Specialist Quality Assurance Engineer

USA SOLVENTUM US LLC; San Antonio (TX); Hybrid; USD 124,000 - 171,000; Full time

Job summary

Solventum is seeking a Specialist Quality Assurance Engineer to lead QA for new and on‑market products, ensuring design verification, validation, and robust risk management. You will guide cross‑functional teams, manage CAPAs, and drive sustained product quality across the lifecycle.

The role emphasizes regulatory-compliant quality systems, post‑market surveillance, and mentoring junior engineers, with hybrid work options at San Antonio, TX and Eagan, MN locations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or science and seven years of design or quality engineering in a regulated industry.
• Master’s degree in a related field is preferred.
• Solid knowledge of medical device regulatory standards and risk management.

Responsibilities

• Lead Quality/Design Assurance for product lifecycle and quality systems.
• Perform design verification and validation, risk management, and post‑market surveillance.
• Coordinate cross‑functional quality activities with project teams and SMEs.
• Develop risk management plans and final risk reports per ISO 14971.

Skills

Quality engineering

Regulated industry experience

Design controls

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or science

Master's degree in Biomedical/Mechanical/Chemistry/Materials Science

Tools

ISO 13485

FDA CFR 820

ISO 14971

EU Medical Device Directive

IEC 62366

ISO 10993

Job description

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Specialist Quality Assurance Engineer

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.

Impact You’ll Make in this Role

As a Specialist Quality Assurance 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. In this role, you will be providing support and guidance to new product development teams to assure the quality and reliability of new products as well as support sustaining efforts, maintaining on‑market product quality. This position is responsible for ensuring the quality and reliability of newly acquired Solventum Restorative Healing Technologies (RHT) products through the appropriateness of design inputs, adequacy of verification and validation testing, and identification of key quality characteristics for the device. Additionally, this position is responsible for facilitating the risk management process for new products and ensuring robust risk files for existing products.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the Quality/Design Assurance lead and subject matter expert for product Lifecycle Management and Quality Systems for newly acquired Solventum Restorative Healing Technologies products and systems, supporting new product development, sustaining activities
• Provide medical device quality engineering expertise, including development, execution, and reporting of assigned activities for test method validation, requirements & risk management, design verification and validation, design transfer, and process verification and validation
• Lead cross‑functional quality activities with project teams and subject matter experts, including Design Verification, Stability, Post‑Market Surveillance, Complaint Handling, Usability/Human Factors, Software Quality, Manufacturing Quality, and Supplier Quality
• Lead risk management activities in accordance with ISO 14971, including development of risk management plans, risk analyses, and final risk management reports for assigned projects
• Develop quality plans for new products by evaluating historical quality data such as complaints, CAPAs, service records, and repair data, and ensure quality objectives are clearly defined and measurable
• Review and approve production release documentation, including specifications, drawings, labeling, process validations, and change management records, ensuring critical quality characteristics and inspection requirements are appropriately defined
• Partner with Quality Assurance, Manufacturing Engineering, and Supplier Quality to ensure organizational readiness for new components and assemblies, including clear specifications, qualified inspection and test methods, and availability of appropriate tools and equipment
• Lead post‑market surveillance and lifecycle quality activities for assigned RHT products by evaluating complaint trends, CAPAs, field performance data, service records, and other quality signals to identify risks and opportunities for continuous improvement
• Ensure post‑market surveillance findings are appropriately incorporated into risk management files, design changes, quality plans, and product lifecycle decisions in accordance with applicable regulations and quality system requirements
• Lead root cause investigations and CAPA problem‑solving activities and provide quality input to product development and manufacturing teams as needed
• Provide QMS process integration support as needed for design and risk files
• Serve as a Solventum Quality Systems and Lifecycle Management SME supporting integration of acquired Restorative Healing Technologies quality systems into Solventum processes and procedures
• Mentor lower‑level engineers in technical and professional development and support audit readiness for internal, corporate, notified body, and regulatory inspections, including serving as a technical subject matter expert when needed

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in an engineering or science discipline (completed and verified prior to start) AND seven (7) years of design or quality engineering experience in a regulated industry (private, public, government or military)
• Master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemistry, Materials Science or related discipline from an accredited institution
• Scientific knowledge and experience in product development of medical devices, including knowledge in country‑related regulations and standards applicable to medical device compliance, with one or more of the following:
  • International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 13485 Medical devices – Quality Management Systems (QMS)
  • Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 820 Quality Management System Regulation, 820.30 Design Controls
  • Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Investigational Device Exemptions (Clinical Study Product)
  • ISO 14971 Application of Risk Management to Medical Devices
  • European Union (EU) Medical Device Directive Regulation 2020
  • International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) 62366 Application of usability engineering to medical devices
  • ISO 10993 Biological Evaluation of Medical Devices
  • American Society for Quality–ASQ certification such as Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) or willingness to obtain Six Sigma experience and/or certification related to the design and manufacture of new products

Work location

Hybrid Eligible (Job Duties allow for some remote work but require some onsite work at one of the following locations: San Antonio, TX or Eagan, MN)

Travel

May include up to 25% domestic (including St. Louis, MO)/international

Relocation Assistance

May be authorized

Eligibility

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

Benefits & Compensation

Applicable to US Applicants Only: The expected compensation range for this position is $124,000 - $170,500, 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.

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

Equal Opportunity Employer

Solventum is an equal opportunity employer. Solventum will not discriminate against any applicant for employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status.

About Solventum

A new healthcare company with a rich history. With more than 70 years of delivering healthcare innovations, we continue to move the industry forward by helping to solve our customers’ biggest challenges.

20,000+ employees worldwide. Solventum relies on the courage and the boundless insights of professionals worldwide to achieve exceptional results for our customers and those who rely on them.

Healthcare that leads with heart and humility starts with listening and never finishes, only evolves. As long as healthcare challenges remain unsolved, we will be here, united by empathy and a relentless belief that countless lives are improved through our work.

Operations in 38 countries. Driven by our dedication to improved outcomes for all we serve, we break through by making unprecedented connections that impact lives.

In more than 300 offices and facilities around the world, we work closely with customers and partners to create positive healthcare outcomes that transcend borders.

To realize our shared vision, we harness diverse talents and perspectives from every background to not only address our customers' most urgent priorities but anticipate the needs of the future