Sr Sourcing Engineer

Job Title: Senior Sourcing Engineer
Location: This position is based in our Campbell, California offices. This position is on-site, full-time.
Why Imperative Care?
Do you want to make a real impact on patients? Imperative Care is changing the way stroke is treated. As part of our team, you’d be developing breakthroughs that will revolutionize the future of stroke care. Every day, the technologies that we develop at Imperative Care directly impact human lives. Our focus is on the needs of the patient, and they come first in everything we do.
What You’ll Do
An individual in this role uses solid experience to collaborate with materials management team in sourcing identification, in change or improvement assessments of quality and service level including analysis of cost on sourced components and evaluation of supplier manufacturing processes. This position serves as key liaison between suppliers and both new product development and production, executing supplier/company-initiated designs, design changes and resolving technical problems.

• Evaluate, define, and select appropriate supplier sources based on quality, service and cost for new product development projects and sustaining production.
• Execute purchase part approval process through creation of risk analysis (PFMEA), control plans, process capability (Cpk, Ppk) and measurement capability (Gage R&R) studies.
• Work with suppliers to ensure their production process will produce parts/product that meet or exceed Imperative Care specifications and capacity requirements.
• Participate in the evaluation of supplier’s technical competencies, capabilities, and capacity to provide input into sourcing reliable and cost-effective material supply decisions.
• Consult with R&D and manufacturing engineering to assess product requirements, reviewing studies product characteristics to select validation objectives and standards. Seek and provide supplier feedback on DFMs. Serve as the point of contact with suppliers for product specifications or engineering changes. Contribute to suppliers’ onboarding materials.
• Collaborate with the Supplier Quality Engineering to ensure completion of audits for new and existing suppliers as required, support investigation of material quality issues as they arise and ensure that adequate corrective actions are identified, implemented by suppliers, driving supplier accountability actions. Establish and report metrics for Supplier Performance Monitoring and ensure adequate controls are in place to prevent supplier nonconformances.
• Work with suppliers to identify root cause of nonconformities of product or process standard and offers recommendations for resolving deviations.
• Support Continuous Improvement of Quality & Quality Systems, Service Capability and Total Cost of Ownership throughout the Supply Chain.
• Administer supplier change request assessments to analyze impact of requested change and properly test/validate to successfully accept and implement requested change

What You’ll Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, or related discipline and a minimum of 5+ years of related experience; or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• Knowledge of guide catheters, extrusion, injection molding is preferred.
• Experience working under quality systems designed to meet governmental regulations such as FDA QSR, ISO 13485, the MDD, GMP, GDP procedures and requirements.
• Knowledge of operations techniques including Just-In-Time (JIT) manufacturing, benchmarking, and other quality and continuous improvement tools (Lean).
• Demonstrated technical skill in risk management and remediation processes.
• Ability to create detail project plans effectively.
• Familiar with Design Control procedures and requirements.
• Experience with test method validation, and product/process changes/validation.
• Excellent communications skills (both written and verbal) required.
• Ability to work independently or in team setting required.
• Working knowledge or experience in the purchasing of components and subsystems within a manufacturing and/or NPD environment.

Employee Benefits include a stake in our collective success with stock options, competitive salaries, a 401k plan, health benefits, generous PTO, and a parental leave program.
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Salary Range: $115,000 – 127,000 annually
Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Imperative Care considers factors such as scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/training, key skills, and internal equity, as well as location, market and business considerations when extending an offer.  As part of our total rewards package, Imperative Care offers comprehensive benefits including a 401k plan, health benefits, generous PTO, a parental leave program and emotional health resources.