Senior Quality Engineer, Manufacturing at iRhythm in Orange County, CA

Job description

Career-defining. Life-changing. At iRhythm, you’ll have the opportunity to grow your skills and your career while impacting the lives of people around the world. iRhythm is shaping a future where everyone, everywhere can access the best possible cardiac health solutions. Every day, we collaborate, create, and constantly reimagine what’s possible. We think big and move fast, driven by our commitment to put patients first and improve lives. We need builders like you. Curious and innovative problem solvers looking for the chance to meaningfully shape the future of cardiac health, our company, and your career About This Role: Position: Sr. Quality Engineer Reports to: Manager, Manufacturing Quality Engineering Location: On site Cypress, CA About this role: The Senior Quality Engineer provides on-site quality engineering support for high-volume manufacturing operations of regulated medical devices. This role partners closely with Engineering and Operations to ensure product quality, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement of manufacturing processes. The Sr. Quality Engineer leads manufacturing quality investigations, supports manufacturing quality systems, and drives corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) in compliance with FDA Quality System Regulation (21 CFR 820), the FDA Quality Management System Regulation (QMSR), ISO 13485, and internal quality standards. This position plays a key role in ensuring that manufacturing processes operate with the highest standards of quality, compliance, and operational excellence. Responsibilities: Manufacturing Quality Support · Provide daily on-site quality engineering support to manufacturing operations. · Partner with production teams to ensure product quality, compliance, and efficient resolution of quality issues. · Participate in Material Review Board (MRB) activities and approve nonconforming product dispositions · Represent Quality in production escalation and operational review meetings. Nonconformance & Investigation Leadership · Lead investigations for nonconformances, deviations, and manufacturing quality issues. · Apply structured root cause analysis methodologies including: 5 Why, Fishbone, Fault Tree Analysis · Ensure investigations are data-driven, thorough, and compliant with regulatory expectations. CAPA Ownership · Lead or support Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA) investigations and implementation. · Ensure robust root cause identification, corrective action effectiveness, and timely closure. · Collaborate cross-functionally to implement systemic improvements. Statistical Quality & Data Analysis · Analyze manufacturing data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities for improvement. · Utilize Statistical Process Control (SPC) and process capability analysis (Cp/Cpk) to evaluate process performance. · Support implementation of statistical methods to improve manufacturing robustness. · Identify opportunities for process capability improvement and defect reduction using statistical methods and structured problem-solving techniques. Continuous Improvement & Operational Excellence · Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance manufacturing process capability, product quality, and operational efficiency · Analyze production and quality data to identify systemic issues, trends, and improvement opportunities · Lead cross-functional problem-solving activities to reduce defects, scrap, rework, and recurring nonconformances · Partner with Operations and Engineering teams to implement process improvements and mistake-proofing (poka-yoke) solutions. · Support initiatives to improve manufacturing yield, process stability, and overall product quality performance. · Monitor and report quality metrics and process performance indicators to drive data-informed decision making. Process Validation Support · Support process validation activities (IQ/OQ/PQ) for manufacturing equipment and processes. · Review and approve validation protocols and reports. · Ensure validati