Job TitlePrincipal Design Quality Engineer
Job Description
You are a seasoned professional who ensures that our products within the IGT-Systems meet the highest quality standards throughout the design and development lifecycle. In this role you raise the bar on systems engineering rigor by enhancing best practices in areas such as requirements engineering, risk management (e.g. CTS/CTQ and FMEA), reliability engineering, and verification and validation processes.
Your efforts will enhance patient safety and elevate product quality within the IGT-Systems business by fostering critical Design Quality and Reliability Engineering expertise. You will collaborate with senior stakeholders on a strategic level and mentor the design quality team and R&D, driving the integration of long-lasting improvements.
Your role:
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Strategic Leadership and Collaboration; Develop and implement strategies for sustainable design quality improvements, including Design for Quality, Reliability, Testing, and Manufacturing. Collaborate across functions and businesses to achieve these improvements.
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Coaching and Mentoring; Coaching senior colleagues in enhancing their skills in DfX. Aim to improve patient safety and quality through innovative problem-solving.
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Quality Awareness and Culture; Increase awareness and promoting a culture focused on patient safety and quality. Engage with global innovation programs, growing a network of experts.
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Product Design Quality and Reliability; Lead design quality and reliability improvements in new product introductions and sustaining developments. Use development performance and post-market data for continuous improvement.
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Knowledge and Expertise Development; Stay updated with the latest approaches to data-driven product development. Serve as a subject matter expert for project teams, business functions, and design quality engineers.
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Design Input Validation and Target Setting; Validate key design inputs such as usability, reliability, performance, and others. Lead target setting for quality and reliability aspects.
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Quality Plan Authoring and Oversight; Author and ensure quality plans for system design meet all compliance standards. Oversee the execution of quality, reliability, post-market surveillance plans, and risk management activities.
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Technical Assessments and Problem Solving; Perform technical assessments on product quality performance and post-market analysis. Lead problem-solving and root cause analysis during design and manufacturing. Initiate field actions when necessary to maintain high product quality.
You're the right fit if:
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MSc or PhD in a relevant field like Physics, Electrical, Mechanical, or Reliability Engineering.
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At least 20 years of experience in global, customer-oriented, complex-product development organizations within regulated industries: medical device or aviation (QSR/ISO13485, GMP, GLP).
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Expertise in quality tools and methodologies, such as Systems Engineering (MBSE), Design for Six Sigma (DfSS), FMEA, root cause analysis, APQP, , and continuous improvement (Six Sigma Black Belt certification is desired).
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Experience in leading or mentoring teams, including cross-functional collaboration with design, R&D, and leadership teams.
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Strategic thinking to align design quality efforts with organizational goals and drive continuous improvement.
How we work together
We believe that we are better together than apart. For this role it means working in-person at least 3 days per week.
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