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Lead Supplier Quality Engineer - MR

GE HealthCare · Waukesha, WI · Full time

Posted Sep 30, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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About your past

Tell me about a supplier audit where you found a serious problem. How did you handle it?

What they are checking: Whether they can raise hard findings firmly while keeping a working relationship with the supplier.

Tell me about a time you helped a struggling supplier get better rather than replacing them.

What they are checking: Whether they can coach suppliers toward industry standards when that is the better business choice.

What would you do

A key supplier's scorecard shows quality slipping for three months. What do you do?

What they are checking: Whether they act with data, push for root cause and corrective action, and escalate when needed.

Sourcing wants to move to a cheaper supplier, but you have quality concerns. How do you handle it?

What they are checking: Whether they can make a fact-based case on risk without blocking cost savings by reflex.

About the work

Walk me through how you'd qualify a new supplier for a critical MR component.

What they are checking: Whether they know the full qualification path, including audits, first article, process capability and documentation.

What's the difference between supplier quality assurance and supplier quality development, and how do you balance the two?

What they are checking: Whether they see the role as both policing and helping suppliers improve, as the posting describes.

How would you manage supplier activities on a complex new product introduction with a tight schedule?

What they are checking: Whether they can project-manage supplier readiness so parts are qualified before the program needs them.

What regulations and standards matter most for suppliers to a medical device company like this?

What they are checking: Whether they understand FDA quality system and ISO 13485 requirements and how they flow down to suppliers.

How do you judge whether a supplier's corrective action actually fixed the problem?

What they are checking: Whether they verify effectiveness with data instead of accepting a well-written report.

What do you know about the kinds of parts that go into an MR system, and what makes their quality tricky?

What they are checking: Whether they appreciate the precision, magnetic compatibility and reliability demands of MR components.

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The full job description

As published by GE HealthCare.

Job Description Summary The Lead Supplier Quality Engineer for Magnetic Resonance Imaging will drive quality for assigned suppliers, including quality plan implementation. Execute project management of complex new product introductions for supplier management activities. Select suppliers through qualification processes. Own supplier results, drive improvements utilizing supplier scorecards. Own supplier audits, ensuring compliance, and driving improvement plans where needed. In-depth understanding of key business drivers; uses this understanding to accomplish own work. In-depth understanding of how work of own team integrates with other teams and contributes to the area. This role is a hybrid role that will require onsite support and will also allow for flexibility to work from home. GE HealthCare is a leading global medical technology and digital solutions innovator. Our mission is to improve lives in the moments that matter. Unlock your ambition, turn ideas into world-changing realities, and join an organization where every voice makes a difference, and every difference builds a healthier world. Job Description Roles and Responsibilities • Includes both Supplier Quality Assurance and Supplier Quality Development. Includes supplier qualifications, corrective action plans, audits, performance monitoring, and assisting key suppliers towards industrial standards of excellence. SQEs have various levels of differentiation which are related to level of technical understanding of engineering drawings and ability to manage vendors. • Developing in-depth knowledge of a discipline. Uses prior experience and acquired expertise to execute functional policy/strategy. • A job at this level is likely to be an individual contributor, with proven interpersonal skills. Communication with direct colleagues and the business about design and coordination services rendered. Provides informal guidance to new team members. Explains complex information to others in straightforward situations. • Impacts projects, processes, and procedures in own field. The role operates with some autonomy but is focused on execution of activities/provision of advice within an enabling discipline covered by standard functional practices and procedures. Activities require professional judgment but may require more senior levels of guidance. • Utilizes technical expertise and judgement to solve problems. Leverages technical skills and analytic thinking required to solve problems. May use multiple internal sources outside of own team to arrive at decisions. Required Qualifications • Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 4 years of experience; OR an Associate's degree with a minimum of 6 years of experience in manufacturing, engineering, supplier quality or quality assurance • Proficiency with Microsoft Excel spreadsheet development and analysis • Effective problem solving, root-cause analytical skills to lead and influence others to drive change (cross-functionally and globally) Desired Characteristics • Ability to manage complex projects ensuring all required deliverables are executed on time and in a compliant manner • Ability to make risk-based decisions in a compliant manner • Experience working within medical device industry • Supplier Management experience • Working knowledge of Lean methodology or Six Sigma principles • ASQ, ISO13485, CSQP or other relevant supplier management related certifications • Ability to travel 10% - 25% of the time We expect all employees to live and breathe our behaviors: to act with humility and build trust, lead with transparency, deliver with focus, and drive ownership – always with unyielding integrity. Our total rewards are designed to unlock your ambition by giving you the boost and flexibility you need to turn your ideas into world-changing realities. Our salary and benefits are everything you’d expect from an organization with global strength and scale, and you’ll be surrounded by career opportunities in a culture that fosters care, collaboration, and support. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.

 Additional Information GE HealthCare offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE HealthCare is an Equal Opportunity Employer . Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. GE HealthCare will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable). While GE HealthCare does not currently require U.S. employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19, some GE HealthCare customers have vaccination mandates that may apply to certain GE HealthCare employees. Relocation Assistance Provided: No

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