Senior Quality Engineer

Sr. Quality Engineer

Job Title

Sr. Quality Engineer

Job Description

Job Title : Sr. Quality Engineer

Job Responsibilities:
• Guides the implementation of comprehensive process validation plans using statistical tools to ensure effective transition of new products to production, working under general supervision.
• Ensures the smooth execution of the design control process, from eliciting and validating design inputs to managing verification, validation, and design transfer, ensuring full compliance with regulatory and quality standards.
• Reviews and assesses the detailed quality engineering documents, including quality plans for hardware, software, and system design, ensuring accuracy and regulatory compliance.
• Proposes and initiates multiple quality improvement projects, integrating quality, reliability, and Post Market Surveillance (PMS) plans at all stages of the product lifecycle.
• Reviews and constantly evaluates product and system designs, guides the analysis of performance data, and performs root cause analysis to address quality deficiencies and ensure design excellence.
• Ensures validation of essential design inputs such as usability, reliability, performance, manufacturability, and safety, aligning with quality standards and regulatory requirements.
• Shares subject matter expertise and suggests proactive methods to strengthen risk management efforts, ensuring that risks are identified, assessed, and mitigated throughout the product lifecycle.
• Addresses and resolves quality engineering issues of medium to high complexity, applying established processes and policies to provide efficient resolutions.
• Suggests efficient utilization of post-market analytics to assess field performance, provide feedback to manufacturing and design teams, and implement field actions as necessary.
• Prepares for and support quality audits and inspections, ensuring all necessary documentation and processes are in place and compliant with internal and external standards.
• Applies continuous improvement techniques to enhance quality practices and maintain readiness for quality audits, ensuring adherence to both internal and external standards.

Minimum required Education:
Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electronics Engineering or equivalent

Minimum required Experience:
5-7 years of experience in Quality Engineering, Safety Engineering, R&D Engineering or equivalent


Preferred Experience:

• Sustaining engineering quality project support to ensure regulations and standards continue to be satisfied through iterative product releases, change control, geographic expansion, cost-down, assurance of supply, CAPA, and quality improvement.

• Experience in front room or back room regulatory or standard inspections. ISO 13485, ISO 14971.

Preferred Certification:
Six Sigma Green Belt

Preferred Skills:
• Design Quality Management
• Data Analysis & Interpretation
• Design for Quality (DFQ)
• Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
• CAPA Methodologies
• Regulatory Requirements
• Privacy, Safety and Security Risk Assessment
• Technical Documentation
• Continuous Improvement
• Product Quality and Reliability
• Defect Management
• Design Verification Planning
• Design Validation Planning
• Product Test Design

How we work together
We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week.
Onsite roles require full-time presence 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.
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About Philips
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Experience Level

Senior Level