Intern - Quality Operations

Why Orthofix?
    

Guided by our organizational values – Take Ownership | Innovate Boldly | Win Together – we collaborate closely with world-class surgeons and other partners to improve people’s quality of life. At Orthofix, we want team members who build relationships and share knowledge, challenge the status quo, and deliver results every day to help us achieve our vision to be the unrivaled partner in Med Tech.  

Our global team of over 1,600 employees brings to market highly innovative, cost-effective, and user-friendly medical technologies that heal musculoskeletal pathologies for patients and the healthcare professionals who treat them. Looking to change people’s lives? Look no further.

Who We Want​?

Innovators – Developing new products, processes or business models that better fit the needs of the group or customers.

Strategic Thinkers – Forward thinking, pitching new ideas, initiating new projects, and trying to figure out the next best thing.

Teammates – Full of energy and enthusiasm.

What will you get out of the Internship?

The Moving4Ward Internship Program has been developed to provide students with a fun yet rewarding summer, through hands-on experience and numerous opportunities to network with employees in the organization. The internship position is meant to provide projects focusing on ways to propel Orthofix forward, while also advancing the student’s career. Successful candidates for this internship position will gain valuable experience in the medical device industry, which could shape career decisions and create future employment opportunities. 

Overview of Internship Opportunity:

We’re looking for an intern to join our creative Quality Operations team.  Our team is hard-working, smart, goal-oriented, and creative, and we’re looking for an intern to contribute to our Quality Operations projects and objectives. The intern hired for this position should expect to participate in several Quality Operations disciplines, including quality inspection equipment validation, creating/updating incoming receiving inspection plan, new product introduction, supplier quality records and updating our products labeling.  The Quality Operations Engineering Intern will leave this position with invaluable skills and industry knowledge.

Quality Operation Intern Essential Functions:

• Under general supervision, create and map a process for receiving part into your system, inspecting them, and releasing them to inventory.

• Support quality operations in the development and implementation of procedures and work instructions that govern the new process, process instructions, and data management tools necessary to assure product quality and support Quality Performance KPI monitoring and management.

• Modify existing procedures to support our product labeling.

• Create a checklist with the support of quality engineer to support new product introduction project.

Student Eligibility:

In order to qualify for this Intern opportunity, the student must:

• Have the legal right to work in the US.

• Be currently enrolled at an accredited university as an undergraduate or graduate student. Qualified candidates will be working towards an Electrical, Biomedical, Mechanical, or Industrial Engineering degree.

• Be in excellent academic standing, Minimum Cumulative 3.0/4.0 GPA.

• Demonstrate excellent communication skills, both written and oral.

• Have knowledge of and proficiency in Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, Visio).  

• Should possess strong analytical and problem-solving skills and have the ability to work independently.

Work from Home: Not available

Travel Percentage: None

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK CONDITIONS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Regularly required to sit for extended periods of time; frequently required to stand, walk, and use business equipment daily such as desktop computer, copier, etc.; occasionally required to reach overhead, bend, and lift objects of up to 20 lbs.

• Eyesight and hearing must be correctable to standard level.

DISCLAIMER

The duties listed above are intended only as representation of the essential functions of this position.  The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position.  The job description does not constitute an employment agreement between the employer and employee and is subject to change at the sole discretion of the employer.  Nothing in this document alters an employee’s at-will employment status.

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