Quality Engineer – Electrical & Mechanical Components

About the role

Siemens Healthineers is seeking a Quality Engineer – Electrical & Mechanical Components to join our Molecular Imaging business line. This role is responsible for ensuring supplier quality, manufacturing quality, and product quality throughout the product lifecycle. Reporting to the Manager of Supplier Quality, the successful candidate will partner with Engineering, Manufacturing, Purchasing, and suppliers to establish qualification criteria for new products and components, collaborate with suppliers to ensure engineering drawings, specifications, and technical requirements are fully understood, and drive supplier performance.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Engineering, Purchasing, Manufacturing, and suppliers to establish qualification criteria for new products and components, including First Article Inspections (FAIs).
• Collaborate with suppliers to ensure engineering drawings, specifications, and technical requirements are fully understood.
• Develop and maintain supplier performance scorecards while identifying trends, driving continuous improvement, and partnering with suppliers to improve quality performance.
• Investigate non-conforming materials by performing root cause analysis and partnering with Engineering, Manufacturing, and suppliers to determine appropriate disposition and corrective actions.
• Lead Supplier Corrective Action Requests (SCARs) and verify the effectiveness of corrective and preventive actions.
• Monitor supplier performance metrics and quality trends while identifying opportunities to improve supplier performance and reduce quality risks.
• Develop supplier quality plans and inspection strategies for incoming materials.
• Review engineering deviations and substitutions to ensure proper approval and documentation.
• Conduct supplier quality system and process audits while assessing manufacturing capability and identifying areas for improvement.
• Support manufacturing teams by troubleshooting supplier-related quality issues and driving timely resolution.
• Participate in cross-functional continuous improvement initiatives across Engineering, Manufacturing, Purchasing, and Quality.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• 3+ years of experience in Quality Engineering, Supplier Quality, Manufacturing Quality, or a related engineering role.
• Experience working with suppliers, manufacturing processes, and engineering teams to resolve quality issues.
• Experience conducting root cause investigations and driving corrective actions.
• Strong understanding of engineering drawings, specifications, GD&T, and manufacturing processes.
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Qualifications

• Familiarity with Supplier Quality Engineering, Supplier Audits, Supplier Performance Management, Non-Conformance Management, Supplier Corrective Action Requests (SCAR), Root Cause Analysis, First Article Inspection (FAI), Deviation Management, ISO 13485, ISO 9001, AS9100, IATF 16949, or similar quality management systems.
• ASQ CQE, CQA, or equivalent certifications.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel) and SAP ERP; Minitab experience is a plus.

Benefits

• Medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan.
• Life insurance, long-term and short-term disability insurance, paid parking/public transportation, paid time off, paid sick and safe time.