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

Provide Quality Leadership focusing on Critical Supplier Quality issues and Quality improvement initiatives within Supplier Quality.

Job Responsibilities and Essential Duties

• Provide oversight and direction for Critical Suppliers, Supplier Audits and Supplier Validations
• Ensure primary suppliers have adequate control plans, schedules, and resources to make continued improvements to incoming quality of supplied products
• Identify and perform Supplier process evaluations to identify areas for improvement.   
• Recommend solutions to identified problems; suggest methods for improving product quality, design, or manufacturing processes.
• Lead and provide cross-functional support to other quality teams by providing quality expertise. 
• Drive the strategic planning, development and implementation of programs designed to improve supplier performance/ productivity and reduce overall costs
• Own Supplier audits to evaluate supplier capabilities, quality systems, processes
• Partner with the PMO group to create timelines, create progress reports, and support all program elements including proactive communications regarding initiatives.
• Influence cross‑functional teams to strengthen quality culture.Perform validations and qualification of suppliers to qualify manufacturing process and overall quality of part/component manufacturing.
• Provide leadership in resolving internal and external quality issues related to purchased components including participating in MRB process and assisting incoming quality. Identifies non-conformance trends and leads technical/ root cause investigations and corrective action programs to resolve recurring quality problems.
• Provide statistical support by the creation of supplier related metrics for the purposes of tracking vendor performance and identifying opportunities for supply chain improvements.
• Executes and assists in special projects as needed.
• Support maintenance of key quality metrics.
• Contributes to the team effort by accomplishing related tasks as necessary.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, a technical or scientific discipline; and/or equivalent combination of education and experience (Master’s preferred)
• 7-10 years’ experience in the FDA regulated environment.
• Experience in Quality in an FDA regulated industry. 

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• High level of attention to detail and accuracy.
• Leadership and mentoring skills.
• Effective verbal and excellent technical writing skills.
• Ability to communicate and work effectively at multiple levels within the organization.
• Excels at generating and maintaining organized and accurate records.
• Able to work effectively in a high-stress, high-energy environment.
• Able to make effective decisions quickly based on vague or imperfect information.
• Ability to create and maintain professional relationships within all levels of the organization (peers, work groups, customers, supervisors).
• Ability to work independently and as a member of a team.
• Flexibility to operate and self-driven to excel in a fast-paced environment.
• Capable of multi-tasking, highly organized, with excellent time management skills.

Supervision/Management Of Others:

• Provide leadership, direction, and mentoring to Supplier Quality Engineers and supplier‑facing quality professionals.

Internal and External Contacts/Relationships

• Work at the Merrimack location while collaborating with all other Getinge’s sites. Work location is flexible; remote and office.
• This role will be supplier facing and require relationship building with all critical suppliers.

Environmental/Safety/Physical Work Conditions

• Ensures environmental consciousness and safe practices are exhibited in decisions.
• While performing the duties of this job, physical requirements such as lifting may be needed.
• May work extended hours during peak business cycles
• Some travel required

Employee must be comfortable working in a Clean Room Environment. 

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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.