STAAR Surgical® Company Career Opportunities
Thank you for visiting STAAR Surgical Company's employment opportunities section. Our goal is to hire the best and brightest employees and provide them with an exciting and dynamic place to work.
After reviewing the current STAAR Surgical Company job openings (including the descriptions and required qualifications) and the summary of benefits offered by STAAR Surgical Company, please submit your resume to our Human Resources department for the positions that interest you. In your cover letter, please include the job for which you are applying. You may send your resume and cover letter to STAAR Surgical Company either by email to pnguyen@staar.com or by fax to (626) 358-9470. (If you choose to fax your information, please include "ATTN: Human Resources" on your cover sheet.) You will be contacted by a representative of our Human Resources department to schedule an interview if you are being considered for a position.
Current STAAR Surgical Company Job Openings
The current job openings at STAAR Surgical Company include:
Manager of Quality Engineering – Coordinate quality engineering activities to achieve business objectives.
For more information on an available STAAR Surgical Company job opening, please click on the above title of the position. STAAR Surgical Company is an equal opportunity employer. AA/EOE/M/F/D/V
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STAAR Surgical Company Benefits Summary
STAAR Surgical Company offers a comprehensive benefits package to our regular employees, including medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, life insurance, and paid vacation. Additionally, we offer a 125 c plan and a 401(k) plan which includes an employer match.
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Job Descriptions and Requirements for Current Openings
Below are expanded job descriptions, including job responsibilities and position requirements for the positions currently open at STAAR Surgical Company.
Manager of Quality Engineering
Main Job Responsibilities and Functions
- Coordinate quality engineering activities to achieve business objectives.
- Provide guidance and leadership on development /review of validation policies, master plans and protocols and on quality engineering issues.
- Prioritize quality engineering and validation activities. Communicate and document status to management and appropriate departments.
- Provide guidance and leadership on statistical methodologies, risk analyses and other quality engineering tools
- Implement a team approach for quality engineering and validation activities with internal departments i.e., R&D, manufacturing, quality control, and facilities.
- Use effective project management and leadership skills to supervise project teams. Have appropriate knowledge of schedule, budget, and scope. Prepare agendas, issue meeting minutes and participate in development of quality execution plans.
- Supervise contractors and vendors. Coordinate contractor qualification activities with appropriate departments.
- Ensure arrangements for IQ, OQ, PQ studies of equipment and processes are planned and executed to minimize business disruption;
- Compile Quality metrics, analyze trends and report to Quality Management.
- Provide guidance and leadership on design process characterization studies (DOE, R&R); conduct statistical analysis of results to identify critical parameters and improves process capability.
- Support technical troubleshooting/failure investigations involving manufacturing non-conformances and product failures
- Participate on Design Control New Product development teams; advise the team on design control requirements; develop, review and approve design control deliverables related to quality engineering and validations.
- Act as an effective leader or team member in supporting quality disciplines, decisions, and practices.
- Assist in the developing and approving process and or software verification plans, protocols, tests, risk analyses (e.g., FMEA's, FMECA's and FTA's).
- Create and maintain systems to ensure that the validation program is documented and that the documentation is properly maintained.
- Assist in the maintenance and improvement of process specific to environmental monitoring and analytical testing.
- Perform additional duties as assigned by the Senior Director of Quality.
Educational Qualifications
- BS/BA in Science or Engineering required, MA/MS desirable
- Certified Quality Engineer (cQE) highly preferred.
Professional Experience
- Five years experience in validation and/or quality engineering in the medical device or pharmaceutical industries.
- Experience in vision care or intraocular lens industry preferred.
- General knowledge of manufacturing processes such as injection molding, assembly, packaging, and sterilization required.
- Applicant must be knowledgeable about regulatory/compliance/validation issues, be self-motivated, intelligent and reliable.
Skills
- Excellent project management, organization, writing, communication and presentation skills required.
- Ability to communicate in a wide variety of communication styles and to influence and build consensus across cross-functional groups.
- Must have strong written and oral communication skills.
- Experience in writing technical documents, especially compliance and/or Validation/quality assurance documents and protocols will be required.
- Ability to format, trend and present information using basic quality tools (i.e., scatter plots, histograms, pareto diagrams, flow charts, SPC, FMEA, Fault Tree Analysis, etc.).
- Ability to compile, analyze, graph, and compare data using standard statistical techniques (i.e., t-tests, ANOVA, linear regression analysis, etc.).
- Demonstrated expert knowledge of Windows-based software, including Word, Excel, Access, Project, and Power Point.
- Proficiency in written and spoken English required.
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