Supplier Quality Engineer

Philips; Bedford (MA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Philips in Bedford, MA is seeking a Supplier Quality Engineer to drive supplier performance and continuous quality improvements across the product lifecycle in a regulated environment.

The role includes coordinating supplier improvement initiatives, managing the ASL, and leading APQP with selected suppliers, with a focus on NCRs, SCARs, and CAPA to ensure regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5+ years in Supplier Quality Engineering in FDA-regulated medical devices.
• Knowledge of APQP, PFMEA, SPC, CAPA, and supplier risk assessments.
• Experience with data analytics and KPI-driven supplier improvement.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate supplier improvement initiatives and manage the Approved Supplier List.
• Lead APQP with selected suppliers and drive supplier quality agreements.
• Monitor NCRs, SCARs, SCNs, and supplier performance trends; identify root causes.
• Audit suppliers and oversee change requests with regulatory validation.
• Lead continuous improvement projects based on product/process trends.

Skills

Supplier Quality Engineering

Data analytics

KPI analysis

Cross-functional communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Quality or Engineering

Tools

APQP

CAPA

SCAR

Job description

Job Title

Supplier Quality Engineer

Job Description

The Supplier Quality Engineer is a key member of Philips’ Image Guided Therapy Devices (IGTD) Quality team, responsible for driving supplier performance and continuous/process improvement, striving for continuous quality improvement throughout the product lifecycle, and ensuring regulatory compliance.

Job Title

Supplier Quality Engineer

Job Description

The Supplier Quality Engineer is a key member of Philips’ Image Guided Therapy Devices (IGTD) Quality team, responsible for driving supplier performance and continuous/process improvement, striving for continuous quality improvement throughout the product lifecycle, and ensuring regulatory compliance.

Your Role

• Coordinates and executes supplier improvement initiatives, managing the Approved Supplier List and negotiating Supplier Quality Agreements.
• Provide sustaining SQE activities in managing daily NCR's, SCAR's, SCN's, and the ASL. Manage APQP with selected suppliers.
• Facilitates technical capability assessments of potential new suppliers, ensuring they meet the company's quality standards, and contributes to the supplier selection.
• Proactively monitoring and measuring product/process quality and performance trends and troubleshooting of production/release issues.
• Assists with the process of making additions, changes, or deletions to the Approved Supplier List, ensuring that only qualified suppliers are retained.
• Supports in end-to-end performance management of suppliers, conducts detailed analysis of defects to determine if they are supplier-caused, and acts as an independent reviewer for Supplier Corrective Action Requests.
• Proactively monitoring and measuring product/process quality and performance trends and troubleshooting of production/release issues.
• Develop and oversee equipment qualification and process validation plans and lead continuous improvement projects based on process/product trends, customer complaints, industry standards and government regulations.
• Provide Quality oversight of product/process change requests from suppliers, ensuring appropriate regulatory review and adequate validation to support requested changes.
• Drive supplier improvement, corrective and corrective actions (SCARS).
• Serve as internal and supplier quality auditor, managing planning, execution, reporting and closure of audits and audit findings.

You're The Right Fit If

• You have a minimum of 5+ years’ experience in Supplier Quality Engineering within FDA regulated medical device environments, with a focus on supplier selection, performance assessment, APQP, Risk Assessments/PFMEA’s, SPC, SCAR’s, SICR, CAPA, Remediation etc.
• You have detailed knowledge of medical device regulations, requirements, and standards, such as 21 CFR Parts 803, 806, and 820, ISO 13485, ISO 14971, European Medical Device Directive (93/42/EEC), EU Medical Device Regulation, Canadian Medical Devices Regulation (SOR/98-282).You have proven experience utilizing data analytics/KPI’s to assess supplier performance and identify/drive process improvement opportunities.
• You have strong communications skills and the proven ability to effectively communicate, influence and build relationships cross-functionally with a variety of internal/external stakeholders, suppliers, Regulatory Agencies, Notified Bodies etc.
• You have a minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree (Required) in Quality, Engineering, or related disciplines. ASQ and/or Six Sigma DfX Certifications-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 full-time presence (% days per week) in the company’s facilities. Field roles are most effectively done outside of the company’s main facilities, generally at the customers’ or suppliers’ locations. This is an Office-based role.

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