Sr Design Quality Engineer

What if the work you did every day could impact the lives of people you know? Or all of humanity?

At Illumina, we are expanding access to genomic technology to realize health equity for billions of people around the world. Our efforts enable life-changing discoveries that are transforming human health through the early detection and diagnosis of diseases and new treatment options for patients.

Working at Illumina means being part of something bigger than yourself. Every person, in every role, has the opportunity to make a difference. Surrounded by extraordinary people, inspiring leaders, and world changing projects, you will do more and become more than you ever thought possible.

This position is responsible for Quality activities that measure, monitor, and improve Illumina’s compliance with the Quality System Regulations, Illumina Quality policies, FDA regulations and ISO standards as well as Illumina product quality for current operation and compliance objectives.

All About You

Responsibilities:

• Provides quality assurance support, review and approvals to areas of manufacturing operations, product development, or field/ product quality.
• Assignment may include but not limited to overseeing processes such as non-conformance, product quality issue, incoming and outgoing inspection, return material authorization, calibration and etc.
  • To develop, drive and setup documentation, executing New Product Introduction (NPI), Product Transfer related tasks to ensure operation readiness for NPI/Transfer.
  • Works closely with cross-functional teams to review and assess engineering change/qualification/validation plan/document, ensuring impact/risk/validation status of the manufacturing equipment/process and production line are taken into consideration.
  • Ensures that facilities, equipment, materials, processes, procedures and product readiness to comply with cGMP practices
  • Drive cross-functional teams to resolve operational quality issues.
  • Constantly review quality control processes and drive improvements that can be implemented to improve product quality performances.
  • Ensure the quality system meets customer, corporate, or internal requirements and any other related requirement within the Quality Management System.
  • Interact with all personnel levels and departments to ensure full compliance with all FDA, ISO rules and regulations.
  • Work in accordance with procedures and integrated program plans for achieving and maintaining the required level of product quality in preparation for FDA and ISO third party audits.
  • Other such duties that may be determined by Management.
• May train new engineers and associates.
• Other such duties that may be determined by Management.

All listed tasks and responsibilities are deemed as essential functions to this position; however, business conditions may require reasonable accommodations for additional task and responsibilities.

Requirements:

• > 3 years of working experience in highly regulated manufacturing environment.
• Experience in wafer manufacturing process preferred, such as Pattern formation, Lithography/Etching process, wafer dicing or laser cutting.
• Experience in project transfer/NPI and product quality Knowledge.
• Strong knowledge of quality system, tools and methodology skills in statistical analysis including SPC.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills
• An individual with CQE is preferred.
• Experience in medical device/ IVD is preferred

Competencies:

• Knowledge of FDA Quality System Regulations and/ or ISO 13485 Standards requirement.
• Experience with words processing and spreadsheets, charting, graphing tools and presentation tools.
• May have experience with electronic production life (PLM), enterprise resource planning tools (SAP) and etc.
• May have experience with statistical analysis packages, e.g., JMP, Minitab.
• Must be detailed oriented, well organized and able to work independently and good collaboration within teams.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Bio-engineering, Chemistry Engineering or relevant.

We are a company deeply rooted in belonging, promoting an inclusive environment where employees feel valued and empowered to contribute to our mission. Built on a strong foundation, Illumina has always prioritized openness, collaboration, and seeking alternative perspectives to propel innovation in genomics. We are proud to confirm a zero-net gap in pay, regardless of gender, ethnicity, or race. We also have several Employee Resource Groups (ERG) that deliver career development experiences, increase cultural awareness, and offer opportunities to engage in social responsibility. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to providing employment opportunity regardless of sex, race, creed, color, gender, religion, marital status, domestic partner status, age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, pregnancy, military or veteran status, citizenship status, and genetic information. Illumina conducts background checks on applicants for whom a conditional offer of employment has been made. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable local, state, and federal laws. Background check results may potentially result in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment. The background check process and any decisions made as a result shall be made in accordance with all applicable local, state, and federal laws. Illumina prohibits the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in the application and interview process. If you require accommodation to complete the application or interview process, please contact [email protected]. To learn more, visit: https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf. The position will be posted until a final candidate is selected or the requisition has a sufficient number of qualified applicants. This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.