Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions
Office, Some degree of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) required (safety glasses, gowning, gloves, lab coat, ear plugs etc.)

Job Description

Job Title: Supervisor, Product Quality Control

When you're part of the team at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you'll do meaningful work, like helping customers in finding cures for cancer, protecting the environment or making sure our food is safe. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer.

Location/Division Specific Information

San Jose, California

Life Science Mass Spectrometry Business Unit within the Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry Division

• Support new product development teams from design feasibility through commercialization to enable operational success through and beyond mass production.
• Drive a robust First Article inspection program by using the SAP Quality Module to prevent future process and product non-conformities
• Lead and encourage a strong product quality culture by establishing and actively driving performance expectations, while providing development and training opportunities.
• Leverage production and field data to identify, prioritize and coordinate improvement projects focused on improving Customer Experience, Field Service, and Operational metrics.
• Ensure corrective and preventive actions are implemented optimally to address the root cause of quality complaints and failures from Operations and Customers.
• Proactively engage team members to ensure product or process issues are identified and addressed to meet internal and external customer needs.

• Bachelor's degree or higher is preferred in engineering, scientific, or related field

• 5 years of experience in quality control, quality engineering, or manufacturing engineering with at least 2 years in people management
• Leading quality initiatives for new product introductions
• Process improvement, non-conformance management, risk management
• Validation process design/validation, change control, and auditing quality management systems preferred
• Solid understanding of ISO 9001, 13485, or similar quality management systems
• Analyzing technical drawings for specification gaps causing supplier defects
• Able to travel occasionally (< 15%) domestic and international

• A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs
• Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement
• At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy
• Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan
• Employees' Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount