Principal Design Assurance Engineer

Job TitlePrincipal Design Assurance Engineer

Job Description

The Principal Design Assurance Engineer will serve a critical role in completing relevant Design Assurance activities on new Image Guided Therapy Device product development projects, ensuring overall project and business objectives.

Your role:

• Updating risk documents, component qualification, statistical analysis of data, design verification and process validation planning as well as quality system compliance.
• Ensure Risk Management is effective utilizing feedback from validation, field service, post market surveillance, manufacturing indicators, CAPAs, HHAs, etc. Familiarity with ISO 14971, Risk Management for medical devices.
• Actively evaluate projects for opportunities to improve performance or accelerate learning; continuously monitors risk and mitigates as appropriate.
• Provides critical quality review of design requirement rationales, test methods, training requirements and test method validation requirements.
• Determines and recommends sampling plans, equipment requirements, measurement techniques and training requirements that will assure specific quality levels.
• Experienced in component inspection and testing techniques; must be able to read and interpret blueprints.
• Provide critical review of design requirements, justifications, rationales, protocols, deviations, test methods and training requirements.
• Works with cross functional team to complete component qualification activities.
• Works with cross functional team to plan and conduct design verification and process validation activities.
• Participate in the development and results analysis of verification and validation plans and test protocols to qualify and validate new product designs and processes.
• Serve as a technical expert for problem investigations to guide root cause analysis and corrective action development.
• Works with cross functional team to plan and conduct Design Verification, Process Validation and Design Validation testing.
• May directly supervise one or more technicians or engineers.
• Reporting to the Design Assurance Manager, you will collaborate cross-functionally with R&D, NPI, NPD and Advanced Development.
• This Hybrid, Plymouth, MN based role may require travel up to 10%.

You're the right fit if:

• You have a minimum of 8 years’ experience working within FDA regulated medical device environments, with a focus in design control/assurance, risk management, FMEA’s, PHA’s etc.
• You have successfully supported multiple new product development cycles, with a deep understanding of how to apply Design/Process Controls.
• You have extensive experience in vascular medical devices/ electromechanical systems (intravascular ultrasound, thrombectomy, catheter-based balloons, stents, or atherectomy devices).
• You’re able to lead a team in completing Risk Management activities (PHA, FMEAs, Risk Management Report, and compliance tables for IEC 60601).
• You have expert knowledge of 21 CFR part 820, ISO13485, ISO 14971 and IEC 60601.
• You have extensive experience in leading test method validation (TMV) activities.
• You’re able to specify Design, Use and/or Clinical FMEAs
• You have proven experience conducting Human Factors /Usability studies and testing.
• You’re able to recommend sampling plans, equipment requirements, measurement techniques and training requirements-based on risk.
• You have proven abilities in data/statistical analysis.
• You have a minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (required) Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical, Biomedical or similar disciplines.
• You must be able to successfully perform the following minimum Physical, Cognitive and Environmental job requirements with or without accommodation for this position. 
• 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. For this position, you must reside in or within commuting distance to Plymouth, MN.

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This requisition is expected to stay active for 45 days but may close earlier if a successful candidate is selected or business necessity dictates. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible to ensure consideration.

Philips is an Equal Employment and Opportunity Employer/Disabled/Veteran and maintains a drug-free workplace.