NPI/ECO/Engineer Buyer

Overview

At Spacelabs Healthcare, we are on a mission to provide continuous innovation in healthcare technology for better clinical and economic outcomes. Our scalable solutions deliver critical patient data across local and remote systems, enable better-informed decisions, increase efficiencies, and create a safer environment for patients.

Why work at Spacelabs? Because lives depend on you!

At Spacelabs Healthcare, you make a difference.

Every member of our worldwide team is integral in improving treatment and helping providers deliver exceptional care to their patients. From newborns to centenarians, more than 60 million people benefit yearly from the advancements we make in patient monitoring and management, care coordination, and clinical decision support.

Driven by the belief that anyone who seeks care could be a member of our own family, our team is dedicated to solving the greatest challenges the healthcare system currently faces, including the need to enhance the patient experience, improve population health, reduce costs, support care team well-being, and advance health equity. As part of our mission, we take pride in creating services and technologies that are personalized and tailored to support the needs of healthcare providers anywhere in the world.

While we may not be at a patient's bedside, their health is still in our hands.

The NPI / Engineering (ECO) Buyer is an individual contributor responsible for managing material procurement activities related to New Product Introduction (NPI) and Engineering Change Orders (ECO/ECR). This role partners closely with R&D Engineering, Manufacturing, Planning, Quality, and Suppliers to ensure timely material availability, controlled transitions between part revisions, and seamless execution of product launches and engineering changes.

This position plays a critical role in minimizing excess and obsolete inventory, mitigating supply risk, and ensuring cost, quality, and schedule objectives are achieved during product development and lifecycle changes.

***This is a hybrid position requiring 3 or more days per week onsite at Spacelabs headquarters in Snoqualmie, WA. You will be need to be onsite full time for training (approximately 1-2 months).***

Responsibilities

NPI (New Product Introduction) Support

• Partner with R&D, Engineering, and Program Management to support new product development projects.
• Source and procure prototype, pilot, and pre-production materials.
• Identify and qualify new suppliers in collaboration with Supplier Quality and Engineering.
• Manage RFQs, cost analysis, lead-time evaluation, and supplier selection.
• Develop material readiness plans aligned with NPI project milestones.
• Proactively identify supply risks and develop mitigation strategies.

Engineering Change (ECO/ECR) Management

• Review and assess Engineering Change Requests (ECRs) and Engineering Change Orders (ECOs) for material impact.
• Coordinate with procurement team to plan and execute material cut-over strategies from old revision to new revision.
• Coordinate last-time-buy (LTB) activities where required and request approval from managers
• Minimize excess and obsolete (E&O) exposure during transitions.
• Communicate implementation plans across Planning, Manufacturing, and Suppliers.
• Track execution to ensure clean revision transitions.

Material Planning & Procurement

• Place and manage purchase orders for NPI and ECO-related materials.
• Monitor supplier delivery performance and expedite as required.
• Align material availability with build schedules.
• Maintain accurate system data (ERP/MRP parameters, lead times, pricing, etc.).
• Support demand alignment during ramp-up and phase-out activities.

Engineering & Cross-Functional Support

• Provide ongoing purchasing and supply chain support to R&D Engineering.
• Support design for supply chain (DFSC) initiatives including cost reduction and lead-time improvement.
• Provide cost estimates for new designs and engineering projects.
• Participate in cross-functional project meetings and provide material status updates.
• Support value analysis/value engineering (VA/VE) and cost reduction initiatives.
• Uphold the company's core values of Integrity, Innovation, Accountability, and Teamwork.
• Demonstrates behavior consistent with the Company's Code of Ethics and Conduct.
• It is the responsibility of every Spacelabs Healthcare employee to report to their manager or a member of senior management any quality problems or defects for corrective action to be implemented and to avoid recurrence of the problem.
• Duties may be modified or assigned at any time to meet the needs of the business.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain, business, engineering, or related discipline; additional relevant experience may substitute for degree.
• 5+ years of purchasing or supply chain experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience supporting NPI and engineering change processes required.
• 3+ years' experience in a medical device organization.
• Strong understanding of ERP/MRP systems.
• Solid understanding of BOM structures and revision control.
• Strong project management and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Analytical mindset with strong cost and risk assessment capability.
• Effective cross-functional communication skills.
• Proactive problem-solving ability.
• High attention to detail.
• Must be able to travel domestically up to 5%.
• Key performance measurements include:
  • On-time material readiness for NPI builds.
  • Successful ECO implementation without production disruption.
  • Reduction of excess and obsolete inventory due to engineering changes.
  • Supplier on-time delivery performance.
  • Cost performance against project targets.
  • Engineering satisfaction and responsiveness.

#LI-Hybrid

#LI-TC1

Please review our benefits here: Life at OSI

Pay may range $81,300 to $116,200 annually

The pay range above represents annual base salary only. Final compensation will be determined based on factors such as your job level, geographic location, date of hire, experience, job-related knowledge and skills, and education in conjunction with market and business considerations.

Base salary is one component of your total rewards package. You may be eligible for long-term incentives, potential discretionary bonuses, and the ability to purchase company stock at a discounted rate through the Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP). OSI also offers comprehensive benefits including various options for health plans, access to 401(k) retirement plan, health savings account, disability insurance, life insurance, AD&D insurance, leave of absence programs and an array of voluntary benefits. In addition, paid time off is offered to be used for vacation, holidays, bereavement, and jury duty. Full-Time salaried employees are entitled to flexible time-off.

NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES

OSI Systems, Inc. and its subsidiaries (collectively "OSI") does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. If any person or entity, including a recruiter or agency, submits any information, including any resume or information regarding any potential candidate, without a signed agreement in place with OSI, OSI explicitly reserves the right to use such information, and pursue and/or hire such candidates, without any financial obligation to the person, recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited information or resumes, including those submitted directly to hiring managers, are considered and deemed to be the property of OSI.


Equal Opportunity Employer - Disability and Veterans

Know Your Rights

Poster Link:

OSI Systems, Inc. has three operating divisions: (a) Security, providing security and inspection systems, turnkey security screening solutions and related services; (b) Healthcare, providing patient monitoring, diagnostic cardiology and anesthesia systems; and (c) Optoelectronics and Manufacturing, providing specialized electronic components and electronic manufacturing services for original equipment manufacturers with applications in the defense, aerospace, medical and industrial markets, among others.