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Varian

Tech-enabled radiation oncology hardware and software

Supplier Quality Engineer

Quality EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeUnited States$84.2k - $115.8kIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical, Electronics, or Mechanical Engineering.
  • Five years of progressively responsible experience in a quality discipline or related field, together with demonstrated knowledge of the role’s key responsibilities.

Responsibilities

  • Work with Engineering, Purchasing, and suppliers to establish new-product qualification criteria and create, support, and implement supplier quality plans and first article inspections.
  • Collaborate with Engineering and suppliers to ensure that technical requirements are clearly understood.
  • Verify that engineering deviations and substitutions receive appropriate approval and documentation.
  • Approve, develop, and manage direct and indirect quality-relevant material suppliers while ensuring that received materials conform to requirements.
  • Review design specifications and develop material inspection plans in the SAP enterprise resource planning system for incoming inspection personnel, while providing guidance to inspection staff when needed.
  • Conduct supplier-site audits to evaluate management systems and manufacturing capabilities, identify gaps, and create risk-analysis and mitigation plans.
  • Develop and maintain supplier performance key performance indicators, use them to assess quality trends and establish performance targets, and verify whether corrective-action plans are effective.
  • Conduct supplier quality management system and process audits at domestic or international sites and drive resulting corrective-action plans.
  • Analyze complex nonconforming-material situations and their interrelationships, determine root causes, and establish appropriate corrective-action plans.
  • Evaluate supplier responses to formal supplier corrective action requests for thoroughness and effectiveness.
  • Use basic statistical analysis methods to assess processes and corrective-action plans, determine the state of process control, and evaluate the effectiveness of implemented actions.
  • Accompany and support customers during external reference-site visits.
  • Exchange knowledge with the research and development team to improve and further develop products and software solutions.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience conducting quality-system and product audits at supplier or subcontractor facilities, both domestically and internationally.
  • Audit training from an accredited source, such as ASQ or ANSI-RAB NAP, leading to ASQ-CQA or RAB certification.
  • An earned and maintained ASQ-CQE certification.
  • Knowledge of or training in ISO 13485 and ISO 9000.
  • Training and implementation experience in quality-assurance methods for analyzing and controlling key process parameters, including Six Sigma, statistical process control, gage repeatability and reproducibility, failure mode and effect analysis, and Poka-Yoke.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel; Minitab experience is an advantage.

About the Company

Varian

Tech-enabled radiation oncology hardware and software

Varian, part of Siemens Healthineers, focuses on oncology by providing integrated radiation oncology solutions that combine software, hardware, patient data, and care teams. Its offerings include treatment-planning software, radiation therapy machines, and data-management systems that work together to enable precise cancer treatments. The company differentiates itself through an integrated platform approach and services like Oncology-as-a-Service (OaaS), which lets healthcare providers adopt advanced radiation oncology with ongoing service support rather than large upfront investments. Varian serves healthcare providers such as hospitals and cancer centers, helping them deliver coordinated care and improve patient outcomes. Its goal is to reduce the fear of cancer by using data and technology to support clinicians in delivering effective treatments.

Company size
5,001-10,000
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Palo Alto, CA
Founded
1948

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