Assoc. Quality Engineer

Abbott Laboratories; Temecula (CA); On-site; USD 51,000 - 101,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement plan with employercontrib

Tuition reimbursement

Education benefits

Job summary

Abbott Laboratories in Temecula, CA is seeking an Associate Quality Engineer who will provide process and quality engineering support to manufacturing and development teams, helping ensure delivery of high-quality products to customers.

The role emphasizes learning/ applying quality tools, performing root-cause analyses, and contributing to process improvements within the Vascular division. Abbott offers comprehensive health benefits and professional growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 0–2 years of related experience in the specified area.
• Basic technical knowledge of concepts, practices and procedures in a quality environment.
• Willingness to learn and follow supervisor guidance.

Responsibilities

• Identify manufacturing defects and assist root-cause analysis.
• Review product specifications and quality systems to support compliance.
• Learn risk analyses and FMEAs and support process improvement.
• Support process monitoring systems and quality metrics.

Skills

Quality engineering

Manufacturing processes

Risk analyses / FMEA

Problem solving

Documentation & data review

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Quality tools

Job description

Job Title

Assoc. Quality Engineer

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You’ll also have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career of which you dream.
• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
• An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution
• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.
• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

We are seeking an Associate Quality Engineer to work at our Temecula, CA location in our Vascular division.

The Associate Quality Engineer provides process/quality engineering support to manufacturing, helping to ensure delivery of highest quality product to the customer. Provides process/quality engineering support to product development teams, helping to ensure development of highest quality new products.

Abbott Vascular provides innovative, minimally invasive and cost-effective products for treatment of vascular disease. Our extensive portfolio includes drug-eluting stents, bare metal stents, guide wires, balloon dilatation catheters, imaging catheters and software, vessel closure devices and peripheral stents.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

Core Job Responsibilities ResponsibleforcompliancewithapplicableCorporateandDivisionalPoliciesandprocedures.

• LearnstoidentifyManufacturingprocessdefects(scrap,nonconformingmaterial,customercomplaints)by dispositioningnonconformingmaterial,assistinginidentificationofprimaryrootcausesandunderstanding correctiveandpreventativeactions.Mayberesponsibleforworkingwithprocessownertoboundproduct stopsanddocumentreleasecriteria.
• Gainsunderstandingofproductqualityplans,documentsandsystems byreviewingproductspecifications,qualityspecifications,andworkingwithqualitysystems.Maybe responsibleforlearningriskanalysesandFMEAs.
• LearnsProcessMonitoringSystemsbybecoming familiarwithsystemsapplicationsandcriticalprocesssteps;andthroughfamiliarizationwithmethodsusedto reduceprocessvariation.
• BecomesfamiliarwithProduct/Processimprovementeffortsbyunderstanding currentqualitymetricdataandlearningthevariousanalysismethodsusedtoenhancesustainingproduct designandnewproductdevelopment.
• LearnsQualityTools&TrainingMaterialsbygainingknowledgeof prevalenttoolsusedandbyreviewing&utilizingavailabletrainingmaterials.
• (SupervisionReceived)Workiscloselysupervised.Followsspecific,detailedinstructions.
• (Influence/Leadership)Beginsdevelopinganetworkofinternalresourcestofacilitatecompletionoftasks. Individualinfluenceistypicallyexertedatthepeerlevel.
• (Planning/Organization)Completesdailyworkto meetestablishedschedulewithguidancefromsupervisoronprioritizationoftasks.
• (Decision Making/Impact)Mayexerciseauthoritywithinpre-establishedlimitsandapproval.Failuretoachieveresults cannormallybeovercomewithoutseriouseffectonschedulesandprograms.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE YOU’LL BRING

Required Experience

• Bachelors degreeplus0-2+yearsofrelatedworkexperiencewithabasicunderstandingofspecifiedfunctional area,oranequivalentcombinationofeducationandworkexperience.

Minimum Experience / Training

Basictechnicalknowledgeofconcepts,practicesandprocedures. Limitedunderstandingofbusinessunit/groupfunction.Willperformthisjobinaqualitysystemenvironment. Failuretoadequatelyperformtaskscanresultinnoncompliancewithgovernmentalregulations.

Learnstouseprofessionalconceptsandcompanypoliciesandprocedurestosolveroutineproblems. Worksonproblemsoflimitedscope.Minimalindependentdecisionmaking.

Please note that the salary range listed is our full grade range. We usually hire based on the mid-point.

Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: www.abbottbenefits.com

Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

Connect with us at www.abbott.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott and on Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal.

The base pay for this position is $50,700.00 – $101,300.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.