Senior Quality Engineer - Failure Analysis

JOB TYPE: Full Time, Employee JOB CATEGORY: Quality Assurance/Safety CITY: Memphis STATE: TNAbout Medtronic Benefits and Total Rewards It's challenging. It's energizing. It's rewarding. That's why our nearly 38,000 employees have chosen to spend their careers at Medtronic, a global leader in medical technology, providing lifelong solutions for people with chronic disease. Today, every 5 seconds the life of someone somewhere in the world is improved by a Medtronic product or therapy. Join us in our mission to alleviate pain, restore health and extend life, and discover why FORTUNE magazine named us one of the "100 Best Companies to Work For" eight of the last 10 years. Senior Quality Engineer - Failure Analysis Req. # 60730Position Description POSITION DESCRIPTION Responsible for evaluation of product returned from fielld.  Sepervises associated personnel.  Participates in external and internal quality audits. Provides guidance and support to other departmental quality engineers. Position Responsibilities ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES  include the following. Other duties shall be assigned.   Participates in design control projects providing quality engineering support. Serves as the independent reviewer on all assigned projects ensuring that design history files comply with company policies and governmental regulations. Trains development engineers, manufacturing engineers, quality engineers, and marketing on design control activities. Reviews drawings to evaluate quality requirements including: correct application of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing, proper use of process and material specifications, and key characteristics for inspection plans and gauging techniques. Recommends revisions to assure design requirements are specified in the appropriate detail to provide a successful design transfer. Reviews and approves engineering change requests. Develops inspection techniques that include identification of characteristics, sampling plans, and gauging. Recommends gauging techniques including gauge work instructions – assures gauges provide repeatable and reproducible results through the use of statistical techniques. Uses quality tools to implement improvements including: process flowcharting, pareto analysis, correlation and regression analysis, significance tests, design of experiments, statistical process control, gauge repeatability and reproducibility, and trend analysis techniques. Assists suppliers with the interpretation of quality requirements. Develops control plans that identify inspection characteristics, gauging techniques, and sampling requirements. Works with suppliers to resolve conflicts and recommends revisions as required. Assists the design control project team with the development of essential design control deliverable including, but not limited to: complaint analysis on similar products, risk analysis, failure mode and effects analysis, essential requirements checklist, and design verification / validation. Develops and reviews quality system procedures and policies related to design transfer and validation planning. Assists in internal and external quality audits and inspections. Acts as the technical expert on design control audits. Provides support to other Global Quality projects as needed. Supervises Quality technicians as assignes.  Evaluates returned product and reports results to management. Basic Qualifications QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Desired/Preferred Qualifications QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Physical Job Requirements PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; and use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls.  The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms.  The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 15 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job involve normal vision. WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate.   To Apply: Click Apply Now to route your resume directly to the hiring department. 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