Senior Supplier Quality Engineer — Medical Devices Leader

ATEC Spine; Carlsbad (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Alphatec Spine, Inc. seeks a Supplier Quality Engineer III to lead supplier quality activities for external product and service suppliers across spinal implants, instruments, software and capital equipment.

You will partner with Quality, Supply Chain, Purchasing, R&D, Manufacturing Engineering, and Regulatory Affairs to ensure regulatory compliance, product quality, and supply continuity, with 10–30% travel and minimal supervision.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• 4–15 years in quality engineering, supplier quality, or a regulated manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead supplier quality activities including performance management, issue resolution, development, and continuous improvement.
• Develop and maintain strategic relationships with suppliers and serve as primary quality contact.
• Lead supplier qualification, requalification, classification, and development activities.
• Evaluate supplier quality system effectiveness and manufacturing process controls using risk-based decisions.
• Lead audits as Lead Auditor and manage audit plans, findings, and effectiveness.

Skills

Supplier auditing

Root cause analysis

Quality systems

Technical communication

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related technical discipline

Job description

Alphatec Spine, Inc. seeks a Supplier Quality Engineer III to lead supplier quality activities for external product and service suppliers across spinal implants, instruments, software and capital equipment.

You will partner with Quality, Supply Chain, Purchasing, R&D, Manufacturing Engineering, and Regulatory Affairs to ensure regulatory compliance, product quality, and supply continuity, with 10–30% travel and minimal supervision.