# Design Quality Engineer

Pay 50-60/h depending on experience “Design Quality Engineer - Process Development to support new product introduction (NPI) and production scale-up activities within the diabetes medical device space. This individual will drive process validation strategies, lead process risk management (PFMEA), and serve as a critical crossfunctional liaison between internal Supplier Quality, R&D, Contract Manufacturers, and NPI teams. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in process development, FMEA methodologies, and regulatory compliance -A proven track record of resolving critical production issues during scale-up and mentoring engineering teams is essential. Process Development & Validation * Develop P-diagrams, Input-Process-Output (IPO) matrices, process characterizations, and test method validation (TMV) strategies for NPI programs. * Author and manage Master Validation documents (IQ/OQ/PQ/EQV/TMV) for new product introductions and production scale-up. * Apply methodologies including Design for Reliability and Manufacturability (DRM), Design for Six Sigma (DFSS), Design for Manufacturing Assembly (DFMA), and Cell Operating System (COS). * Drive risk mitigation approaches by integrati

- **Id**: 3853502
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/planet-pharma-design-quality-engineer>
- **Role**: MedTech
- **Role family**: MedTech
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: contractor
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Northridge, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 7
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-07-14T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-03
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T01:49:07Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 119
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6055
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no

## Company

- **Id**: 4467183
- **Name**: Planet Pharma
- **Domain**: planet-pharma.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/planet-pharma>
- **Is staffing agency**: yes
- **Employer type**: agency
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Schema

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 80
- **Open postings**: 11
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 1
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 15
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

## Technologies

- **CAPA** — Optional: no
- **Design Controls** — Optional: no
- **EU MDR** — Optional: no
- **FMEA** — Optional: no
- **GMP** — Optional: no
- **ISO 13485** — Optional: no
- **ISO 14971** — Optional: no
- **Minitab** — Optional: no
- **Statistical Process Control** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: stale
- **Repost count**: 0
- **Flags**: stale
- **Days open**: 118

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 7
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-06T05:00:54Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 3; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 2; Filings 12m: 2

## Liveness

- **Score**: 3
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.095
- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 118
- **Expected fill days**: 15
- **Reasons**: conf:3, agency, stale_co, velocity, win:tail, crowd:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

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