Senior Engineer, Operations Quality

Valencia, CA (Hybrid)

Senior Engineer, Operations Quality

Advanced Bionics is seeking a Senior Engineer, Operations Quality to support compliance, manufacturing quality, and operational excellence for implant and external products. This role is responsible for ensuring Manufacturing Controls are compliant with procedures, regulatory requirements, internal standards, and international standards, including 21 CFR 820, ISO 13485, ISO 14971, MDSAP, and MDR. This role partners closely with Manufacturing, Operations, Quality Control, Supplier Quality, Receiving Inspection, Engineering, Clinical, Regulatory, and cross-functional teams to help ensure products meet quality, regulatory, and performance expectations.

Responsibilities:

• Manage Manufacturing Quality Assurance activities for multiple related projects to ensure alignment with strategic objectives
• Partner with Receiving Inspection, Quality Control, Supplier Quality, Manufacturing, and Operations to support a streamlined manufacturing process
• Support third-party audits related to manufacturing processes, procedures, and policies
• Provide status reporting on manufacturing process deliverables, dependencies, risks, and issues
• Provide expertise on international standards including ISO 13485, ISO 14971, 21 CFR 820, MDSAP, and EU MDR
• Support design transfer, IQ, OQ, PQ, verification, validation, tooling, and manufacturing process testing activities
• Participate in investigations and dispositions related to nonconformances, CAPA, NCMR, MRB, product changes, and root cause analysis

More about you:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering required, or Associate's degree in Engineering with 7 years of equivalent work experience
• Minimum of 5 years of Quality Engineering experience in medical device manufacturing required
• Class III active implantable medical device experience preferred
• Strong knowledge of quality practices, regulatory requirements, and manufacturing controls in a medical device environment
• Ability to coach, mentor, and lead engineers without formal authority
• Strong communication, professionalism, collaboration, and cross-functional partnership skills
• Experience with project management, root cause analysis, process improvement, Six Sigma techniques, or advanced statistical analysis preferred
• Microsoft Office and engineering software experience required; Agile PLM, SAP, Minitab, and CAD or solid modeling experience preferred

Travel: Up to 10%

A minimum of 200Mb/sec download and 10Mb/sec upload speed internet connectivity is required to support any remote/hybrid employee functionality at Sonova

Dont meet all the criteria? If you're willing to go all in and learn wed love to hear from you!

We are looking forward to receiving your application via our online job application platform. For this position only direct applications will be considered. Sonova does not recruit via app, telegram, carrier pigeon or any other format that does not include speaking with an actual human. If you are offered a job without speaking with someone please contact Sonova Human Resources

What we offer:

• Medical, dental and vision coverage*

• Health Savings, Health Reimbursement, Flexible Spending/Dependent Care Accounts

• TeleHealth options

• 401k plan with company match*

• Company paid life/ad&d insurance

• Additional supplemental life/ad&d coverage available

• Company paid Short/Long-Term Disability coverage (STD/LTD)

• STD LTD Buy-ups available

• Accident/Hospital Indemnity coverage

• Legal/ID Theft Assistance

• PTO (or sick and vacation time), floating Diversity Day, & paid holidays*

• Paid parental bonding leave

• Employee Assistance Program (24/7 mental health support hotline, 5 company paid counseling sessions and more)

• Robust Internal Career Growth opportunities

• Tuition reimbursement

• Hearing aid discount for employees and family

• Internal social recognition platform

• Plan rules/offerings dependent upon group Company/location.

This roles pay range is between: $100,320 - $124,400 annually . This role is also commission eligible/bonus eligible.

How we work:

At Sonova, we prioritize the well-being of our employees and foster an inclusive environment that promotes engagement and collaboration. Our team-customized hybrid work model empowers teams to balance individual needs with business goals, offering flexibility and individualized time management. We recognize the importance of life outside of work and strive to create a supportive and motivating workplace where innovation thrives.