Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

Abbott; Clonmel; On-site; EUR 52,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Benefits package

Career development

Inclusive work environment

Job summary

Abbott Vascular – Clonmel site in Ireland seeks a Process/Quality Engineer to support manufacturing with a focus on quality improvement and defect reduction. You will develop quality plans, participate in risk analyses and contribute to new product development.

Candidates should hold an NFQ level 7 qualification and have 4+ years of related experience in a quality system environment. Collaboration across teams and drive for results are essential.

Qualifications

• NFQ level 7 qualification (or equivalent) with 4+ years related experience.
• Strong understanding of quality systems, regulatory expectations and cGMP.
• Ability to apply root cause analysis and risk assessment in manufacturing.
• Experience with FMEA and quality tooling to drive improvements.
• Proven cross-functional collaboration across engineering, quality, and production.

Responsibilities

• Identify and control manufacturing process defects and routinize CAPAs.
• Develop quality plans, specifications and documentation with development teams.
• Create monitoring systems to reduce process variation and defects.
• Lead process improvement initiatives to improve product quality.
• Assist in creation and deployment of quality tools and training materials.

Skills

4+ years of related work experience

Quality systems

Root cause analysis

FMEA

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

NFQ level 7 qualification in a relevant discipline and 4+ years related experience

Job description

Abbott in Ireland

Abbott has maintained a strong presence in Ireland since 1946 and celebrates its 80th anniversary in the country in 2026. The company supports the Irish healthcare sector with a broad portfolio spanning diagnostics, diabetes care, medical devices and nutritional products. Today, Abbott employs more than 6,500 people across ten sites located in Dublin, Donegal, Clonmel, Cootehill, Galway, Kilkenny, Longford and Sligo.

About Abbott

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 122,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries

Abbott Ireland Vascular Division Clonmel

Abbott Vascular is one of the world's leading vascular care businesses. Abbott Vascular is uniquely focused on advancing the treatment of vascular disease and improving patient care by combining the latest medical device innovations with world-class pharmaceuticals, investing in research and development and advancing medicine through training and education.

Our broad line of vascular devices-which includes vessel closure, endovascular and coronary technologies-are used to treat vessel diseases of the heart, carotid arteries and peripheral blood vessels. These vessel diseases can lead to heart attack, stroke, critical limb ischemia and other serious vascular conditions.

• Please note any offer of employment for this position is conditional upon the successful completion of a pre-employment medical examination, including drug and alcohol screening, conducted by a medical practitioner designated by the Company.

Purpose Statement

Provide Process/Quality Engineering support to manufacturing, helping to ensure delivery of highest quality product to the customer. Provide Process/Quality Engineering support to product development teams, helping to ensure development of highest quality new products.

Key Responsibilities

• Identifies and controls manufacturing process defects (scrap, nonconforming material, customer complaints) by participating in efforts/teams focused on identifying the primary root causes and implementing corrective and preventative actions. May be responsible for querying and bounding data to support implementation of complex and documenting release criteria.
• Develops product quality plans, documents and systems by creating product specifications, quality specifications and quality plans in conjunction with other product development team members. May be responsible for creating risk analyses and Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FMEA).
• Develops process monitoring systems by identifying critical process steps applying methods to reduce process variation in order to reduce/eliminate the cause of defects.
• Leads process improvement efforts by identifying methods to capture quality metric data and by performing appropriate analysis methods to enhance sustaining product design and new product development.
• Assists in creation of quality tools and training materials by understanding the limitations of existing quality tools and training materials, and by helping to identify more effective tools and materials.
• Participates in validation activity. Role may vary between providing input to owning activities such as protocol/report writing and managing execution of validation activities.
• Participates in corrective and preventive action activity.
• Participates in Field Discrepancy Notification (FDN) investigations.

Education & Job Skills

• National Framework of Qualifications level 7 qualification in a relevant discipline and 4+years of related work experience, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• (Technical/Business Knowledge (Job Skills)) Wide application of technical principles, practices and procedures. Strong understanding of business unit function and cross group dependencies/relationships. Will perform this job in a quality system environment. Failure to adequately perform tasks can result in noncompliance with governmental regulations.
• (Cognitive Skills) Works on problems of diverse scope where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors. Exercises judgment within generally defined practices and policies in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions. Has a sound knowledge of various technical alternatives and their impact.
• (Influence/Leadership) Establishes and cultivates an extensive network of support to facilitate completion of assignments. Participates in the development of less experienced staff by setting an example, providing guidance and work direction, and offering counsel. May lead a project team. Participates in determining goals and objectives for projects. Influences middle management on technical or business solutions. May interact with vendors.
• (Planning/Organisation) Plans and organises non-routine tasks with approval. Initiates or maintains work schedule. Establishes priorities of work assignments.
• (Decision Making/Impact) Exercises judgment in selecting innovative, practical methods to achieve problem resolution. Failure to obtain results or erroneous decisions or recommendations would typically result in serious program delays and considerable expenditure of resources.
• (Supervision Received) Works under only general direction. Independently determines and develops approach to solutions. Work is reviewed upon completion for adequacy in meeting objectives.
• (Supervision Provided) May provide work direction and guidance to exempt and/or skilled nonexempt levels of employees may be asked to evaluate performance of and assist in career development planning for subordinates.

We offer

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Opportunities for advancement and professional development : We take pride in filling many of our open roles internally through planned development processes.
• A supportive and inclusive work environment where your contributions are valued.
• Access to the best-in-class peer groups, leading technology and resources to support your success.
• Join a company that is committed to making a positive impact in the community and beyond.

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