Principal Design Quality Engineer

Job TitlePrincipal Design Quality Engineer

Job Description

You will boost patient safety and product quality for the IGT-Systems business by developing and deploying key Design Quality and Reliability Engineering skills. You will collaborate with stakeholders to find improvement opportunities and suggest actionable strategies. Together, you'll integrate these sustainable improvements.

Your role:

• Strategic Leadership and Collaboration; Develop and implement strategies for sustainable design quality improvements, including Design for Quality, Reliability, Testing, and Manufacturing. Collaborate across functions and businesses to achieve these improvements.

• Coaching and Mentoring; Coaching senior colleagues in enhancing their skills in DfX. Aim to improve patient safety and quality through innovative problem-solving.

• Quality Awareness and Culture; Increase awareness and drive a culture focused on patient safety and quality. Engage with global innovation programs, growing a network of experts.

• Product Design Quality and Reliability; Lead design quality and reliability improvements in new product introductions and sustaining developments. Use development performance and post-market data for continuous improvement. 

• Knowledge and Expertise Development; Stay updated with the latest approaches to data-driven product development. Serve as a subject matter expert for project teams, business functions, and design quality engineers. 

• Design Input Validation and Target Setting; Validate key design inputs such as usability, reliability, performance, and others. Lead target setting for quality and reliability aspects.

• Quality Plan Authoring and Oversight; Author and ensure quality plans for system design meet all compliance standards. Oversee the execution of quality, reliability, post-market surveillance plans, and risk management activities.

• Technical Assessments and Problem Solving; Perform technical assessments on product quality performance and post-market analysis. Lead problem-solving and root cause analysis during design and manufacturing. Initiate field actions when necessary to maintain high product quality.
   

These activities aim to enhance end-to-end confidence in the safety and quality of our products.

You're the right fit if:

• MSc or PhD in a relevant field like Physics, Electrical, Mechanical, or Reliability Engineering.

• At least 15 years in global, customer-oriented, complex-product development organizations.

• Experience in regulated industries like medical or aviation (QSR/ISO13485, GMP, GLP).

• In-depth knowledge of DfX and problem-solving techniques and proven track record in implementing DfX concepts in large organizations.

• Excellent communication and change management and influencing skills.

• DfSS or DMAIC Black Belt/Master Black Belt or equivalent by experience.

• Proficiency in quality tools and concepts (e.g., FMEA, Control Plan, APQP) and systems engineering techniques (e.g., MBSE).

• Strong critical, analytical, and conceptual thinking, with a hands-on approach.

• A team-player who can inspire and mobilize teams, with training and coaching capabilities.
   

If you meet these qualifications, you could help us deliver and continuously improve our medical systems.
 

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.
 

This role is an office role.
 

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