Drives improvement and corrective action in the quality of components sourced from outside suppliers. Provides technical support in the selection of suppliers. Develops acceptance criteria for materials. Monitors supplier performance to drive supplier corrective action, manufacturing yield issues and field failures. Responsible for compliance with applicable Corporate and Divisional Policies and procedures.

Duties:

• Assesses potential new suppliers for technical, quality and manufacturing capabilities. Provides technical support for the introduction of components from a new supplier.
• Generates and maintains incoming inspection procedures. Trains inspectors to these procedures.
• Develops and/or sources inspection tools and equipment.
• Assists in generating component specifications.
• Generates test protocols, monitors testing, issues qualification test reports and approves components for use in products.
• Provides input to Design Engineering on new component technology and assists in component selection with quality and reliability analysis.
• Analyzes incoming material defects. Dispositions and drives corrective action as necessary. Communicates issues to suppliers.
• Reviews new design specifications and provides input from component quality and manufacturability perspective.
• Investigates field failures related to supplier materials. Develops corrective action plan where necessary.

Qualifications:

• BS degree in engineering or related scientific field and 4+ years of supplier quality experience or Master's degree with 2+ years of supplier experience, preferably in the medical device industry.