Supplier Quality Engineer
Kestra Medical Technologies, Inc.
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Kirkland • Washington • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $100,000 - $120,000 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Responsible for ensuring the delivery of high-quality, life-saving products by managing supplier quality throughout the product lifecycle—from development through production.
- Collaborates cross-functionally with R&D, Supply Chain, and external suppliers to assess and monitor supplier quality systems, drive process improvements, and ensure compliance with regulatory and internal standards.
- Key responsibilities include supplier approval coordination, developing and maintaining weekly and monthly quality metrics—including Supplier Approvals, Scorecards, SCARs, and Process Quality—to support data-driven decision-making and continuous improvement.
- Supports supplier audits and corrective action initiatives across the supply base.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in engineering or technical science, or equivalent combination of education and directly relevant experience.
- 3+ years’ directly relevant experience, with prior experience in an FDA/cGMP or regulated environment.
- Working knowledge of PPAP and IQ/OQ/PQ validation techniques.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Direct experience as a Manufacturing Engineer, Test Engineer, Quality Engineer, or Supplier Quality Engineer.
- Certified quality auditor.
- Experienced with six-sigma and lean manufacturing techniques.
- Direct experience working with class 3 medical devices.
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- 401K with Match
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
supplier quality managementprocess improvementsquality metricsPPAPIQ/OQ/PQ validationsix-sigmalean manufacturingdata-driven decision-makingcorrective action initiativesauditing
Soft skills
communicationcollaborationcross-functional teamworkproblem-solvingorganizational skills
Certifications
certified quality auditor