Principal Engineer, Supplier Quality

With a passion for life

Join our diverse teams of passionate people and a career that allows you to develop both personally and professionally. At Getinge we exist to make life-saving technology accessible for more people. To make a true difference for our customers - and to save more lives, we need team players, forward thinkers, and game changers.

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Job Overview

Ensure the performance of all required supplier maintenance activities meet current quality

requirements and to improve supplier performance and productivity. The senior engineer is expected

to be a mentor to newer engineers and capable of working at a high level with little to no oversite.

Job Responsibilities and Essential Duties

* Manage a supplier control related process such as Supplier Audits or Supplier Validations.

* Identify and implement continuous improvements for the purchasing control processes.

* Communicate effectively with suppliers and internal customers, acting as the voice of the

company to the suppliers.

* Assist in the strategic planning, development and implementation of programs designed to

improve supplier performance/ productivity and reduce overall costs.

* Plans, organizes, and reports supplier performance to provide key information to the

department manager and outside departments.

* Participate in supplier audits to evaluate supplier capabilities, quality systems, processes and

services as needed.

* Perform validations and qualification of suppliers to qualify manufacturing process and

overall quality of part/component manufacturing.

* Assists incoming quality and participates in MRB process to resolve internal and external

quality audit findings related to purchased products.

* Own and relentlessly drive supplier root cause analysis and corrective actions to prevent reoccurrence

of quality issues.

* Ensure primary suppliers have adequate control plans, schedules, and resources to make

continued improvements to incoming quality of supplied products.

* Works with Engineering and Quality to ensure that incoming product specifications contain

and clearly communicate the requirements needed to ensure supplied products are

acceptable for manufacturing and assist in the development of inspection methods and

improve sampling plans for new materials and components.

* Identifies non-conformance trends; develops and administers technical investigations and

corrective action programs to resolve recurring quality problems.

* Provide technical assistance to suppliers/other resources performing qualification/validation

testing.

* Provide statistical support by the creation of supplier related metrics for the purposes of

tracking vendor performance and identifying opportunities for supply chain improvements.

* Assist in special projects as needed.

* Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related duties as requested.

Minimum Requirements

* Bachelor's degree in Engineering and 5 years experience or Associate's degree with seven

years industry experience.

* Proficiency in MS Office applications (Word/Excel) is required.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

* Strong verbal and written communication skills are required.

* Basic knowledge in the areas of lot acceptance, sampling methodologies, MSA/GR&R, CAPA,

root cause analysis, and other statistical techniques.

* Audit experience is preferred

Supervision/Management Of Others:

* N/A

Internal and External Contacts/Relationships

* Both internal and external relationships will be required for an Engineer to be successful

Environmental/Safety/Physical Work Conditions

* Ensures environmental consciousness and safe practices are exhibited in decisions

* Use of computer and telephone equipment and other related office accessories/devices to

complete assignments

* May work extended hours during peak business cycles

* Physical requirements such as lifting

* Some travel required

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About us

With a firm belief that every person and community should have access to the best possible care, Getinge provides hospitals and life science institutions with products and solutions aiming to improve clinical results and optimize workflows. The offering includes products and solutions for intensive care, cardiovascular procedures, operating rooms, sterile reprocessing and life science. Getinge employs over 12,000 people worldwide and the products are sold in more than 135 countries.

Benefits at Getinge:

At Getinge, we offer a comprehensive benefits package, which includes:

• Health, Dental, and Vision insurance benefits
• 401k plan with company match
• Paid Time Off
• Wellness initiative & Health Assistance Resources
• Life Insurance
• Short and Long Term Disability Benefits
• Health and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Commuter Benefits
• Parental and Caregiver Leave
• Tuition Reimbursement

Getinge is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, genetic information, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.Reasonable accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.