Quality Engineer

Shifamed

📍Los Gatos, CA
Posted May 19, 2026

Job Overview

Position

Quality Engineer

Company

Shifamed

Location

Los Gatos, CA

Work Type

On-site

Job ID

li-4397415031

Job Description

Supira Medical, a clinical-stage Shifamed Portfolio Company, is developing a low-profile, high continuous flow percutaneous ventricular assist device (pVAD) to provide temporary mechanical circulatory support in high risk percutaneous coronary interventional (HRPCI) procedures as well as patients suffering from cardiogenic shock. To learn more about Supira Medical, please visit www.supiramedical.com.

About Shifamed
Founded in 2009 by serial entrepreneur Amr Salahieh, Shifamed LLC is a privately held medical device innovation hub focused on the development of novel medical products to address clinical needs in the rapidly evolving fields of cardiology and ophthalmology.

Description:

Our Quality Engineer will proactively drive quality and compliance in the production support area in a collaborative way.

This position represents an exciting opportunity to join an innovative and high performing team and influence the design

and development in early stages.

As a key member of the team, you will actively support process validation, risk management, design verification and

validation protocols and qualification for test equipment. This position provides technical support to Operations and R&D

groups. This position will also play an active role in the operation and maintenance of our key simulated use equipment.

This is a full time on-site position and will require reporting to our offices located in Los Gatos, CA.

Responsibilities, Skills & Hands-On Experience:

  • Direct support of batch release testing and maintenance. Includes data analysis and interpretation.

  • Responsible for oversight of batch release equipment including reviewing equipment calibration / preventive maintenance, and investigation and disposition of equipment events.

  • Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including Operations and R&D.

  • Support Operations including Nonconforming Materials Reports (NCMR) investigation, identifying appropriate corrective actions and disposition of material.

  • Work closely with and provide technical guidance to quality technicians.

  • Support design transfer and production support activities.

  • Support development of risk management file and associated deliverables, such as PFMEA and Master Validation Plan.

  • Excellent communication skills: ability to work both independently and in project team setting.

  • Experience with electromechanical systems is preferred. Good attention to detail is required.

Education & Work Experience:

  • B.S. or higher in Biomedical, Electrical, Mechanical or Systems Engineering or equivalent relevant work experience.

  • 2+ years of experience in an engineering role.

  • Experience in the medical device industry with electromechanical products and/or interventional cardiology products is preferred.

  • Familiarity with the concepts of test method validation, process validation, and Design Verification including statistical techniques and data analysis.

  • Experience with software is desired.

  • Exposure to Risk Management for medical devices.

  • Exposure to medical device regulations, including FDA QSR, 13485, EU MDR etc.

Our salary ranges are calculated by role, level, and location. Please note that your position within that range will be determined by your job-related knowledge, location, skills, experience, relevant education, and training/certifications. The base salary range for this full-time position is between $95,000 to $120,000 + equity + benefits.

NOTICE TO CANDIDATES: Please be aware that Shifamed and its portfolio companies do not conduct interviews or extend offers through mobile web chat applications. Please report any such occurrences to hr@shifamed.com.

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Practice Questions

💡Technical Questions (3)
  • 1.Can you walk me through your approach to developing a Master Validation Plan and executing process validation for an electromechanical medical device?
  • 2.How do you apply risk management principles, specifically PFMEA, when supporting the design transfer of a novel interventional cardiology device from R&D to Operations?
  • 3.When investigating a Nonconforming Material Report (NCMR) for a failed batch release test on a pVAD, what steps do you take to identify root cause and determine corrective action?
🎯Behavioral Questions (3)
  • 1.Tell me about a time you had to proactively drive quality and compliance in a production environment while maintaining a collaborative relationship with the Operations team.
  • 2.Describe a situation where you provided technical guidance to quality technicians during a complex equipment event or batch release investigation.
  • 3.Give me an example of a time you influenced the design or development of a product in its early stages to ensure quality and risk management were adequately addressed.
🧩Situational Questions (2)
  • 1.You are reviewing equipment calibration logs prior to a critical batch release and discover that a key piece of simulated use equipment missed its preventive maintenance window by a week. The Operations team is pressuring you to release the batch to meet a clinical milestone. What do you do?
  • 2.You are tasked with qualifying new test equipment for an electromechanical pVAD, but the test method validation data shows high variability that doesn't meet your acceptance criteria. How do you approach this?

Resume Keywords

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Process ValidationDesign VerificationRisk ManagementPFMEANCMRBatch ReleaseElectromechanicalFDA QSRISO 13485EU MDRDesign TransferTest Method Validation

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