Supplier Quality Engineering Manager

About Medtronic

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

Job Summary

Medtronic’s North Haven, CT facility is seeking a dedicated Supplier Quality Engineer II to join our dynamic team. This role serves as a backfill position, supporting daily operations and playing a pivotal part in managing Supplier Change Requests (SCRs). As a critical contributor to our quality plan KPIs for SCRs, the Supplier Quality Engineer II helps ensure uninterrupted production and protects our supply chain from line down impacts.

Key Responsibilities

• Plans, directs and implements all aspects of the company’s design and development of new medical device products or software systems.
• May develop, evaluate, implement and maintain technical quality assurance and control systems or reliability systems and standards pertaining to materials, techniques, or company products.
• Oversees the investigation and evaluation of existing technologies.
• Guides the conceptualization of new methodologies, materials, machines, processes or products.
• Directs the development of new concepts from initial design to market release.
• Manages feasibility studies of the design to determine if capable of functioning as intended.
• Monitors documentation maintenance throughout all phases of research and development.
• Organizes the coordination of activities with outside suppliers and consultants to ensure timely delivery.
• Selects, develops and evaluates personnel to ensure the efficient operation of the function.

Requirements

• Requires a Baccalaureate degree and minimum of 5 years relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 3 years prior relevant experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Engineering Management (MEM), science or technical field.
• 5+ years of medical device manufacturing experience, including risk reduction methodologies.
• Proven track record of people leadership, including hiring, managing, and promoting high-performing talent.
• Lean Sigma Certification (Green Belt or Black belt).
• Operations Experience Project Mgmt Experience and/or certifications.
• Medtronic change control experience (IQ/OQ/PQ, CIF, etc).
• Strong knowledge of metrology & measurement techniques; statistical analysis (Cpk, standard deviation, etc) in Minitab, measurement uncertainty, GD&T, Gauge Repeatability & Reproducibility.
• Strong knowledge in PPAP.
• Demonstrated financial acumen (Daisy experience or similar).
• Ability to work in a matrix organization with the desire to.