Design Quality Engineer I

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Job Function:
Quality

Job Sub Function:
R&D/Scientific Quality

Job Category:
Professional

All Job Posting Locations:
West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Job Description:

This role will support the Design Quality Engineering Group under DePuy Synthes for the Trauma, Extremities, Craniomaxillofacial (CMF), and Animal Health businesses with the objective of launching and sustaining orthopaedic implants and associated instrumentation.

This position contributes directly to product development, innovation, and lifecycle support by applying technical knowledge to ensure product performance, safety, and regulatory compliance.

The role offers the opportunity to influence next‑generation solutions that improve patient outcomes while collaborating across R&D, Quality, Regulatory, and Manufacturing teams.

You will be responsible for:



* Product development and life cycle management activities related to the Trauma and CMF business.


* Leading product realization planning activities for new projects and previously launched products, including conducting formal technical design reviews throughout the phases of the product realization process, supporting design verification/validation activities including mechanical testing, tolerance analyses, design rationales, and surgeon based anatomical labs.


* Applying statistical methods and design excellence tools to design verification and validation activities.


* Supporting risk management activities including planning, design & clinical risk management, production risk management, and overall risk benefit reporting.


* Working closely with suppliers on the qualification of new parts and processes and supporting transfer to manufacturing activities both in product development and base businesses, and leading the cascade of critical to quality features to downstream manufacturing and quality processes.


* Supporting product life cycle management activities such as design changes and cost improvement initiatives.


* Providing leadership in all areas of the Quality System, including, but not limited to corrective & preventive actions, product complaints, post...