Symbios Orthopédie S.A.
Yverdon-les-Bains
Supplier Quality Engineer
- 14 August 2026
- 100%
- Permanent position
- Yverdon-les-Bains
Job summary
Join Symbios as a Supplier Quality Engineer, ensuring product quality. Exciting opportunity to enhance patient life with compliant products.
Tasks
- Establish and maintain Quality Agreements with Symbios suppliers.
- Oversee product transfers and verify project feasibility with suppliers.
- Analyze supplier non-conformities and track corrective actions.
Skills
- Engineering degree in mechanical or microtechnology; 3-5 years experience.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office and Power BI; fast learner of software.
- Fluent in French and English; German is a plus.
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About the job
For our Quality Engineering department, we are currently looking to fill a position of
Supplier Quality Engineer
Mission
Ensure the quality and compliance of Symbios products by guaranteeing that suppliers comply with GMP as well as current normative and regulatory requirements (ISO 13485, MDR 2017/745), and that the manufacturing processes of semi-finished and blank parts delivered to Symbios are controlled and mastered. Thus contribute to the overall performance of Symbios and, ultimately, to the improvement of patients' quality of life through safe and compliant products.
Responsibilities
- Establish, enforce and maintain Quality Agreements with Symbios suppliers, in accordance with the requirements of EN ISO 13845:2016
- Ensure the transfer of Symbios products/processes to suppliers. Verify project feasibility, the relevance of plans and specifications, support the supplier's industrialisation and quality control strategy to ensure timing/deadlines and product quality.
- Analyse supplier non-conformities and follow up on suppliers' corrective actions until their effectiveness is proven.
- Align measurement and control methods between the supplier and Symbios. Determine sampling or SPC control sizes to ensure the quality of Symbios products manufactured by suppliers.
- Plan and conduct supplier audits. Evaluate suppliers, assist in decision-making and in choosing sourcing strategies.
- Quality control by exploiting data analysis. Maximise the quality control performed by suppliers and reduce internal costs at Symbios.
- Use and become an expert in the company’s IT tools ERP and MES.
Profile sought
- HES engineering degree (or equivalent) in mechanical or microtechnology engineering
- 3 to 5 years of experience in an engineering role in the Medtech industry or a highly regulated industry.
- Experience in interacting with suppliers
- Good command of Microsoft Office, Power BI and ease in learning new software
- Fluent in French and English, both spoken and written; German would be a plus
- Dynamic and pragmatic personality, responsible, results-oriented and capable of adapting flexibly.
- Good analytical skills and writing ability, comfortable in an environment structured by a quality system.
- Autonomous, confident in judgement, with a real ability to organise and complete projects.
- Good general mechanical and scientific knowledge.
If this challenge interests you, we look forward to receiving your complete application file including cover letter, CV, diplomas and work certificates.