QA Engineer 3

Primary Function of Position

As Intuitives da Vinci Surgical System becomes adopted by an increasing population of hospitals surgeons and patients we are building a focused team to drive reliability quality and safety to everbetter levels. This focus applies to product in use product in manufacturing and product in design. Help us powerfully drive our quality mission in our young and growing company by bringing your handson experience in solving tough engineering problems your fascination with complex electromechanical devices and your passion for the best practices to design monitor and improve product and process.

The position is a Quality Engineer3 based out of Peachtree corners GA and will support manufacturing and remanufacturing of systems for the Davinci Multiport (MP) business unit.

Essential Job Duties:

• Initial roles and responsibilities for this position will include the following:
• 60 involvement in supporting sustaining manufacturing operations 25 design controls and 15 quality advocacy (quality improvements).
• Manufacturing support:
  • Support manufacturing processes including failure analysis documentation review and approval tooling qualification and defect containments.
  • Ensure manufacturing activities follow ISI procedures and regulations.
  • Support development and of process validation and verification test plans protocols and reports.
• • Maintain site level process FMEA and risk management files and update as required.
  • Support production ramp and work cross functionally on issue and support continuous improvement projects.
  • Support investigation and disposition of nonconformances both internal and supplier related.
• Product development:
  • Support various product and subsystem type design changes (not a full design quality support)
  • Participate in risk management process ensuring that the essential performance aspects are correctly mitigated in the product quality plans.
  • Ensure design changes are established and implemented according to ISI standards and applicable regulations.
  • Recommend design processes and methods to meet quality goals (DFX etc..
• Quality Advocacy:
  • Develop and apply corporatelevel quality metrics.
  • Ensure the quality system requirements are effectively established and maintained.
  • Lead and manage quality initiatives in one or more areas of product and processes quality.
  • Evaluates deviations and nonconformances and supports resolution of quality issues
  • Supports process validation and verification.
• Perform risk analysis and determines quality disposition for variance requests and nonconformances
• Represents the department crossfunctionally in meetings that may include senior and external personnel
• Releases process and document changes through engineering change orders and deviations using ISI change control process
• Escalates to direct management all quality issues that could impact patient safety or surgical efficacy
• Ensures successful ontime completion of department projects communicates constraints to direct management when successful project completion is at risk.
• Performs other duties as assigned by the management.

Qualifications :

Required Skills and Experience

• Competency Requirements: In order to adequately perform the responsibilities of this position the individual must possess:
• Minimum Education: Bachelor degree in electrical mechanical or system engineering math or physics. Advanced degree preferred.
• 4 years of relevant experience in medical device or manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated proficiencies of CFR 21 820/ ISO 13485 requirements for making process or design changes.
• Understands product risk management experience in generate FMEA and process FMEA.
• Understands Design Controls Change Controls Product and Engineering Processes.
• Proficient with generate and execute Qualification and Validation protocol and Quality Assurance Procedures.
• Experienced in leading product containment and rework activities.
• Proficient in SPC & Six Sigma methodology and tools (e.g. uses DMAIC process and basic tools such as 5 Whys control charts fishbone diagram).
• Understands typical Excel data analysis operations (e.g. Vlookup Pivot table and pivot chart functions) Able to create Multisource report trends and interprets data with minimal oversight.
• Capable of thinking independently and make decision based on limited information.
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing Integrity: Accepting and adhering to high ethical moral and personal dealing with others values in decisions communications actions and when Dealing with others
• Ability to work independently and handle tasks with competing priorities effectively.

Additional Information :

Due to the nature of our business and the role please note that Intuitive and/or your customer(s) may require that you show current proof of vaccination against certain diseases including COVID19.  Details can vary by role.

Intuitive is an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race sex pregnancy sexual orientation gender identity national origin color age religion protected veteran or disability status genetic information or any other status protected under federal state or local applicable laws.

EEO and AA Policy

We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with fair chance laws.

Preference will be given to qualified candidates who do not reside or plan to reside in Alabama Arkansas Delaware Florida Indiana Iowa Louisiana Maryland Mississippi Missouri Oklahoma Pennsylvania South Carolina or Tennessee.

We provide marketcompetitive compensation packages inclusive of base pay incentives benefits and equity. It would not be typical for someone to be hired at the top end of range for the role as actual pay will be determined based on several factors including experience skills and qualifications. The target salary ranges are listed.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime