QLTY & RELIABILITY ENGINEER II

Job Overview

TE Connectivity’s Quality and Reliability Engineering Teams analyze the ability of product and production systems to comply with customer and contractual requirements through established reliability factors. They design, recommend revisions and install quality control systems, develop and document analytical methods for establishing reliability of products and their components and conduct analysis on relative reliability with regards to cost, structure, weight, maintainability, facility of production, and availability of materials and equipment. Out teams develop, implement and monitor company environmental safety programs and policies to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local environmental, health and safety regulations and recommend corrective actions if necessary. They are responsible for policies and practices to comply with applicable government regulations and industry requirements related to product environmental compliance, the implementation and management of technical and testing standards and specifications, quality control and reliability programs governing materials, product and processes, resulting in the optimization of material and labor, as well as failure analysis, root cause, corrective action and customer communication.

The Global Supplier Quality Engineer is a member of the Global Supplier Quality group with matrixed reporting structure to the Global Supplier Quality Manager. This position is responsible for supporting Supplier Quality centralized activities across multiple sites within TE Medical.

Responsibilities:

•    Works with cross-functional and cross-site teams to improve supplier quality processes
•    Supports the global supplier team on the deployment of Global Supplier processes improvements as identified by the Supplier Quality Program.
•    Conducts suppliers’ audits, covering quality system registration conformity and
•    production line capability so that a proper and full recommendation/approval can be made on their and deliver quality product.
•    Carry out training on supplier Quality processes as required
•    Collects and reports global supplier metrics across the organization.
•    Assists in ensuring all sites are “audit ready”. 
•    Applies sound, systematic problem-solving methodologies in identifying, prioritizing, and resolving issues.
•    Proactively liaises with Supplier Quality site teams to ensure process requirements are met.
•    Supports the creation and tracking of the annual audit plan for suppliers
•    Support suppliers change notification process and steering meetings
•    Supports Supplier Performance Review meetings
•    Takes part in Global Compliance projects defined by the Global QS Compliance team.

Candidate Desired Profile:

•    Bachelor’s Degree in science, Engineering, or related subject
•    5+ years relevant supplier quality / quality operations experience in GMP manufacturing environment in Medical Device/Pharma industry. 
•    Demonstrated expertise in quality concepts, practices and procedures.
•    Strong interpersonal skills are required.
•    Lead Auditor ISO 13485 certification a plus
•    Knowledge of ISO 13485 and related quality system requirements (i.e. ISO 9001). 
•    Knowledge of and experience in problem solving implementation. 
•    Demonstrated ability to make independent, informed decisions. 
•    Ability to communicate clearly in both written and verbal forms. 
 

Competencies