Supplier Quality Engineer

Supplier Quality Engineer
Responsible for ensuring supplier quality performance, driving continuous improvement, and managing supplier-related risks across the product lifecycle in a regulated environment.

Your role:

• Monitor supplier performance, analyze quality and delivery trends, and lead continuous improvement and supplier development initiatives to ensure consistent product quality throughout the product lifecycle.
• Lead investigations of defects and non‑conformances, determining supplier responsibility, conducting root cause analysis, and driving corrective and preventive actions through the SCAR process.
• Assess and manage Supplier Initiated Change Requests (SICRs), ensuring proper validation, risk assessment, and timely implementation aligned with quality and regulatory requirements.
• Plan and execute supplier audits in accordance with standards such as ISO 9001 and ISO 13485, support internal and external audits, and collaborate cross‑functionally (Manufacturing, Engineering, Procurement, Quality) to ensure supplier compliance, risk mitigation, and manufacturing continuity.

You're the right fit if:

• At least 2 years of experience in Quality, Manufacturing, or Supplier Quality Engineering, preferably within regulated industries such as medical devices.
• Strong expertise in supplier quality management, data analysis, root cause analysis, CAPA methodologies, process validation, audits, and continuous improvement.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Electrical/Electronic Engineering, or a related field.
• Working knowledge of global medical device regulations and standards, familiarity with statistical tools and quality methods, strong cross‑functional collaboration skills, and a proactive, risk‑based mindset.

How we work together
We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week.

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If you’re interested in this role and have many, but not all, of the experiences needed, we encourage you to apply. You may still be the right candidate for this or other opportunities at Philips. Learn more about our culture of impact with care here.