Instrumentation Quality Engineer

Katalyst HealthCares and Life Sciences

$80K — $110K *
Healthcare
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering, life sciences, or a related field
  • 2+ years of quality engineering experience in the medical device industry
  • Experience with design controls and change control
  • Knowledge of ISO 13485 and GxP principles
  • Ability to communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Experience with risk management per ISO 14971
  • Strong problem-solving skills and collaborative ability

Responsibilities

  • Provide quality engineering support for new product development projects
  • Ensure adherence to quality requirements during development activities
  • Collaborate with project teams to guide quality assessments and decisions
  • Review and approve design control documentation and development records
  • Evaluate changes for quality and regulatory impact
  • Investigate deviations and support corrective actions
  • Maintain GxP compliance and documentation standards

Benefits

  • Hands-on involvement in product development and quality guidance
  • Collaboration with cross-functional teams
  • Opportunity to impact product quality and regulatory compliance
  • Engagement in a fast-paced, innovative environment
Full Job Description
Summary:
In this role, you will work closely with R&D, Regulatory, Operations, and other cross-functional stakeholders to provide hands-on quality engineering support across the product development lifecycle. You will contribute to key activities such as design controls, risk management, verification and validation, supplier-related quality support, change control, and product transfer. The ideal candidate brings strong technical judgment, demonstrated quality capability, and the ability to operate independently in a fast-paced environment.

Roles & Responsibilities:
  • Provide hands-on quality engineering support for new product development projects and design changes to existing instrumentation products
  • Ensure quality requirements are appropriately applied throughout development, documentation, verification, validation, and transfer activities
  • Partner with project teams to provide practical quality guidance, technical assessment, and risk-based decision support that helps keep development activities moving forward
  • Review and approve design control deliverables, including risk management files, verification and validation documentation, and related development records
  • Evaluate product and process changes for quality and regulatory impact, and support change control activities from assessment through implementation
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to investigate deviations, support root cause analysis, and drive corrective and preventive actions as needed
  • Maintain compliance with applicable GxP requirements, standard operating procedures, and documentation practices
Education & Experience:
  • Bachelor's degree in engineering, life sciences, or a related technical field
  • 2+ years of quality engineering experience in the medical device industry, including direct support of instrumentation or electromechanical product development in an ISO 13485 environment
  • Experience with design controls, change control, and product impact assessments
  • Working knowledge of applicable medical device quality system and regulatory requirements, including ISO 13485, design controls and GxP principles
  • Ability to work effectively across global, cross-functional teams, communicate clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders, and contribute with minimal ramp-up
  • Experience with risk management in accordance with ISO 14971
  • Experience reviewing or supporting verification and validation protocols, reports, and related documentation
  • Statistical knowledge to support sample size determination and the design of verification and validation studies
  • Working knowledge of applicable product and safety standards, such as the IEC 60601 series and ISO 14971
  • ASQ Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) certification
  • Six Sigma Green Belt or higher
  • Strong communication, organization, collaboration, and independent problem-solving skills

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