New · posted Oct 14
Medline · Medical Devices
Associate Quality Engineer- Repositioning and Offloading
- Northfield, IL
- On-site
- Full-time
- Associate & Specialist
Open until filled
The role
Responsible for providing basic quality support to the Division including complaint investigation, resolution, and reporting. Assist with routine product evaluations, set basic quality standards for both in-process and finished product inspections, and support the QA team in product testing, documentation, and vendor qualification activities.
What you need
Education
- Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Science, Math or other related technical field.
Certification / Licensure
- None
Knowledge / Skills / Abilities
- Experience in processing all relevant details, understanding and prioritizing their importance, and drawing clear and concise conclusions.
- Experience using time management skills to prioritize, organize, and track details in order to meet deadlines of multiple projects.
- Experience problem solving, overcoming obstacles, and reaching a positive and successful solution through mathematical or systematic operations.
- Experience using MS Office Suite products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
- Position requires up to 10% travel
Knowledge / Skills / Abilities
Medline Industries, LP, and its subsidiaries, offer a competitive total rewards package, continuing education & training, and tremendous potential with a growing worldwide organization.
The anticipated salary range for this position:
$67,000.00 - $101,000.00 Annual
The actual salary will vary based on applicant’s location, education, experience, skills, and abilities. This role is bonus and/or incentive eligible. Medline will not pay less than the applicable minimum wage or salary threshold.
Our benefit package includes health insurance, life and disability, 401(k) contributions, paid time off, etc., for employees working 30 or more hours per week on average. For roles where employees work less than 30 hours per week, benefits include 401(k) contributions, paid time off, as well as access to the Employee Assistance Program, Employee Resource Groups and the Employee Service Corp. For a more comprehensive list of our benefits please click here.
We’re dedicated to creating a Medline where everyone feels they belong and can grow their career. We strive to do this by seeking diversity in all forms, acting inclusively, and ensuring that people have tools and resources to perform at their best. Explore our Belonging page here.
What you'll do
- Investigate customer/sales force complaints and assure complaints are investigated accurately and closed in a reasonable amount of time.
- Issue replacements, credits, or RGA’s as required for complaint resolution. Notify sales reps/customers regarding the results of the investigation.
- Run monthly or quarterly complaint trend reports per SOP.
- Coordinate stock checks and rework of product as required in response to complaints.
- Identify appropriate actions required to prevent further complaints. Initiate manufacturing and supplier corrective action reports and follow up to ensure corrective actions are implemented.
- Coordinate or perform inspections of new products or products from new vendor at branches and factories.
- Responsible for building appropriate product documentation (e.g. Device Master Records) in compliance with applicable regulations and to support Design Control and Risk Management activities.
- Create and maintain inspection procedures.
Pay and benefits
$67,000 – $101,000 a year
Employer providedHealth insurance
Life and disability insurance
401(k) contributions
Paid time off
Continuing education & training
Bonus/incentive eligible
Where you'll work
Northfield, ILOn-siteOpen in Maps (opens in a new tab)
More jobs in Northfield, ILEqual opportunity, accessibility and legal noticesMedline's statements, word for word
Medline Industries, LP is an equal opportunity employer. Medline evaluates qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, neurodivergence, protected veteran status, marital or family status, caregiver responsibilities, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.
Job intelligence
The context around this role
Live data · October 14, 2026
Salary intelligence
How the pay compares
This role's midpoint is 5% above the US median for Quality Assurance roles at this level.
This roleEmployer provided
Associate & Specialist roles in Illinois18 roles publishing pay
Associate & Specialist roles in the US111 roles publishing pay
| Annual base pay | Low | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| This role | $67,000 | — | $101,000 |
| Illinois (middle half) | $84,000 | $99,000 | $99,000 |
| All US (middle half) | $71,250 | $80,000 | $99,000 |
This role: Medline's own published range. Comparisons: the base pay employers published on open Quality Assurance roles at the same level on Regulatory Jobs, October 14, 2026. Nothing is estimated.
Career trajectory
Where this role sits in Quality Assurance
The general path across 598 open Quality Assurance roles on Regulatory Jobs, with the titles they carry most. Not Medline's own promotion track.
Career resources on Quality Assurance
Skills DNA
What this role leans on
How many of the posting's 22 duty, requirement and summary lines touch each area. The posting's emphasis, not a proficiency score.
- Investigations and CAPA6
- Documentation and SOPs5
- GMP and compliance4
- Quality systems and risk2
- Collaboration and leadership2
- Lab testing and methods1
- Validation and qualification1
- Data and digital systems1
Regulatory intelligence
The rules behind this role
Frameworks and standards this posting's work falls under, matched from its own words, each linked to the official source.
Company hiring pulse
Medline on Regulatory Jobs
- 46
- Open roles
- 36
- Distinct roles
- 20
- Locations
By discipline
- Quality41 89%
- Regulatory5 11%
By level
- Associate & Specialist28 61%
- Senior & Principal11 24%
- Director3 7%
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Associate Quality Engineer- Repositioning and Offloading at Medline
Open until filled. $67K–$101K a year, employer provided.