Quality Technician 2 Back End Days

The Company

Dexcom Corporation is a global leader and early innovator in continuous glucose monitoring. What started as a small company with a bold idea has grown over 25 years into an industry pioneer focused on transforming diabetes care and, more broadly, helping people take control of their health through personalized, practical insights. The organization is committed to improving human health worldwide and is continuously developing new biosensing technology experiences.

The company’s culture is built around trust, integrity, dependability, and big-picture thinking. Teams across the world work with passion and ambition to improve outcomes for millions of people, and the goal is to keep expanding as a consumer health technology leader while continuing to serve serious health conditions.

Shift Pattern and Work Schedule

This position follows a fixed day shift schedule, not rotational. The shift is 12 hours long, from 7:00am to 7:00pm, every Friday to Sunday and alternate Thursdays. The roster follows a repeating 4-on/3-off and 3-on/4-off cycle.

A shift premium of 15% applies only on Saturday and Sunday. There is no shift premium for Thursday or Friday.

Team and Role Summary

The Quality Technician supports quality operations in a regulated medical device manufacturing setting. The role provides practical quality assistance to daily production activities, supports environmental and in-process controls, helps with quality records and investigations, and works with Manufacturing, Engineering, and Quality teams to maintain compliance, product quality, and continuous improvement across the site.

In this role, you will assist Quality Control and Quality Assurance activities, help manage nonconformance events, support audits, review documentation, and coordinate with cross-functional partners to protect product integrity and manufacturing quality. You may also contribute to improving quality control and assurance processes and methods.

Responsibilities

• Assist Quality Engineering with change order handling, nonconformance events, nonconforming material reports, and CAPA investigations.
• Gather production and inspection data and carry out inspections to support investigations led by Quality Engineers.
• Provide floor-level quality support to production and be available to answer inspection-related questions from the inspection team.
• Help ensure compliance with internal procedures and external requirements, including GMP, GLP, ISO, and Six Sigma expectations.
• Maintain and revise quality procedures, protocols, and methods used in processing materials into partially finished and finished products.
• Ensure manufacturing and production activities align with internal quality systems, safety rules, quality standards, and regulatory obligations for global product distribution.
• Support the investigation, evaluation, verification, and final disposition of nonconforming materials with cross-functional teams.
• Conduct routine line audits to confirm systems remain compliant, effective, and functioning as intended.
• Provide everyday quality support to Quality Engineering and Operations by helping resolve production quality issues and supporting corrective and preventive actions.
• Identify improvement opportunities and contribute to continuous improvement work that enhances product quality and process efficiency.
• Escalate concerns about work processes, environmental matters, health, or safety to the manager without delay.
• Read and interpret specifications, inspection criteria, and engineering drawings, and apply requirements using correctly configured inspection tools.
• Use sound judgment and work independently with limited supervision.
• Support the training and mentoring of junior technicians when needed.
• Use intermediate computer skills, including Microsoft Office applications, effectively.
• Maintain strong attention to detail and accurate documentation practices.
• Carry out other tasks as assigned to support Quality and Operations goals.

Requirements

• 2 to 4 years of experience in a medical device or similarly regulated manufacturing environment, with practical application of quality systems.
• Strong on-the-floor presence and ownership of assigned quality systems, with proactive involvement in Operations to maintain compliance and resolve issues in real time.
• Hands-on involvement in nonconformance investigations and CAPA work, with timely assessments, strong collaboration, and complete documentation.
• Audit-ready behaviour at all times, along with a working understanding of FDA, ISO, and MDSAP expectations and the confidence to support inspections and audits.
• Good judgment and confident decision-making, including knowing when to take ownership and when to escalate appropriately.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision as well as collaboratively within cross-functional teams.
• Level 6 qualification in Quality or a related field.
• At least 2 years of experience in a regulated industry.
• Knowledge of ISO 13485, 21 CFR Part 11, and 21 CFR 820.
• Experience with cross-site or global systems projects.
• Audit exposure with FDA, BSI, or MDSAP.
• Experience using manufacturing systems such as MES, ERP, or QMS applications.

Perks and Benefits

• Exposure to continuous glucose monitoring technology and the chance to contribute to meaningful outcomes for a global community.
• A competitive and comprehensive benefits package that supports health, wellbeing, and financial security.
• Opportunities for career progression in a fast-growing global organization.
• Access to ongoing development, including in-house learning and qualified tuition reimbursement.
• The opportunity to work for an innovative company committed to its employees, customers, and communities.
• 15% shift premium for Saturday and Sunday shifts only.

Additional Information

This is a full-time onsite role based in Athenry, County Galway, Ireland. The role is part of a manufacturing environment with worldwide distribution requirements and strong expectations around safety, quality, and regulatory compliance.

Applicants should be comfortable working across quality and operations functions and handling responsibilities in a controlled, regulated setting. Additional duties may be assigned as business needs require.

Agency Notice

The company accepts only applications from individuals seeking roles directly. Unsolicited resumes or applications from staffing and recruiting agencies are not accepted unless the agency is authorized for the specific requisition.