Supplier Quality Engineer II

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 28 May 2025.

Act boldly. Compete to win. Move with speed and decisiveness. Foster belonging. Deliver results…the right way. That’s the Medtronic Mindset — our cultural norms. Our brand is rooted in action, not just words. The Medtronic Mindset defines the expectations of our culture. Every person here plays a role in bringing it to life. We recognize your extraordinary potential to ensure future generations live better, healthier lives.

In this exciting role as a Supplier Quality Engineer II, you will have responsibility for and authority to provide Quality Assurance Engineering representation to select business teams, facilitating design transfer to manufacturing and process improvements to obtain optimum product reliability, safety, and effectiveness.  Coordinate quality indicators and statistics feedback to the business team for use in business decisions—partner with Operation quality and site Manufacturing Engineers in process improvements. Perform, direct, or consult in Product and process validations.  Drive and lead Engineering Change Notices, test methods, and equipment to ensure medical device design and production follow applicable standards.  Drive investigations, corrective action implementation, and corrective action verification activities assigned to business teams.

The West Platform operations develop life-restoring therapies and healthcare solutions that span the care continuum, integrating technologies and applying clinical and economic evidence to increase patient access, improve the efficiency of procedures, and deliver successful patient outcomes.

The OC Campus Strategy, which will include the harmonization of all Orange County manufacturing campuses including:

• Santa Ana – Surgical Valve and Transcatheter Valve,

• Irvine – Stroke/Aneurysm and Embolization

You will establish and successfully execute supplier management plans that will align to overall business objectives.

Responsibilities may include the following, and other duties may be assigned.

• Partner with Site R&D, Quality, and Manufacturing Engineering to assist in developing test methods, equipment acquisition for new product testing, validations/qualifications, statistical analysis of data for significance, and other documented requirements for quality objectives.

• Participate in released product engineering projects, including selecting suppliers, qualifying new suppliers, and setting up supplier controls.

• Investigate and report on supplier corrective actions effectiveness and timeliness.

• Participate in Corporate Supplier Quality Teams.

• Knowledge with PPAP process and part/product validation and qualification.

• Develop and ensure proper execution of the Supplier Quality Strategy.

• Manage all Supplier Quality related activities.

• Partner with Supply Chain to integrate strategies and ensure coordination and alignment across Sectors.

• Assist with supplier development by evaluating and developing supplier processes through process and product and/or tooling validations and assist in conducting supplier review meetings and supplier training.

• All activities must be performed in compliance with the Quality System.

• Perform duties in compliance with environmental, health and safety-related site rules, policies, or governmental regulations.

• All other duties as assigned.

• Travel requirement: less than 25%

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

To be considered for this role, please ensure the minimum requirements and your permanent address are evident on your resume.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Science or technical field with 2+ years of work experience in Engineering and/or Quality OR Advanced Degree in Engineering, Science or technical field with 0+ years of work experience in Engineering and/or Quality

Nice to Have 

• Past experience with electro-mechanical commodities.

• Experience in medical device design and application of test standards.

• Experience in application statistical methods to design reliability and process capability.

• Certified Quality Engineer, Reliability Engineer, or equivalent desired.

• Strong oral and written communication skills.

• Cross-functionally and an effective team player.

• Excellent presentation skills.

• Must be able to handle multiple tasks/projects and manage priorities accordingly.

• Working knowledge of appropriate industry standards.

• Experience in application statistical methods to design reliability and process capability.

• Must be able to work in a team environment and exert influence without alienating others.

• Knowledge/basic understanding of specification development, industry standards, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T), etc.

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position. 

The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description 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. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create.  We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
 

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to those regular employees who work 20+ hours per week: Health, Dental and vision insurance, Health Savings Account, Healthcare Flexible Spending Account, Life insurance, Long-term disability leave, Dependent daycare spending account, Tuition assistance/reimbursement, and Simple Steps (global well-being program).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to all regular employees: Incentive plans, 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match, Short-term disability, Paid time off, Paid holidays, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Employee Assistance Program, Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums), and Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums).

Regular employees are those who are not temporary, such as interns.  Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time, as required under applicable state law, and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Please note some of the above benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico.

Further details are available at the link below:

Medtronic benefits and compensation plans

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people. 
We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here.

It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.