Job Description Summary

The Sr. Quality Engineer is accountable for supporting sustaining engineering projects which support strategic and business priorities and initiatives. This person will handle projects and tasks for sustaining product lifecycle and play an active role in the process to ensure products meet quality standards consistent with both Corporate and Unit policies, while meeting all design control and other regulatory requirements.

Job Description

The Sr. Quality Engineer is accountable for supporting sustaining engineering projects which support strategic and business priorities and initiatives. This person will handle projects and tasks for sustaining product lifecycle and play an active role in the process to ensure products meet quality standards consistent with both Corporate and Unit policies, while meeting all design control and other regulatory requirements.

Job Responsibilities:

1. Consistent application of technical principles, theories, concepts, techniques, and quality sciences/tools.
2. Confirmed problem-solving skills.
3. Makes measurable improvements to BD processes and procedures.
4. Ensures that all design control and production/process control projects meet applicable regulatory (local and international), Corporate, and Unit requirements.
5. Acts as a team member representing Quality on sustaining engineering projects which support strategic and business priorities and initiatives.
6. Reviews and has Quality Engineering approval authority for new and modified design/process specifications including product performance specification, test methods, etc.
7. Assists with supplier and internal quality system audits as a means of evaluating the effectiveness of the established Quality System and good manufacturing practices (Auditor-in-training).

8. May perform other duties as required.

Education and Experience:

Typically requires a minimum of a bachelor’s degree in science, engineering, or other relevant field and a minimum of 5 years relevant experience or a combination of equivalent education and relevant experience.

Knowledge and Skills:

·Applied knowledge of the FDA medical device quality system regulations and international quality system standards/regulations (e.g. - 21 CFR Part 820, ISO 13485, ISO 14971, MDSAP, EU MDR/IVDR) as it relates to the design and continued support of BD products.

·Applied knowledge of Corporate and/or Unit requirement.

·Able to contribute to the completion of specific programs and projects.

·Can ensure quality conduct of projects, including design, data summary and interpretation, and report generation for self and lower level project developers.

·Able to revise policies and procedures

·Able to make presentations

·Can independently resolve and develop approach to solutions.

·Able to provide guidance and work direction to lower level project developers.

·Can design and perform development working independently within defined parameters with minimal supervision required.

·Experience with BD software systems applied in the Quality Systems is desirable.

·Must have knowledge/specialization in one or more of the following areas:

oAcceptance sampling theory and application

oStatistical process control methods and application

oMeasurement system/test method knowledge and analysis

oQuality planning

oFailure analysis investigation

oDesign of Experiments

oProcess mapping and value stream analysis

oHypothesis testing

oDescriptive statistics

oProcess capability analysis

oBasic quality tools:  Pareto, box plots, histograms, scatter diagrams, etc.

oRisk Management

oSupplier quality management

oAuditing

oDesign/development tools

oProcess validation

oSoftware validation

Primary Work Location

IND Bengaluru - Technology Campus

Additional Locations

Work Shift