Supplier Quality Engineer

The Supplier Quality Engineer is a key member of Philips’ Sleep & Respiratory Care Quality team, responsible for driving supplier partners' high-quality performance by applying Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) in product industrialization, striving for continuous quality improvement throughout the product lifecycle, and ensuring regulatory compliance.

Your role:

• Facilitates technical capability assessments of potential new suppliers, and collaboration between R&D and suppliers in Design for Excellence (DfX) initiatives to enhance product design quality and innovation.
• Conducts & reviews Design for Manufacturing and Assembly Technique (DFMAT), Supplier Approval Form (SAF), Measurement System Analysis (MSA), PFMEA, Control Plans, SPC, Process V&V, FAI, Logistics Risk Assessment (LRA), and Supplier Initiated Change Request (SICR).
• Develops, executes, monitors, and controls APQP (Advanced Product Quality Planning) plans as part of the NPI process to ensure consistent product quality.
• Focuses that Critical to Quality (CtQ) characteristics are effectively communicated to suppliers and rigorously maintained throughout the production process.
• Coordinates Part Submission Warrant plans, deliverables, line releases, and completion, ensuring all parts meet specified quality standards before approval.
• Executes supplier improvement and development initiatives on APQP (Advanced Product Quality Planning), providing guidance and resources to enhance supplier processes, ensuring they meet the high standards required for production quality and efficiency.
• Assists with the process of making additions, changes, or deletions to the Approved Supplier List, ensuring that only qualified suppliers are retained.
• Supports in end-to-end performance management of suppliers, conducts detailed analysis of defects to determine if they are supplier-caused, and acts as an independent reviewer for SCAR’s. 

You're the right fit if:

• You have a minimum of 5+ years’ experience in Supplier Quality Engineering within highly regulated product environments (Medical Device preferred), with a focus on supplier selection, performance assessment, APQP, Risk Assessments/PFMEA’s, SPC, SCAR’s, 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/KPI’s to assess supplier performance and identify/drive process improvement opportunities.
• You have strong communications 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. ASQ and/or Six Sigma DfX Certifications-Desired.
• You must be able to successfully perform the following minimum Physical, Cognitive and Environmental job requirements with or without accommodation for this position. 

How we work together:

We believe that we are better together than a part. 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 role.

About Philips:

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Philips Transparency Details:

• The pay range for this position in Murrysville, PA is $87,000 to $139,200

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. 

At Philips, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top end of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each case. 

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.  Details about our benefits can be found here. 

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.  For this position, you must reside in or within commuting distance to Murrysville, PA.
• This role may require travel up to 10%.

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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 including Disability/Vets and maintains a drug-free workplace.