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Associate Quality EngineerDirect Hire Full-Time RoleSalary Range: $80,000 - $100,000 per yearLocation: Santa Clara, CA - Hybrid RoleDuties and Responsibilities:Provide the Quality Department support for products, ensuring that our actions meet our customers' needs while maintaining compliance with federal law and applicable vestigate and review medical device complaints in conjunction with Regulatory vestigate and review medical device complaints to help identify root causes, solutions, and trends.Perform risk assessments.Write protocols and reports for activities such as sterilization validation, cleaning validation, biocompatibility testing, and packaging validation for New Product Development.Support New Product Development activities, such as assessing and characterizing design, process, and use risks and conducting design verification and validation (V&V) testing.Develop requirements for sterilization and monitoring of sterilization and endotoxins for new products.Support and write reports for real-time shelf life testing as part of packaging validation testing of new products.Advise the manager of factors that may affect product quality, initiate reports for deviations and non-conforming materials, and provide guidance and ideas for corrective actions and preventive actions (CAPA).Ensure quality for Sustaining Engineering, New Product Development, Design Change (DC) projects, and Non-Standard Products (NSPs).Assist the quality team daily in efficiently and effectively reviewing and approving records as assigned, including calibration and maintenance work, procedures, validation protocols, validation reports, deviations, and change controls.Monitor and ensure compliance with internal quality systems and external industry regulations.Perform supplier audit activities (i.e., audit plans, audit execution, audit reports).Handle supplier changes and work with Engineering and other departments as appropriate to implement changes in standard operating procedures.Develop and maintain inspection and quality control procedures.Provide direction in developing supplier and incoming inspection plans, sampling plans, inspection, and acceptance criteria for new products.Provide direction for supplier controls for new products, DCs, and NSPs, including performing vendor audits and evaluations.Help handle and maintain ASL for new products, DCs, and NSPs, and support Sustaining suppliers as required.Support CAPAs, NMRs, Deviations, and ExtensionScope Changes for new, sustaining products, DCs, and NSPs.Assist in developing and improving departmental procedures and other controlled documents.Evaluate the adequacy of specifications for new or modified process designs.Participate in process and technical design reviews and design reviews that are part of the five-phase device developmentDevelop, review, and approve process and equipment validationsqualifications for Sustaining New Product Development and DC applications.Perform new product process evaluations, including process capability studies, to identify areas for improvement, reduce variability, and lower total quality costs.Assist Regulatory Affairs and Engineering personnel in new product process design to ensure effective control procedures are established.Support internal and external audits to assess compliance with standards and the internal QMS.Assist in the development, maintenance, and reporting of department metrics.Develop and update hazard analyses and FMEAs.Support the management of eQMS systems, including the event of potential non-compliance with applicable standards or regulations (e.g., FDA QSRs, ISO 13485, or ISO 14971), the employee has the authority to hold any product or Quality documentation from shipment or further processing. The employee has the responsibility and authority to report any instances to Quality Management and Regulatory.Conduct company business honestly, ethically, and lawfully, consistent with the company Code of Conduct, other company policies, the AdvaMed Code of Conduct, and any other applicable industry code(s) of conduct. The company does not tolerate retaliation for making good-faith reports of suspected violations.Requirements and Qualifications:Bachelor's degree in engineering or technical science3+ years of directly relevant experience in FDAcGMP or other regulated environment(s)ASQ CQE certification is preferredKnowledge of industry standards (FDA QSRs, ISO, MEDDEV, etc.)Medical deviceSpine experience is preferred.Knowledge and familiarity with applicable regulationsstandards (e.g., ISO 13485, FDA 21 CFR 820, EU MDR 2017745, ISO 14971) as required to perform the job functionComply with all applicable worldwide regulatory requirements as included in the scope of the Quality Manual.Experience with risk assessments and complaint handlingExperienced in QMS requirements and able to provide guidance on industry practices, including design control, production and process controls, supplier controls, corrective and preventive action, management review, and non-conforming material controls.Able to drive and deliver innovative, effective, and timely solutions.Able to mentor others in best practices and industry standards.Demonstrated ability to acquire and analyze data using appropriate standard quantitative methods across a spectrum of business environments to facilitate process analysis and improvementsStrong knowledge of statistical quality tools with process capability and statistical quality control methodologies; demonstrated ability to determine sampling plans based on confidence and reliabilityExperienced with managing and developing suppliersExcellent verbal and written communication skillsMust be a team playerDesired Skills and ExperienceQuality Engineer, QMS, MasterControl, FDA, cGMP, regulatory, New Product Development, Design Change, NSPsBayside Solutions, Inc. may collect your personal information during the position application process. 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