Supplier Quality Engineer 1

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Position Summary

This position is involved in Supplier Quality activities that improve, monitor and measure Illumina’s compliance with the Quality System Regulations, Illumina Quality policies, FDA regulations and ISO standards as well as Illumina product quality for current operation and compliance objectives.

Responsibilities:
- Support qualification of new Suppliers and Partners for materials and services including risk assessments, audits and other supplier on-boarding activities- Provide support to investigation teams in determining root causes on material quality issues and initiate/ensure corrective and preventive action plans are developed and executed- Interface with Suppliers/CM (Contract Manufacturer), Engineering / Manufacturing / Quality Assurance / Procurement departments to drive for quality improvements, specifically on incoming rejects, workmanship defects and primitive failures- Participate in Quality review activities with supplier/CM to identify improvement opportunities to meet quality expectation- Compile, evaluate and report on supplier/CM quality performance metrics for scorecard and monitoring- Monitor to ensure supplier’s preventive and corrective actions are implemented and effective- Participate with NPI team in selection of new suppliers
- Listed responsibilities are an essential, but not exhaustive list, of the usual duties associated with the position. Changes to individual responsibilities may occur due to business needs._

Position Requirements:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Life Sciences, or related field with 0-3 years of relevant experience- Experience in driving suppliers to improve quality performance- Experience in conducting supplier audits- Good understanding of FDA regulatory environment (CFR 820), 501k and ISO 13485 strongly preferred.- Experience in medical device / pharmaceutical / IVD is preferred- Developing basic knowledge of quality tools- Beginner to intermediate experience with Microsoft tools and spreadsheets, charting, graphing tools and presentation tools.- Experience with electronic production life (PLM), enterprise resource planning tools (SAP) and etc are preferred- Experience with statistical analysis packages, eg, JMP, Minitab are preferred- Detailed oriented, well organized and able to work independently and in teams.- Good communication and collaboration skills- Ability to travel as needed
- All listed requirements are deemed as essential functions to this position; however, business conditions may require reasonable accommodations for additional task and responsibilities._

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