Quality Engineer I

Philips

🏠 Remote
📍Plymouth, MN
Posted May 20, 2026

Job Overview

Position

Quality Engineer I

Company

Philips

Location

Plymouth, MN

Work Type

Remote

Job ID

li-4416334632

Job Description

Job Title

Quality Engineer I

Job Description
Quality Engineer
The Quality Engineer supports in achieving a state of high-quality performance and compliance in the factories while pursuing continuous quality improvement. The role facilitates change management to manufacturing process or controls, analyzes defects for determining dispositions of non-conformances, supports operations performance monitoring and reporting.

Your Role

  • Analyzes defects for determining dispositions of non-conformances and drives management of Non-Conformances (NC) and Quality Notifications (QN) and implements effective Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA) actions.

  • Helps to conduct the assessment of impact to Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (PFMEA) and associated controls in relation to design changes and assists in Manufacturing Process Development and Design Transfer activities.

  • Supports operations performance monitoring, risk assessment, reporting, improvement and development, aids with improvement programs in factory, and supports analytical testing and Supplier Quality Engineering (SQE), Supplier Quality Assurance (SQA) and Purchasing.

  • Coordinates timely quality engineering and quality assurance tasks, aids in ensuring manufacturing quality systems are maintained, and helps in completion of New Product Introduction (NPI) and product transfers in factory.

  • Applies advanced statistical analysis techniques proficiently to interpret complex data trends and resolve medium to high complexity requests efficiently, exercising judgment within defined procedures/practices to determine appropriate action.

You're The Right Fit If

  • You have a Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Science or equivalent/ Vocational Education.

  • You have 4+ experience in Quality Engineering, Safety Engineering, Process Engineering or equivalent with Vocational Education.

  • Prefer experience in Quality, Data Analysis, Manufacturing Processes, Technical Documentation.

  • You are able to successfully perform the following minimum Physical, Cognitive and Environmental job requirements with or without accommodation for this Office/Remote position.

How We Work Together
We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 5 days per week. Onsite roles require full-time presence in the company’s facilities. Field roles are most effectively done outside of the company’s main facilities, generally at the customers’ or suppliers’ locations.

This is an office role.

About Philips
We are a health technology company. We built our entire company around the belief that every human matters, and we won't stop until everybody everywhere has access to the quality healthcare that we all deserve. Do the work of your life to help improve the lives of others.

  • Learn more about our business.

  • Discover our rich and exciting history.

  • Learn more about our purpose.

  • Learn more about our culture.

Philips Transparency Details
The pay range for this position in Plymouth, MN is $69,500 to $92,500 Annually.

The actual base pay offered may vary within the posted ranges depending on multiple factors including job-related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, geographical location, and internal equity.

In addition, other compensation, such as an annual incentive bonus, sales commission or long-term incentives may be offered. Employees are eligible to participate in our comprehensive Philips Total Rewards benefits program, which includes a generous PTO, 401k (up to 7% match), HSA (with company contribution), stock purchase plan, education reimbursement and much more. Details about our benefits can be found here.

At Philips, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top end of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each case.

Additional Information
US work authorization is a precondition of employment. The company will not consider candidates who require sponsorship for a work-authorized visa, now or in the future.

Company relocation benefits
will not
be provided for this position. For this position, you must reside in
or
within commuting distance to Plymouth, MN.

This requisition is expected to stay active for 45 days but may close earlier if a successful candidate is selected or business necessity dictates. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible to ensure consideration.

*Philips is an Equal Employment and Opportunity Employer including Disability/Vets and maintains a drug-free workplace.*

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Practice Questions

💡Technical Questions (3)
  • 1.Can you walk me through your process for analyzing a defect, determining its disposition, and implementing a CAPA?
  • 2.How do you approach assessing the impact of a design change on an existing PFMEA and its associated process controls?
  • 3.Describe how you apply advanced statistical analysis techniques to interpret complex data trends and resolve quality issues in a manufacturing environment.
🎯Behavioral Questions (3)
  • 1.Tell me about a time you had to manage a significant Non-Conformance (NC) or Quality Notification (QN) under a tight timeline.
  • 2.Give an example of when you assisted with a New Product Introduction (NPI) or Design Transfer. What was your specific role and how did you ensure quality was maintained?
  • 3.Describe a situation where you had to drive continuous improvement in a factory based on operations performance monitoring and reporting.
🧩Situational Questions (2)
  • 1.A supplier has provided a critical component that keeps failing incoming inspection, halting the production line. Purchasing is pressuring you to accept it to avoid downtime. How do you handle this?
  • 2.You are supporting a Design Transfer and notice that the manufacturing team is bypassing a newly established process control because it slows down their cycle time. What do you do?

Resume Keywords

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CAPANon-ConformancePFMEAStatistical AnalysisNPIDesign TransferQuality SystemsRoot Cause AnalysisSupplier QualityContinuous Improvement

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