COMPLETE QC Scientist, Amazon Special project - Milpitas

Job Description

We are a passionate team of doers that apply cutting-edge advances in technology to solve real-world problems and transform our customers’ experiences. As a Quality Control Scientist, you will closely work with engineering and operations teams to ensure product quality and to ensure that customer's get what they want when they want. You will understand the big picture from raw materials to final packaged product. You will understand and establish critical quality checkpoints to ensure product quality.

Here at Amazon, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have thirteen employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We are constantly learning through programs that are local, regional, and global. Amazon’s culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 16 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.

Our team highly values work-life balance, mentorship and career growth. We believe striking the right balance between your personal and professional life is critical to life-long happiness and fulfillment. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects and offer training that will challenge you to become your best.

Key job responsibilities
- Perform incoming inspection and product release activities as necessary to support the product development and production of electromechanical devices and consumables
- Perform activities related to biochemical and analytical testing, and test method transfer and validation
- Perform the finished goods stability program, including managing schedules, inventory, testing, and reporting of results
- Investigate OOS results from FP and stability testing
- Provide QC support for manufacturing tech transfer
- Perform trend analysis for FP and stability testing
- Ensure procedures, systems, and processes effectively meet Quality requirements and business needs for product development through commercialization
- May prepare, maintain, and review internal policies, procedures, systems, and processes, to ensure compliance to product requirements and international regulatory requirements and guidelines
- Support internal and external audit follow-ups, issue tracking and closure
- Assist QA management in monitoring and driving key performance quality metrics

About the team
Innovators wanted! Are you an entrepreneur? A builder? A dreamer? This role is part of an Amazon Special Projects team that takes the company’s Think Big leadership principle to the extreme. We focus on creating entirely new products and services with a goal of positively impacting the lives of our customers. No industries or subject areas are out of bounds. If you’re interested in innovating at scale to address big challenges in the world, this is the team for you.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Milpitas, CA, USA

Basic Qualifications:

- Bachelor's degree
- 5+ years of experience in Quality Control testing / inspection for a production environment in regulated industry
- 5+ years of experience with bionalystical or chemistry methods

Preferred Qualifications:

- Experience with bioanalytical or clinical chemistry test method transfer and validation, including protocol and report writing
- Proficiency with computerized systems and software eg. ERP
- Prior experience in a regulated manufacturing environment

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $91,200/year in our lowest geographic market up to $185,000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.