Senior New Product Development Quality Engineer

at  Johnson Johnson

DePuy Synthes Joint Reconstruction, a member of Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies, is recruiting a New Product Development (NPD) Quality Engineer 3 to be located in Raynham, MA!
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The New Product Development (NPD) Quality Engineer 3. This role provides Quality Engineering support to New Product Development specifically in the areas of Design Controls and Design Transfer to Manufacturing including, but not limited to: Risk Management, Design Verification and Validation Strategies, and Design Transfer to Manufacturing.
Are you interested in joining a diverse team delivering outstanding results to our customers? Apply now for this exciting opportunity!

Key Responsibilities:

• Independently provide direction and oversight of the product development quality activities across assigned projects.
• Apply various tools and methods (for example, Six Sigma, Lean) to identify and realize new product or process introductions as well as process improvements.
• Apply various risk management and risk mitigation tools and practices, for example, mistake proofing, critical control points, failure mode and effects analysis.
• Supports the reliability assessments of product design.
• Contributes to root cause investigations using various problem-solving techniques and tools and assesses effectiveness of corrective actions.
• Conducts, and supports the development of, test methods in equipment, process, and product qualifications/validations.
• Ensures that process Quality control plans are in accordance with product risk level and are consistently followed.
• Implements and/or maintains, production and process controls using appropriate techniques (for example, process capability measures, statistical process controls, and process performance metrics).
• Participates in technical reviews as appropriate.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education:

• A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree is required. Focus degree in Engineering or related technical/scientific field is preferred.

Experience and Skills:

Required:

• A minimum four (4) years of related work experience.
• Strong knowledge of Quality Engineering/Scientific methods and techniques.
• Strong knowledge of GD&T and inspection methodologies.
• Experience with a proven track record of implementing appropriate risk mitigation.
• Demonstrated leadership managing projects or improvements of varying levels of complexity and priority.
• Strong communication skills and teamwork skills to support partnering cross functionally.

Preferred:

• Technical training and experience using Statistics, Lean and Six Sigma Methodologies is preferred including Measurement System Analysis, SPC, DOEs, Reliability, etc.
• Experience working in both an FDA and European regulatory environment is preferred.
• Robust knowledge and experience supporting process qualifications.
• Quality Engineering/Design or Process Excellence/Lean experience.
• Experience with internal or external audits.
• Excellent negotiation, decision-making, and interpersonal skills that cultivate conflict resolution as it relates to technical situations.
• Demonstrated leadership skills with providing guidance and mentorship to support peers.

Other:

• This position will be located in Raynham, MA and may require up to 10% domestic or international travel.

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• Independently provide direction and oversight of the product development quality activities across assigned projects.
• Apply various tools and methods (for example, Six Sigma, Lean) to identify and realize new product or process introductions as well as process improvements.
• Apply various risk management and risk mitigation tools and practices, for example, mistake proofing, critical control points, failure mode and effects analysis.
• Supports the reliability assessments of product design.
• Contributes to root cause investigations using various problem-solving techniques and tools and assesses effectiveness of corrective actions.
• Conducts, and supports the development of, test methods in equipment, process, and product qualifications/validations.
• Ensures that process Quality control plans are in accordance with product risk level and are consistently followed.
• Implements and/or maintains, production and process controls using appropriate techniques (for example, process capability measures, statistical process controls, and process performance metrics).
• Participates in technical reviews as appropriate