Process/Quality Engineer - 29235

Guidant Corporation researches, manufactures and markets systems for cardiac rhythm management, vascular intervention and cardiac/vascular surgery worldwide. Our mission is to provide innovative, therapeutic medical solutions of distinctive value for our customers, patients and health care systems around the world. In our industry, we have always been known for leadership and innovation, and for an organizational structure that allows employees freedom to grow.

 

Process/Quality Engineer

Santa Clara, CA

CS/I-MB/29235

 

Provide Process/Quality Engineering support to manufacturing, helping to ensure delivery of highest quality product to the customer. Provide Process/Quality Engineering support to product development teams, helping to ensure development of highest quality new products.

 

Learns to identify Manufacturing process defects (scrap, nonconforming material, customer complaints) by disposition non-conforming material, assisting in identification of primary root causes and understanding corrective and preventative actions. May be responsible for working with process owner to bound product stops and document release criteria.

Gains understanding of product quality plans, documents and systems by reviewing product specifications, quality specifications, and working with quality systems. May be responsible for learning risk analyses and FMEAs.

Learns Process Monitoring Systems by becoming familiar with systems applications and critical process steps; and through familiarization with methods used to reduce process variation.

Becomes familiar with Product/Process improvement efforts by understanding current quality metric data and learning the various analysis methods used to enhance sustaining product design and new product development

Learns Quality Tools & Training Materials by gaining knowledge of prevalent tools used and by reviewing & utilizing available training materials.

 

Position Qualifications Bachelor's degree plus 0-2 years of related work experience with a basic understanding of specified functional area, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.

Additional Information Product Development support experience preferred.

Posting ID 16757BR

 

Guidant offers a company environment of market leadership, product innovation and personal growth, plus excellent benefits, including medical, dental, vision and life insurance, short and long-term disability, paid vacations and holidays, 401(k), retirement ESOP, annual bonus, paid year-end shut down, and tuition reimbursement.

 

For further details about this position and to apply, please visit: https://sjobs.brassring.com/1033/ASP/TG/cim_jobdetail.asp?partnerid=95&siteid=5184&AReq=16757BR&Codes=I-MB

 

Guidant is an Equal Opportunity Employer and maintains an Affirmative Action Program.