Engineer, Supplier Development Quality

Abbott; Scarborough (ME); On-site; USD 85,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Plan

Dental Plan

Vision Plan

Health Savings Account

Flexible Spending Accounts

Job summary

Abbott in Scarborough, Maine is seeking a Supplier Development Quality Engineer for a 12-month, 100% onsite assignment. The role focuses on driving supplier quality, continuous improvement, and risk mitigation across the supplier base, partnering across functions to meet product and regulatory requirements.

You will onboard suppliers, track quality metrics, lead CAPA activities, perform root-cause analysis, and own supplier change management, providing guidance to inspection and QA teams as

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field.
• 2–4 years in supplier quality, manufacturing quality, or related area.
• Experience with CAPA, root-cause analysis and supplier investigations.

Responsibilities

• Onboard suppliers, validate readiness, and support onboarding activities.
• Contribute to supplier improvement plans to address performance gaps.
• Collaborate with suppliers to improve process capability and product quality.
• Track supplier quality metrics and perform trend analysis (PPM, defects, yield).
• Own supplier nonconformance management and CAPA implementation.
• Support root cause analysis and corrective actions with verification.
• Drive supplier change management, including risk assessment and approvals.
• Collaborate with Design Engineering, Manufacturing, Procurement and Quality.

Skills

Supplier Quality

Process Improvement

CAPA

Data Analysis

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Job description

Title: Supplier Development Quality Engineer

Location: Scarborough, Maine 04074

Duration: 12 Months

100% Onsite

Main Purpose Of The Role:

Drives supplier quality performance, continuous improvement, and risk mitigation across the supply base. Acts as a key technical contributor partnering across functions to ensure supplier capabilities meet product, regulatory, and business requirements. Leads supplier quality activities and influences outcomes without direct authority.

Main Responsibilities:

• Support onboarding of suppliers, including validation and readiness activities
• Contribute to supplier improvement plans to address performance gaps
• Collaborate with suppliers to improve process capability and product quality
• Track supplier quality metrics (PPM, defect rates, yield, escapes) and perform trend analysis
• Monitor supplier performance and identify risks and systemic issues
• Support supplier reviews and follow-up on improvement actions
• Investigate supplier-related defects, incoming issues, and field failures
• Own supplier nonconformance management, including containment, resolution, and closure of supplier-related issues
• Support root cause analysis and implementation of corrective and preventive actions (CAPA)
• Drive and own supplier corrective actions, ensuring timely and effective implementation and verification of effectiveness
• Communicate supplier quality issues and track resolution progress
• Support development and maintenance of inspection procedures and acceptance criteria
• Assist in optimizing incoming inspection strategies based on risk
• Provide guidance to inspection teams as needed
• Collaborate with Design Engineering, Manufacturing, Procurement, and Quality teams
• Provide input to supplier-related quality decisions
• Participate in cross-functional problem-solving efforts
• Analyze data to identify trends and opportunities for improvement
• Own supplier change management processes, including review, risk assessment, approval, and implementation of supplier-initiated changes

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree
• Engineering or related field
• Equivalent combination of education and experience

Experience:

• 2–4 years
• Supplier Quality, Manufacturing Quality, or related experience

Supplier Development Quality Engineer responsible for activities related to supplier selection and evaluation, material qualification, supplier performance and receiving inspection. Contributes to the development, establishment and maintenance of supplier quality engineering methodologies, systems and practices which meet SJM and regulatory requirements.

Consultants Eligible Benefits Upon Waiting Period:

• Medical and Prescription Drug Plans
• Dental Plan
• Vision Plan
• Health Savings Account (for High-Deductible Health Plans)
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Health, Limited Purpose, Dependent Care, Commuter Parking and Commuter Transit)
• Supplemental Life Insurance
• Short Term Disability (coverage varies by state)
• Long Term Disability
• Critical Illness, Hospital coverage, Accident Insurance
• MetLife Legal, MetLife ID Fraud, and MetLife Pet Insurance
• 401(k)

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, nutritional and branded generic medicines.

Working together, Abbott and Talent Solutions partner to deliver top talent for contingent roles at Abbott, building better and healthier lives. Abbott believes all employees are essential to creating life-changing breakthroughs, performing key duties to create life-changing breakthroughs.