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A Day in the Life

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Senior Supplier Quality Engineer Senior

Location: This role is expected to sit onsite at our Boulder Longbow facility

Travel: 15% required travel domestically to supplier sites

A Day in the Life

In this exciting role as a Senior Supplier Quality Engineer, you will work directly with suppliers that provide parts and products to the Boulder, CO manufacturing area.  You will have the opportunity to drive a culture of continuous improvement by deploying sound engineering fundamentals to achieve quality objectives and ultimately yielding better patient outcomes. You will have the opportunity to lead engineers through supplier projects related to safety and quality concerns. You will have the opportunity to see and work with several different types of suppliers and learn a diverse field of manufacturing processes. You will have an opportunity to travel to suppliers to assist them preventatively improving their production process. You will have a chance to join the Boulder, CO team in their community building activities and enrichment groups to help develop and grow your career.

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

• Ensures that suppliers deliver quality parts, materials, and services.
• Lead investigation on Non-conforming material and executing Supplier CAPAs  when required to correct processes at the Supplier
• Qualifies suppliers according to company standards and may administer a Certified Supplier Program in receiving inspection to ensure cost effectiveness.
• Monitors parts from acquisition through the manufacturing cycle and communicates and resolves supplier-related problems as they occur.
• Project Manage large scale Quality Management System projects to improve different processes within Medtronic
• Work directly with Suppliers to improve their production process using Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma Techniques
• Develops and prioritizes an auditing schedule to ensure that designated suppliers are audited on a regular basis to ensure good manufacturing practices (GMP) and quality standards are met.
• Evaluates suppliers' internal functions to assess their overall performance and provides feedback in assessment of their operation.
• Support training of other engineers on the supplier quality team
• Some individuals may have responsibilities that include Pre-Market Supplier Quality and duties may include: Provides Pre-Market Quality Engineering support to New Product Development (NPD) working in partnership with the Component Engineering and Post-Market Supplier Quality Teams, to deliver quality parts, materials, and services, prevent defects, and allow Medtronic to provide customers with the highest quality and reliable products.
• Provides technical guidance and quality compliance for Supplier Quality engagement throughout the NPD lifecycle on newly qualified parts from NPD and implementing strategies for driving product quality and continuous improvement, ensuring purchased products and components are manufactured and qualified in accordance to applicable industry standards, regulatory requirements, and customer requirements.
• Collaborates with Component Engineers to develop and deliver the Product Acceptance Sampling Strategy, Approved Supplier List coordination, Supplier Owned Quality deployment, and Control Plans for new products.
• Define Receiving Inspection requirements as required and associated test method validation for all internal Medtronic Test Methods.

Qualifications -

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• Bachelors degree required
• Minimum of 4 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with 2 years of experience

Nice to Have

• Broad Technical & QMS Knowledge
• Lean Manufacturing/ Greenbelt training
• Lead Auditor Training
• Strong Communication Skills
• Problem Solving Ability
• Statistical Training
• Prior medical device industry experience or other regulated industry such as pharma, aerospace, auto, etc

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position. 

The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that