Sr. Associate, Quality Assurance

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?

• Develop a high-quality level of personal expertise on Cylite’s product designs, construction of assemblies, and all corresponding documented processes.
• Assist Quality Manager to develop Quality Control plans and processes.
• Collaborate with Quality, NPI, Production and Engineering teams to define product quality benchmarks and acceptance criteria to meet QMS, Regulatory and Safety Standards and Customer requirements.
• Perform in-process QC inspections and tests as required against plans and acceptance criteria.
• Collaborate with Quality, NPI, Production and Engineering teams to investigate and report on root causes of non-conforming products and raise/drive corrective actions when needed.
• Collaborate with Quality team to review quality issues to prevent non-conformance and defects and recommend/implement preventive actions.
• Investigate the underlying causes of non-conformances to ensure that supplied components meet our quality standards. 
• Lead or participate continuous improvement initiatives within the manufacturing environment, with a particular regard to product and process quality. Target the reduction or elimination of process variations. 
• Raise quality issues to prevent any process which is not conforming to standard or deemed to be defective; implement corrective actions. 
• Assist with any preparation required for internal and external audits.
• Assist with creating and analysing reports from quality data.
• Implement tools for monitoring process capabilities (SPC), analyse the data generated, and report.
• Process NCR resolution (control of non-conforming product
• Work with stakeholders to improve process using CAPA process (corrective and preventive action)
• Other duties as required by Quality Manager.

• Pays good attention to detail.
• Is self-driven, reliable, and responsible; is willing to take ownership.
• Can plan and prioritise effectively to meet project milestones and deadlines.
• Has good oral and written communication skills; can collaborate effectively with cross-functional team members.
• Has good knowledge and experience with quality management systems.
• Has good problem-solving skills.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or the Physical Sciences.
• Minimum 4 years of experience in a quality role.
• Prior experience in a manufacturing environment, preferably in either a medical device, pharma, optics, electronics or mechanical/automotive related industry.
• Knowledge and experience with quality management systems (ISO 9001 / ISO 13485 / FDA QSR 21CFR820).
• Proficient computer skills in Microsoft Office and ERP Systems.
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) and attention to detail.
• Demonstrated problem solving ability.
• A passion for precision and quality.
• Effective communication skills – can collaborate effectively with team members and train production technicians.

• Experience working with Atlassian Confluence and Jira.
• Experience working with Optics or mechanical background
• Experience in continuous improvement methods, such as Kaizen, Lean, Six Sigma and 5S.
• Knowledge and experience with medical device regulations (TGA / FDA / EU MDR).
• Experience in collaborating with notified bodies and regulatory authorities.
• Experience with validation (process / equipment / QMS software).
• Internal auditor / lead auditor certification (ISO 9001 / ISO 13485 / MDSAP).