Sr. Supplier Quality Engineer

Sr. Supplier Quality Engineer

Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?

At Beckman Coulter Diagnostics, one of Danaher's 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we're all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact.

You'll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher's system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.

As a global leader in clinical diagnostics, Beckman Coulter Diagnostics has challenged convention to elevate the diagnostic laboratory's role in improving patient health for more than 90 years. Our diagnostic solutions are used in routine and complex clinical testing, and are used in hospitals, reference and research laboratories, and physician offices around the world. Every hour around the world, more than one million tests are run on Beckman Coulter Diagnostics systems, impacting 1.2 billion patients and more than three million clinicians per year. From uncovering the next clinical breakthrough, to rapid and reliable sample analysis, to more rigorous decision making—we are enabling clinicians to deliver the best possible care to their patients with improved efficiency, clinical confidence, adaptive collaboration, and accelerated intelligence.

This position is part of the Instrument Operations department located in Chaska, MN and will be an onsite role. At Beckman Coulter, our mission is to Relentlessly Reimagine Healthcare, One Diagnosis at a Time.

You will be a part of the Supplier Quality Team and report to the Supplier Quality Manager. If you thrive in a fast-paced supporting role and want to work to build a world-class quality organization—read on.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Execute supplier management plans to improve supplier and product performance.
• Plan and organize routine and non-routine tasks such as supplier selections, qualifications, change notifications, audits, corrective actions, and supplier scorecards.
• Develop supplier material control plans as part of product qualification.
• Act as the primary supplier quality representative for root cause and corrective action analysis regarding supplier-caused manufacturing issues.
• Visit suppliers to resolve product performance concerns and recommend appropriate field actions to the product regulatory committee.

The essential requirements of the job include:

• Degree with experience in engineering, science or quality field (Bachelor 5+ yrs; Masters 3+ yrs).
• Experience in supplier qualification activities such as supplier selection, approval, material qualification, material control, and/or supplier development activities.
• Expertise in investigating nonconforming materials to understand the root cause of failure and driving corrective actions internally and externally with suppliers.
• Experience or involvement in supplier monitoring and improvement activities such as supplier performance reviews, process or quality system audits, supplier change notifications, and action plans

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

• Internal or External quality system auditing
• FDA regulated environment
• Knowledge of GDT and ability to interpret engineering drawings.

The annual salary range for this role is 100K-130K. This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future.

This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.

We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

Danaher Corporation and all Danaher Companies are committed to equal opportunity regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other characteristics protected by law.