Quality Engineer

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Primary Responsibilities

·       Manages and ensures production transfers and their readiness according to overall time-lines of transfer programs – from a quality point of view

·       Ensures alignments with Project Manager and other involved internal departments (Regulatory, Quality, Operations, Finance and Controlling)

·       Close cooperation with Quality Operations Supervisor and Quality Engineer Supervisor NMC

·       Close cooperation with Quality Ludwigstadt and Quality Berlin

·       Responsibility for documentation connected with transfers e.g. part history.

·       In collaboration with other departments to review and update of process FMEAs for preventive failure avoidance.

·       Update of control plans in relation to transfers (launch and serial production)

·       Participates in meetings for the launch of new projects

·       Cooperation on customer, internal quality audits

·       Plan and perform quality activities for changes in production, e.g. Control Plan, PPAP, support P FMEA

·       Define release criteria for production related changes

Required Experience, Education, Skills, Training and Competencies

·       Knowledge of EN ISO 13485 and EN ISO 9001 standards

·       Knowledge of quality tools (5Why, Ishikawa, 8D report)

·       Orientation in technical documentation

·       Knowledge and active uses of the MS office package

·       Focused, reliable and independent working style

·       Active approach to the validation process

·       Excellent knowledge of English language (used daily)

·       Knowledge of German is an advantage

Travel Requirements/ Požadavky na cestování          

·       The willingness to travel to all Novanta locations and business contacts of Novanta (less than 30% of working time)
 

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