Quality Engineer – Electrical & Mechanical Components

Summary

Siemens Healthineers is a leader in medical technology, and they are seeking a Quality Engineer – Electrical & Mechanical Components. This role involves ensuring supplier, manufacturing, and product quality throughout the product lifecycle by collaborating with various teams and driving continuous improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Partnering with Engineering, Purchasing, Manufacturing, and suppliers to establish qualification criteria for new products and components, including First Article Inspections (FAIs)
• Collaborating with suppliers to ensure engineering drawings, specifications, and technical requirements are fully understood
• Developing and maintaining supplier performance scorecards while identifying trends, driving continuous improvement, and partnering with suppliers to improve quality performance
• Investigating non-conforming materials by performing root cause analysis and partnering with Engineering, Manufacturing, and suppliers to determine appropriate disposition and corrective actions
• Leading Supplier Corrective Action Requests (SCARs) and verifying the effectiveness of corrective and preventive actions
• Monitoring supplier performance metrics and quality trends while identifying opportunities to improve supplier performance and reduce quality risks
• Developing supplier quality plans and inspection strategies for incoming materials
• Reviewing engineering deviations and substitutions to ensure proper approval and documentation
• Conducting supplier quality system and process audits while assessing manufacturing capability and identifying areas for improvement
• Performing supplier risk assessments and supporting supplier development initiatives
• Utilizing statistical analysis tools to evaluate process capability and verify corrective action effectiveness
• Supporting manufacturing teams by troubleshooting supplier-related quality issues and driving timely resolution
• Participating in cross-functional continuous improvement initiatives across Engineering, Manufacturing, Purchasing, and Quality

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related engineering discipline
• 3+ years of experience in Quality Engineering, Supplier Quality, Manufacturing Quality, or a related engineering role
• Experience working with suppliers, manufacturing processes, and engineering teams to resolve quality issues
• Experience conducting root cause investigations and driving corrective actions
• Strong understanding of engineering drawings, specifications, GD&T, and manufacturing processes
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills
• Supplier Quality Engineering
• Supplier Audits
• Supplier Performance Management
• Non-Conformance Management
• Supplier Corrective Action Requests (SCAR)
• Root Cause Analysis
• First Article Inspection (FAI)
• Deviation Management
• ISO 13485, ISO 9001, AS9100, IATF 16949, or similar quality management systems
• Six Sigma, SPC, FMEA, Gage R&R, Poka-Yoke
• ASQ CQE, CQA, or equivalent certifications
• Microsoft Office (Excel) and SAP ERP; Minitab experience is a plus

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related engineering discipline
• 3+ years of experience in Quality Engineering, Supplier Quality, Manufacturing Quality, or a related engineering role
• Experience working with suppliers, manufacturing processes, and engineering teams to resolve quality issues
• Experience conducting root cause investigations and driving corrective actions
• Strong understanding of engineering drawings, specifications, GD&T, and manufacturing processes
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills

Nice to Haves

• Supplier Quality Engineering
• Supplier Audits
• Supplier Performance Management
• Non-Conformance Management
• Supplier Corrective Action Requests (SCAR)
• Root Cause Analysis
• First Article Inspection (FAI)
• Deviation Management
• ISO 13485, ISO 9001, AS9100, IATF 16949, or similar quality management systems
• Six Sigma, SPC, FMEA, Gage R&R, Poka-Yoke
• ASQ CQE, CQA, or equivalent certifications
• Microsoft Office (Excel) and SAP ERP; Minitab experience is a plus

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Life insurance
• Long-term and short-term disability insurance
• Paid parking/public transportation
• Paid time off
• Paid sick and safe time