Quality Engineer – Medical Devices

Stark Pharma

📍Minneapolis, MN
Posted May 21, 2026

Job Overview

Position

Quality Engineer – Medical Devices

Company

Stark Pharma

Location

Minneapolis, MN

Work Type

On-site

Job ID

li-4417729983

Job Description

Job Title: Quality Assurance Engineer Medical Devices
Location: Northwest Minneapolis Metro Area
Type: 6-Month Contract-to-Hire
Job Summary
Seeking a Quality Assurance Engineer to support quality systems, manufacturing operations, CAPA, validation, audits, and DHF activities within a medical device environment. This role will partner cross-functionally to ensure compliance with FDA and ISO standards throughout the product lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

  • Manage CAPAs, nonconformances, root cause investigations, and change controls

  • Support IQ/OQ/PQ validation activities and review quality documentation

  • Maintain DHF documentation and support product lifecycle activities

  • Review batch records, work orders, and manufacturing documentation for GMP compliance

  • Support incoming inspection, supplier quality, and audit readiness

  • Analyze quality metrics and drive continuous improvement initiatives

  • Support customer complaint investigations and PLM system updates

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor s degree in Engineering, Life Sciences, or related field

  • 5+ years of medical device quality or design assurance experience

  • Strong knowledge of FDA 21 CFR 820, ISO 13485, and ISO 14971

  • Experience with CAPA, NCs, DHF, audits, and validation activities

  • Familiarity with PLM systems such as Windchill, Agile, or Propel

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Practice Questions

💡Technical Questions (3)
  • 1.Can you walk me through your approach to conducting a root cause investigation for a recurring nonconformance in a medical device manufacturing process?
  • 2.How do you ensure Design History File (DHF) documentation remains compliant and audit-ready throughout the product lifecycle?
  • 3.Describe your experience supporting IQ/OQ/PQ validation activities. What is your specific role as a Quality Engineer during these protocols?
🎯Behavioral Questions (3)
  • 1.Tell me about a time you had to manage a CAPA that met resistance from a cross-functional team regarding the proposed corrective action.
  • 2.Give me an example of a time you identified a gap in GMP compliance during a batch record review and how you handled it.
  • 3.Describe a situation where you drove a continuous improvement initiative based on quality metrics you analyzed.
🧩Situational Questions (2)
  • 1.You are reviewing a work order and notice a significant discrepancy between the manufacturing operator's actions and the approved routing, but the product passed final inspection. What do you do?
  • 2.An auditor is on-site and asks to see the DHF for a recently launched product, but you discover that a recent design change was not fully documented in the file. How do you handle this situation with the auditor?

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CAPAISO 13485FDA 21 CFR 820DHFRoot CauseIQ/OQ/PQGMPNonconformanceISO 14971PLMValidationContinuous Improvement

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