Manufacturing quality engineering

What You’ll DoThe Quality Engineer will provide support for manufacturing commercial products through review and approval of Change Controls, CAPAs and Deviations. Support new product development as needed. The Quality Engineer participates in customer and regulatory audits as part of the Audit Teamtrack implementation of internal and external audits observations for on time closure.The Quality Engineer works closely with Operations, Manufacturing Engineering and Research & Development to ensure manufacturing of effective and high-level product quality, while ensuring implementation of efficient corrective and preventive action plans.Manage Internal and External Audit programs and maintain associated tracking logs. Has capability to manage these programs within the Electronic Quality Management system upon implementation.Evaluates and improves the above programs to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.Perform internal audits as assigned and track implementation of audits observations for on time closure.Lead investigations, performs root cause analysis, prepares detailed investigation reports and implement corrective actions as needed.Participate as assigned in the development of customer requirements and design inputs; work with team to ensure that customer requirements (user needs) can be validated and design requirements can be verified.Facilitate the Risk Management Process in accordance with the latest version of ISO 14971; ensure integration of risk management outputs with design, process and regulatory requirements.Design and maintain procedures and systems for process and quality data collection.Support equipment and process validation methods to ensure they are properly validated prior to implementation and critical equipment is periodically re-validated.Conduct gap analyses of in-house practices versus relevant regulations, standards and industry practices; What It TakesWork on problems of diverse scope in which analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors. Exercise judgment within generally defined practices and policies in selecting method and techniques for obtaining solutions. Requires thorough knowledge of FDA, ISO, and other regulatory guidelines related to the manufacturing of medical devices.What You BringBachelor’s Degree in engineering or equivalent experience.Requires a minimum of 3 years related experience and demonstrated working knowledge of scientific principles in medical device manufacturing.Working knowledge and demonstrated application of ISO 14971 Risk Management for Medical Devices.Knowledge of GMP/ISO requirements, specifically current ISO 13485 Medical Devices.Working knowledge of Electronic Quality Management System.Strong writing and presentation skills.Anika also offers a discretionary bonus program for all full-time employees, comprehensive healthcare benefits, health savings account, 401(k) plan with up to 5% company match which includes immediate vesting, employee stock purchase plan at a 15% discount, accrued paid time off, additional long-term incentives including stock awards, and much more.