Smith+Nephew
medical device
StaffDesignQualityEngineer
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“Staff Design Quality Engineer at Smith+Nephew. Skills: Design Quality Engineer, Medical devices, Embedded Software. Provide quality leadership to new product development. Support Smith and Nephew QMS”
What You'll Achieve.
Ensure that the finished devices will be safe and effective; Conform to applicable regulatory requirements
Industry & Context.
Provide and implement solutions to quality problems
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
B. S. in Electrical, Computer, or Biomedical Engineering or related discipline, 8+ years in medical device or related industry with a B. S. degree OR 6+ years in medical device or related industry with a M. S. degree, Understanding the impact of regulatory requirements (eg. GMP’s, ISO 13485, ISO 14971, IEC 62304, IEC 60601, MDD / MDR, and NMPA) on Smith + Nephew’s products, Need to be able to make sound decisions with attention to details, Must be able to provide and implement solutions to quality problems, Ability to plan and schedule multiple projects and tasks, Excellent oral / written communication skills (GDP knowledge critical), MS Office and MS Excel software proficiency
Nice to Have
M. S. in Engineering, ASQ CQE / CRE, Equipment proficiency preferred with Oscilloscopes, Function Generators, and Digital Multimeters, Software proficiency preferred in the following: Requirement management tool (such as Jama or Cockpit), Software proficiency preferred in the following: Defect tracking tool (such as Jira), Software proficiency preferred in the following: C / Python programming languages
What You'll Do.
Provide quality leadership to new product development
Support Smith and Nephew QMS
Support new product development activities
and evaluation criteria
Support completion of Design Control
Support Risk Management requirements
Ensure finished devices are safe and effective
Ensure conformity to regulatory requirements
Lead efforts to develop verification and validation test methods
Generate/approve/manage software and design verifications
Generate/approve/manage design validations
Generate/approve/manage usability / human factors
Generate/approve/manage reliability testing
Generate/approve/manage process validations
Generate/approve/manage supplier qualifications
Generate/approve/manage test methods
Generate/approve/manage capability studies
Generate/approve/manage risk management documentation
Interface with R&D and manufacturing engineers
Identify and resolve defects
Identify and resolve product quality issues
Lead project cross-functional communication
Ensure compliance to product specific standards
Ensure compliance to cGMP
Ensure compliance to QSR
Ensure compliance to US FDA
Ensure compliance to ISO
Ensure compliance to IEC
Ensure compliance to UL
Ensure compliance to EN
Ensure compliance to MDD / MDR
Ensure compliance to NMPA
Ensure responsibilities comply with Quality System
Provide Quality Management System support
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Quality Engineering representative on projects; Interface with R&D and manufacturing engineers; Lead project cross-functional communication; Provide leadership, mentoring, and guidance for other engineers
Communication Scope
Excellent oral / written communication skills; GDP knowledge critical; Cross-functional communication
Process & Methodology
Ability to plan and schedule multiple projects and tasks, Product development milestones, Submission filings
Full Job Description
## **Role: Staff Design Quality Engineer** ## **Location: Kharadi, Pune** ## ## **Life Unlimited.** At Smith+Nephew, we design and manufacture technology that takes the limits off living. At Smith+Nephew, as Staff Design Quality Engineer would be reporting into the Quality Department, this role has responsibility for supporting Smith and Nephew QMS and new product development activities for Arthroscopic Enabling Technologies and ENT products as a lead Design Quality Engineer. Technological areas of focus for this position include determining methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for medical devices containing embedded Software, specifically High Frequency surgical equipment. The Design Quality Engineer will support the completion of Design Control and Risk Management requirements and help to ensure that the finished devices will be safe and effective and conform to applicable regulatory requirements. **What will you be doing?** * **(50%) -** Provide quality leadership to new product development project (PDP) and/or sustaining project teams as the Quality Engineering representative on projects requiring FDA 510k, CE Mark, and international regulatory approval. Lead efforts to develop verification and validation test methods and procedures to ensure that the appropriate tests are conducted to assure that embedded software, analog and digital electronic circuits, and support hardware used within instrument products meet the required specifications/standards and that the safety and reliability of products are established. Generate/approve/manage software and design verifications, design validations, usability / human factors, reliability testing, process validations, supplier qualifications, test methods, capability studies, and risk management documentation to support the product DHF. Interface with R&D and manufacturing engineers to identify and resolve defects and product quality issues. Lead project cross-functional communication of status and deliverables to
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