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Overview Job Description: The Supplier Quality Engineer is a key member of Philips’ Image Guided Therapy Devices (IGTD) Quality team, responsible for driving supplier performance and continuous/process improvement, striving for continuous quality improvement throughout the product lifecycle, and ensuring regulatory compliance.

You're The Right Fit If You have a minimum of 5+ years’ experience in Supplier Quality Engineering within FDA regulated medical device environments, with a focus on supplier selection, performance assessment, APQP, Risk Assessments/PFMEA, SPC, SCAR, SICR, CAPA, Remediation, etc.

You have detailed knowledge of medical device regulations, requirements, and standards, such as 21 CFR Parts 803, 806, and 820, ISO 13485, ISO 14971, European Medical Device Directive (93/42/EEC), EU Medical Device Regulation, Canadian Medical Devices Regulation (SOR/98-282). You have proven experience utilizing data analytics/KPIs to assess supplier performance and identify/drive process improvement opportunities.

You have strong communication skills and the proven ability to effectively communicate, influence and build relationships cross-functionally with a variety of internal/external stakeholders, suppliers, Regulatory Agencies, Notified Bodies, etc.

You have a minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree (Required) in Quality, Engineering, or related disciplines. You must be able to successfully perform the following minimum Physical, Cognitive and Environmental job requirements with or without accommodation for this position.

Responsibilities Coordinate and execute supplier improvement initiatives, manage the Approved Supplier List and negotiate Supplier Quality Agreements.

Facilitate technical capability assessments of potential new suppliers, ensuring they meet the company's quality standards, and contribute to supplier selection.

Proactively monitor and measure product/process quality and performance trends and troubleshoot production/release issues.

Support end-to-end performance management of suppliers, conduct detailed analysis of defects to determine if they are supplier-caused, and act as an independent reviewer for Supplier Corrective Action Requests.

Develop and oversee equipment qualification and process validation plans and lead continuous improvement projects based on process/product trends, customer complaints, industry standards and government regulations.

Provide Quality oversight of product/process change requests from suppliers, ensuring appropriate regulatory review and adequate validation to support requested changes.

Serve as internal and supplier quality auditor, managing planning, execution, reporting and closure of audits and audit findings.

For our Office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week. Onsite roles require full-time presence in the company’s facilities. Field roles are most effectively done outside of the company’s main facilities, generally at the customers’ or suppliers’ locations. This is an Office-based role.

About Philips We are a health technology company. We built our entire company around the belief that every human matters, and we won’t stop until everybody, everywhere, has access to the quality of healthcare that we all deserve. Do the work of your life to help improve the lives of others.

Philips Transparency Details The pay range for this position in Bedford, MA is $103,000 to $163,000

The actual base pay offered may vary within the posted ranges depending on multiple factors including job-related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, geographical location, and internal equity. In addition, other compensation, such as an annual incentive bonus, sales commission or long-term incentives may be offered. Employees are eligible to participate in our comprehensive Philips Total Rewards benefits program, which includes a generous PTO, 401k (up to 7% match), HSA (with company contribution), stock purchase plan, education reimbursement and much more. Additional Information US work authorization is a precondition of employment. The company will not consider candidates who require sponsorship for a work-authorized visa, now or in the future.

Company relocation benefits will not be provided for this position. This role may require travel up to 10%.

Interested candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible to ensure consideration.

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