Sr Quality Engineer - Irvine

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SR. QUALITY ENGINEER - IRVINE, CA

A career at Medtronic is like no other. We’re purposeful. We’re committed. And we’re driven by our Mission to alleviate pain, restore health and extend life for millions of people worldwide. We value what makes you unique. Be a part of a company that thinks differently to solve problems, make progress, and deliver meaningful innovations. See our videos below to learn more about our diverse workforce why Medtronic is an employer of choice.

Join a diverse team of innovators who bring their worldview, their unique backgrounds, and their individual life experiences to work every day. It’s no accident — we work hard to cultivate a workforce that reflects our patients and partners. We believe it’s the only way to drive healthcare forward and remain a global leader in medical technology and solutions.

In this exciting role as a Senior Quality Engineer, you will provide leadership and direction for the day-to-day functions of the respective Access, Intraluminal, or Intrasaccular Franchise Product Lines. You will have responsibility to support implementation of projects and activities to define, design, develop and deliver new processes, quality improvement, and change initiatives. This role will support Manufacturing Operations, Process Engineering, and Operational Excellence requests for quality support at the Medtronic Toledo site in Irvine, CA

As part of Medtronic's Neuroscience Portfolio, Medtronic Neurovascular develops and markets medical technology, services and solutions to treat patients afflicted with Acute Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Stroke worldwide.

The vision of the OC Campus is to accomplish harmonized standards and process amongst the sites. This strategic role is responsible for the management of inventory control processes in distribution and third-party logistic operations. Serves as an expert for supply chain logistics in the areas of inventory accuracy, trends, root-cause analysis and reporting. Manages all regional inventory processes, validations, reconciliations, self-audit schedules and internal training. This position will develop self-audit schedules and train the management staff on timely completion of audits. Maintain effective relationships with Business unit supply chain and Customer service operations to insure effective fulfillment of customer orders. Support management of Medtronic’s relationship with 3PL providers to ensure accurate and on-time shipment of Medtronic products.

Medtronic is intensely focused on creating a workplace environment which reflects our standing as the world’s top medical device company. The ideal candidate will have a passion for the patients we serve and an unrelenting desire to improve our business. Medtronic seeks candidates who will meet our customer expectations by striving without reserve for the highest possible reliability and quality in our products, processes, and systems by being accountable, having a voice, and taking action.

We value what makes you unique. Be a part of a company that thinks differently to solve problems, make progress, and deliver meaningful innovations.

We reward you in the ways that matter most to you. We offer a wide range of benefits and rewards programs to recognize the important role you play in our Mission to transform healthcare. To learn more, we invite you to visit Medtronic Benefits

We believe that when people from different cultures, genders, and points of view come together, innovation is the result —and everyone wins. Medtronic walks the walk, creating an inclusive culture where you can thrive.

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A Day in the Life

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.

• Develops, modifies, applies, and maintains quality standards and protocol for processing materials into partially finished or finished materials product.
• Ensures that corrective measures meet acceptable reliability standards, and that documentation is compliant with requirements.
• May specialize in the areas of design, incoming material, production control, product evaluation and reliability, inventory control and/or research and development as they apply to product or process quality.
• Provide training, leadership, and guidance for junior quality engineers and/or technicians.
• Disposition of non-conforming material requiring advanced process/technical knowledge.
• Devises and implements methods and procedures for inspecting, testing, and evaluating the precision and accuracy of products and production equipment.
• Identify, analyze, and manage risk through product life cycle with use of FMECA and other risk management tools.
• Troubleshoot equipment and process issues. Summarize and draw conclusions from test results leading to effective technical resolution of process problems.
• Designs or specifies inspection and testing mechanisms and equipment; conducts quality assurance tests; and performs statistical analysis to assess the cost of and determine the responsibility for products or materials that do not meet required standards and specifications.
• Perform detailed Root Cause Investigation of failed product or processes using various quality tools (5 Whys, 6 M, Ishikawa Diagram, Pareto Charts). Implement corrective and preventative actions.
• Apply knowledge of process control tools, statistical sampling, and other analytical techniques to maximize the quality and flow of product through the production line.
• Collaborates with engineering and manufacturing functions to ensure quality standards are in place.
• Interface with Production, Manufacturing/Process Engineering, R&D, and Regulatory departments to resolve process issues and implement changes.