Supplier Quality Engineer

Please note: we can’t support with relocation & visa support for this role.

About Vitestro

Founded in 2017 in Utrecht, Vitestro is pioneering the future of blood collection with the Aletta® Autonomous Robotic Phlebotomy Device™ (ARPD™). This groundbreaking medical device combines advanced multi-modal imaging (near-infrared, ultrasound, and Doppler ultrasound) with robotics and AI to perform the entire diagnostic blood draw procedure autonomously.

By addressing critical healthcare staffing shortages and improving patient experience, Vitestro is transforming one of the most common and essential medical procedures. With more than 90 team members and growing rapidly, we are scaling our impact. As we placed our first devices with customers, we are now expanding our team to ensure successful implementation and long-term reliability.

At Vitestro, we are committed to continuous innovation and improvement.

Let's transform healthcare together and join us as our new Supplier Quality Engineer!

About the role

As our Supplier Quality Engineer, you will play a key role in building and strengthening the supplier quality foundation behind our autonomous blood collection technology. You operate at the intersection of Operations, Quality, Engineering, and Supply Chain, ensuring that externally manufactured parts and subassemblies meet the quality standards required for a reliable and scalable medical device.

You will work closely with suppliers as well as internal stakeholders to understand manufacturing processes, identify quality risks, and drive structural improvements. In this role, you combine technical understanding with a hands-on quality mindset. You know how to translate supplier performance, production realities, and regulatory expectations into practical actions that improve product quality, supplier accountability, and long-term operational robustness.

This is what your success looks like

After 12 months, supplier scorecards are in place, supplier improvement plans are actively running, and there is a clearer and more consistent way of managing supplier quality performance across the supply base. Critical process steps at appointed suppliers are mapped and understood, and the most important quality gaps towards ISO 13485 have been identified and translated into concrete actions.

You have helped Vitestro build stronger supplier partnerships, with suppliers that take ownership of quality and recognize Vitestro as a professional and preferred customer. Internally, you are seen as a trusted quality partner who helps connect operational realities, supplier capabilities, and product quality requirements in a pragmatic and structured way.

What you’ll be doing

• Understand and assess the manufacturing processes of appointed suppliers, including critical process steps and quality control methods.

• Build, implement, and continuously improve supplier quality processes, standards, and ways of working.

• Identify gaps towards ISO 13485 and support the organization in strengthening supplier-related quality controls.

• Develop supplier scorecards and quality KPIs to monitor supplier performance and drive accountability.

• Define, coordinate, and follow up on supplier improvement plans.

• Support supplier qualification activities and evaluate new suppliers from a quality and manufacturability perspective.

• Investigate supplier non-conformities and drive root cause analysis and corrective actions in collaboration with suppliers and internal teams.

• Partner with Operations, Engineering, and Quality colleagues to improve incoming quality, process robustness, and long-term supplier performance.

• Contribute to building a scalable supplier quality approach that supports Vitestro’s growth and product reliability ambitions

What you’ll bring

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related technical field.

• Experience with manufacturing processes and quality controls in a high-complexity, low-volume supply chain environment.

• Solid understanding of process improvement methodologies such as Kaizen, Lean, or 7-step problem solving / 8D.

• Basic to solid knowledge of quality systems and structured quality improvement methods.

• Experience working with external suppliers in a manufacturing, quality, or supplier quality role.

• Strong analytical skills and the ability to understand how supplier processes impact product quality and operational performance.

• A structured, pragmatic, and hands-on working style.

• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to work cross-functionally and externally with suppliers.

• Good command of English.

Nice to have

• Broad understanding of manufacturing processes such as machining, sheet metal, PCBA, plastic injection moulding, and test.

• Experience at a first-tier supplier in a high-complexity / low-volume supply chain, supplying OEM customers (such as Philips, ASML, Elekta, or Thermo Fisher).

• Exposure to or understanding of ISO 13485.

• Experience in MedTech, high-tech systems, or another regulated manufacturing environment.

What we offer

• Competitive salary including pension plan.

• 25 days of annual leave based on a full-time position.

• Hybrid work model.

• Working together in a high-skilled team with our home base in Utrecht.

• Frequent out-of-work activities with our team, and annual company weekend away.

• Annual training budget of €2000.-

• Opportunity to be key shaper of a new global industry niche: autonomous medical robotics.

We offer an environment where you can make a lot of impact, as you are joining a growing scale-up in MedTech. Our team of driven and talented colleagues enjoys solving the challenges in developing, manufacturing, and completing our breakthrough medical device. While working in an open culture, we strive for excellence in all domains. We believe in taking courage and like to challenge each other. We learn and teach, regardless of age, nationality or gender.

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