Associate II, Quality Assurance Engineering

At Alcon, we're passionate about enhancing sight and helping people see brilliantly. With more than 25,000 associates, we innovate fearlessly, champion progress, and act swiftly to impact global eye health. We foster an inclusive culture, recognizing your contributions and offering opportunities to grow your career like never before. Together, we make a difference in the lives of our patients and customers. Are you ready to join us? This role is part of Alcon's Engineering function, a team focused on improving quality, processes, products, packaging and materials across our business to help deliver brilliant outcomes. We are currently hiring Associate II, Quality Assurance Engineering for our sunny Irvine, California site. We are looking for dynamic, inspiring, inclusive engineers who collaborate with others, knowing that diverse talent, skills, and perspectives lead to better outcomes. Alcon manufacturing is a fast paced, high-energy environment so naturally we are looking for an engineer who is a relationship builder, an excellent analytical thinker, intuitive to business needs, and someone who can effectively communicate in challenging situations creating win-win scenarios. Above all we are looking for someone with a passion for customer service and helping Alcon in our mission to help everyone see brilliantly! A Day in the Life The Associate II, Quality Assurance Engineering is primarily responsible for developing and maintaining quality evaluation and control systems, conducting inspections and tests, and performing root cause analysis to ensure reliability standards. You will apply advanced technical knowledge and problem-solving skills. Specifics include: Autonomously leads investigations into production and customer-facing quality issues of medium complexity to identify root cause, implement corrective and preventative actions, and monitor effectiveness. Demonstrates intermediate understanding and application of role-specific technical and Quality skills and serves as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for a product line. Develops cross-functional relationships to successfully influence behavior within a team or project. Monitors and analyzes global product performance using a data-driven statistical analysis and risk-based approaches. Effectively communicates (written and verbal) complex technical problems and solutions to a variety of audiences within the organization. Ensures compliance with the company's Quality System policies and procedures and applicable external requirements and standards, including FDA, ISO 13485, and other worldwide regulatory agencies pertaining to medical devices. Supports internal/external audits. All associates must adhere to GxP regulations by strictly following Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), maintaining accurate and complete documentation, ensuring rigorous quality control, and completing all required training. Associates are responsible for meeting their individual job requirements and contributing to the overall compliance of the organization. Compliance with regulatory requirements and a commitment to continuous improvement are essential to our operations. WHAT YOULL BRING TO ALCON: Bachelors Degree or Equivalent years of directly related experience (or high school +8 yrs; Assoc.+4 yrs) The ability to fluently read, write, understand and communicate in English Preferred Qualifications/Skills/Experience Experience in Quality/Manufacturing/Operations/Engineering in Medical Device or Healthcare. Excellent verbal/written communication skills. Experience with MS Office, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, MS Teams, and SharePoint. Project Management Experience. Effective decision-making capabilities. Strong analytical, problem solving and negotiation skills. Exposure to hands-on troubleshooting of complex electromechanical/optical machines/consoles. Experience working in current ERP systems (i.e. SAP, MES) HOW YOU CAN THRIVE AT ALCON: Join Alcons mission to provide outstanding, innovative products and solutions to improve sight, improve lives, and grow your career! Collaborate with teammates to share standard processes and findings as work evolves! See your career like never before with focused growth and development opportunities! Alcon provides robust benefits package including health, life, retirement, flexible time off for exempt associates, PTO for hourly associates, and much more! ATTENTION: Current Alcon Employee/Contingent Worker If you are currently an active employee/contingent worker at Alcon, please click the appropriate link below to apply on the Internal Career site. Find Jobs for Employees Find Jobs for Contingent Worker Total Rewards Alcons Total Rewards programs are designed to align to incentives with business goals, encourage the right values and behaviors, and deliver long-term value. The first layer of our rewards program is compensation. We offer a combination of fixed pay and variable pay, which includes short-term incentives, and long-term incentives for eligible population. Our benefits program provides security for life events through life and disability insurance, supports savings for retirement, promotes good health and well-being and supports associates and their families during times of illness. To learn more about Alcons Corporate Social Responsibility including our Total Rewards, click here Pay Range $64,800.00 - $97,200.00 Pay Frequency Annual Alcon is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. Alcon takes pride in maintaining a diverse environment and our policies are not to discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. Alcon is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an email to alcon.recruitment@alcon.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. At Alcon, we are committed to helping people see better. We believe patients should have access to quality eye care regardless of their economic circumstances; however, barriers to good eye health exist for patients in both developed and emerging markets. Alcon develops and manufactures innovative devices to serve the full life cycle of eye care needs. Its surgical group is one of the largest makers of equipment used for cataract removal and laser vision correction. Its consumer products include the well-known Opti-Free line of contact lens solutions and related products. Alcon, which was founded in 1945, sells its products in 180 countries worldwide. If you are currently an active employee/contingent worker at Alcon, please click the appropriate link below to apply on the Internal Career site. Find Jobs for Employees Find Jobs for Contingent Worker