboration with R&D, Manufacturing, Operations Quality, and Sourcing to support new product introductions and process improvements.