Quality Control Vision Specialist (Onsite)

Your opportunity

By joining the Kardium team, you can help make a difference in the lives of millions around the world. We have developed a ground-breaking medical device for the diagnosis and treatment of the most common heart rhythm disorder, atrial fibrillation – which can cause stroke, heart failure, and other heart-related complications.

Kardium’s mission is to deliver the best treatment for atrial fibrillation. To achieve this, we have developed The Globe® Pulsed Field System – we have a fantastic technical team that has developed a product with strong, unique, and customer-valued differentiators versus other solutions on the market. We have built connections with key opinion leaders who are already using the Globe System and are helping to tell our story.

We have obtained FDA approval and officially begun the commercial launch of the Globe® Pulsed Field System. This is a pivotal and exciting time in our journey, as we bring this life-changing technology to patients!

By joining Kardium as a Quality Control Vision Specialist, you will play a key role in the development, training, and validation of cutting-edge automated inspection solutions. You will work cross-functionally with Manufacturing, Automation, Production, Planning, Quality Engineering, and R&D teams to acquire, prepare, and create representative samples for inspection development. This role requires a strong understanding of manufacturing processes, attention to detail, as well as the ability to identify, classify, and document defects while minimizing material waste.

Please note, this opportunity is an onsite work arrangement, located in Burnaby, BC.

Meaningful work you will be a part of

Your Responsibilities Will Include

• Assess and acquire representative samples of manufacturing defects for automated inspection development, training, and validation activities in coordination with cross-functional stakeholders
• Create, prepare, and characterize representative defect and non-defect samples that reflect production variation.
• Organize, label, document, and maintain sample libraries and related inspection records.
• Support automated inspection setup, training, troubleshooting, validation, and continuous improvement activities including introducing automated vision processes to the production floor including configuring lighting, optics, fixturing to optimize for part variability
• Perform inspections, measurements, and testing samples from various manufacturing processes using standard quality tools and equipment.
• Prepare reports and provide regular updates on the status of ongoing tasks, sample readiness, and project activities.

What You Bring To The Team

Our Kardium team is smart, creative, and passionate about creating cutting-edge medical devices to help improve people’s lives. We work within a collaborative environment based on trust and respect. And we understand that only by working together can we solve the unsolvable.

You will be successful in this role because you possess these attributes:

• A degree, diploma, or equivalent technical training in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, or a related field; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience in quality control, manufacturing, inspection, or a related technical role, preferably in a regulated industry such as medical devices.
• Experience interpreting engineering drawings and specifications to understand dimensional, visual, and functional inspection requirements.
• Proficiency with measurement equipment such as calipers, micrometers, height gauges, microscopes, and other inspection tools, preferably with familiarity in industrial machine vision systems or vision-based measurement techniques.
• Strong attention to detail, organizational skills, and ability to manage samples and documentation accurately.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work independently and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Understanding of lighting, optics, fixturing, and part variability as well as familiarity with vision-based measurement techniques or platforms such as Cognex, Keyence, HALCON, OpenCV, or similar tools would be considered an asset.

Compensation

Kardium has listed the total cash compensation range (base salary + 5% Retirement Savings Plan contribution) that we expect to pay applicants for this role, as of the time of this posting. Pay offered will be determined based on numerous relevant business and candidate factors including, for example, education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, and business or organizational needs. For candidates with more or less experience than listed above, the pay range will be adjusted.

As a permanent employee, you will also participate in Kardium’s stock option plan.

• $62,000 - $75,000 (CAD Annually)

Your Benefits & Well-being

The total cash we’ve listed for this position includes a base salary, plus an annual contribution to a Retirement Savings Plan account to help support your financial goals.

Comprehensive medical & dental coverage for all permanent employees – effective as of Day 1, with no waiting period.

Work-day flexibility – we offer a flexible work environment for daily working hours. In addition, we provide 3 personal days per year.

Support for you (and your dependents) overall well-being.

Family building – we provide top up for maternity leave, adoptive leave, and parental leave for non-birthing parents. Employees can also enroll in benefit coverage for fertility drug treatment.

Career progression and learning support.

Professional membership support.

Life at Kardium

What makes us a great place to work?

• Our Purpose
• Our People
• Our Culture

At Kardium, we embrace diversity of background, experience, and perspective and we’re committed to inclusion and equity at every level. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates who represent the full diversity of all communities.

We collaborate with Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), as volunteer-led groups who share a common dimension of diversity and come together to provide support, education, and other opportunities across Kardium. Examples of our ERGs include Women ERG, Pride ERG, Race Ethnicity & Cultural Heritage (REACH) ERG, Truth & Reconciliation ERG, Persian ERG, Chinese ERG, Barangay Kardium (Filipino) ERG, Irish ERG, Brazilian ERG, and Early Career at Kardium ERG.

As part of your application, we encourage you to note if you require an accommodation for the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials, accessible meeting rooms or other accommodations). There will be an optional section in the application form where you can provide this information to the recruitment team.

And our employees think we are great too – check out Glassdoor to learn more!