Senior Supplier 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.Position Summary:This position is responsible for Supplier Quality activities that improve, monitor and measure Illumina’s compliance with the Quality System Regulations, Illumina’s Quality policies, FDA regulations and ISO standards as well as Illumina product quality requirements for current operational objectives. Participates in continuous improvement activities of Illumina’s suppliers, purchased parts and purchasing controls. Position Responsibilities:Responsible in selection of new suppliers and partners for material and servicesResponsible for leading evaluation and qualification activities of Suppliers providing direct material/service.Participate as a core/extended Quality team member of new product development and sustaining teams to assure processes are in place to design and release highly reliable and safe productsDrives process, quality and product improvements through supplier development activities, risk management, identification and resolution of current and potential issuesResponsible for updates to purchasing control procedures and processes as needed to stay compliant to quality system requirements and regulations. Provides Quality Assurance expertise and guidance for New Product Development, Manufacturing Operations, Supplier Development, and Product QualityLeads purchased material qualification/re-qualification activities such as performance qualification, process validation, first article inspection, measurement gage analysis and capability studiesMaintain goals and metrics for existing and new products, regularly reporting on the progress to reach departmental objectivesLeads supplier audits to drive process standardization and continuous improvementIdentify opportunities for reduced inspection of purchased materials based on risk and quality performanceLeads and facilitates failure investigations; ensuring mitigations and corrective actions are implemented in a timely mannerMake recommendations, and drive programs to improve purchased material and supplier performanceReviews non-conformance and SCAR reports to identify actions needed to track and improve program health by site or globally.Works with strategic partners and suppliers to ensure global awareness and compliance to procedures and specificationsEnsures effective transfer of S...