MfgOps Quality Engineer 2

What if the work you did every day could impact the lives of people you know Or all of humanity

At Illumina we are expanding access to genomic technology to realize health equity for billions of people around the world. Our efforts enable life-changing discoveries that are transforming human health through the early detection and diagnosis of diseases and new treatment options for patients.

Working at Illumina means being part of something bigger than yourself. Every person in every role has the opportunity to make a difference. Surrounded by extraordinary people inspiring leaders and world changing projects you will do more and become more than you ever thought possible.

Responsibilities:

• Provide quality engineering support throughout the product life cycle.

• Provide support to engineering and manufacturing functions. Assist teams in determining issue resolutions using a risk-based approach
• Provide support to moderate scope activities where analysis of situations or data requires a review of a variety of factors
• Applies problem-solving techniques to define and resolve routine issues of moderate scope
• Drive activities in prevention detection of defects at earliest phase of product design continuous improvement & customer satisfaction.
• Work with project teams to ensure understanding of and compliance with regulations procedures and requirements. Provide training guidance and interpretation as needed.
• Drive product risk management activities and ensure quality and completeness of project design history files validation packages and change orders
• Provide consultation to end users and process owners with regard to data collection analysis and creation of reports.
• Become familiar with the applicable technology to facilitate participation in technical discussions and risk-based decision making
• Coordinate issue resolution using a risk-based approach
• Identify areas and opportunities to improve quality system processes
• Ensure product development and validation programs meet requirements of FDA and ISO
• Participate in investigations and ensure CAPA findings risks recommendations and outcomes are appropriate and are clearly documented and communicated
• Trend analyze and report on quality data in order to improve product and process; develop recommendations based on data analysis
• Provide management with status updates on assigned responsibilities and goals and escalate issues in a timely fashion
• Other such duties that may be determined by Management.

Preferred Requirements:

• Quality related experience preferred
• Highly effective communication facilitation coaching and negotiation skills
• Adaptable to fast-paced dynamic work environment with shifting demands
• Ability to identify assess resolve and where needed escalate risks
• Demonstrated ability to accomplish goals while working across departments is required.

All listed requirements are deemed as essential functions to this position; however business conditions may require reasonable accommodations for additional task and responsibilities.

Preferred Experience/Education:

• Bachelors degree in Engineering Science or other related field required (or equivalent combination of education and experience).
• 3 years experience in quality assurance field in a regulated environment.
• Experience applying quality regulation standards (e.g 21CFR820 ISO 13485 ISO 14971 IVDD)
• Practical experience in risk management validation change control etc.
• Experience with CAPA and failure investigation tools and techniques
• Applied experience with quality and statistical analysis tools (e.g. SPC 6 Sigma Risk Analysis FMEA DOE and trend analysis.

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