Imagine how your ideas and expertise can change a patient’s life. Our Quality teams help shape the development of groundbreaking technologies to ensure each stage of our innovation process is held to the highest standards of integrity and safety. You’ll bring your passion for problem solving and partner with various teams to influence decision-making for a product’s entire lifecycle. Your work will involve you optimizing product development to impact patients around the world with pioneering technology.

You will make an impact by:

• Developing basic experiments and tests (including writing and executing protocols) to create, validate, and improve products (including evaluation of source materials and suppliers) and manufacturing processes/methods based on engineering principles; analyzing results, making recommendations, and developing reports.

• Investigating basic manufacturing product quality and compliance issues (e.g., CAPA, non-conformances, audit observations) for all production processes prior to final product release based on engineering principles.

• Optimizing Manufacturing processes using engineering methods (e.g., SIX Sigma and LEAN methods) for design for manufacturing and for continuous process improvement. Identifying opportunities for re-design/design of basic equipment, tools, fixtures, etc. to improve manufacturing processes, and reduce risk.

• Developing, updating, and maintaining technical content of risk management files.

• Developing training and documentation materials for production (e.g., work instructions) to enable the seamless knowledge transfer of project and manufacturing processes.

• Assigning support tasks; giving instruction to technicians on conducting tests; training technicians and providing feedback; and coordinating technician work.

What you’ll need (Required):

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Scientific field

What else we look for (Preferred):

• Good computer skills in usage of MS Office Suite; CAD experience preferred

• Basic documentation, communication and interpersonal relationship skills

• Basic understanding of statistical techniques

• Previous experience working with lab/industrial equipment preferred

• Good understanding and knowledge of principles, theories, and concepts relevant to Engineering

• Good problem-solving, organizational, analytical and critical thinking skills

• Good understanding of processes and equipment used in assigned work

• Knowledge of and adherence to Quality systems

• Strict attention to detail

• Ability to interact professionally with all organizational levels

• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast paced environment

• Must be able to work in a team environment, including immediate supervisor and other team members in the section or group

• Ability to build stable working relationships internally

Edwards is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer including protected Veterans and individuals with disabilities.

COVID Vaccination Requirement

Edwards is committed to protecting our vulnerable patients and the healthcare providers who are treating them. As such, all patient-facing and in-hospital positions require COVID-19 vaccination. If hired into a covered role, as a condition of employment, you will be required to submit proof that you have been vaccinated for COVID-19, unless you request and are granted a medical or religious accommodation for exemption from the vaccination requirement. This vaccination requirement does not apply in locations where it is prohibited by law to impose vaccination.

Edwards Lifesciences is the global leader in patient-focused medical innovations for structural heart disease, as well as critical care and surgical monitoring. Driven by a passion to help patients, the company collaborates with the world's leading clinicians and researchers to address unmet healthcare needs, working to improve patient outcomes and enhance lives. Headquartered in Irvine, California, Edwards Lifesciences has extensive operations in North America, Europe, Japan, Latin America and Asia and currently employs over 15,000 individuals worldwide.

For us, helping patients is not a slogan - it's our life's work. From developing devices that replace or repair a diseased heart valve to creating new technologies that monitor vital signs in the critical care setting, we focus on helping patients regain and improve the quality of their life.