Quality Engineer

Abbott Laboratories; Pleasanton (CA); On-site; USD 74,000 - 116,000; Full time

Job summary

Abbott Laboratories is seeking a Process/Quality Engineer to provide manufacturing support and help ensure delivery of high-quality products. You will work with product development teams to ensure quality throughout development and production.

Responsibilities include identifying process defects, supporting root cause analysis, learning risk analyses and FMEAs, reviewing specifications, and helping implement corrective and preventative actions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in an Engineering discipline.
• Minimum of 1 year of experience.

Responsibilities

• Identify manufacturing process defects and disposition nonconforming material.
• Assist in root cause analysis and corrective/preventive actions.
• Review product specifications and quality plans to understand requirements.
• Learn risk analyses and FMEAs.
• Support process monitoring systems and improve product quality.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Job description

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.

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your 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 you dream of.
• Employees can qualify forfree medical coverage in ourHealth Investment Plan (HIP) PPOmedical plan in the next calendar year.
• An excellent retirement savings plan with a 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 worldwide 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 the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

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.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• Learns to identify Manufacturing process defects (scrap, nonconforming material, customer complaints) by dispositioning nonconforming material, assisting in identification of primary root causes and understanding corrective and preventative actions.
• May be responsible for working with process owner to bound product stops and document release criteria.
• Gains understanding of product quality plans, documents and systems by reviewing product specifications, quality specifications, and working with quality systems.
• May be responsible for learning risk analyses and FMEAs.
• Learns Process Monitoring Systems by becoming familiar with systems applications and critical process steps. and through familiarization with methods used to reduce process variation.
• Becomes familiar with Product/Process improvement efforts by understanding current quality metric data and learning the various analysis methods used to enhance sustaining product design and new product development.
• Learns Quality Tools & Training Materials by gaining knowledge of prevalent tools used and by reviewing & utilizing available training materials.
• Begins developing a network of internal resources to facilitate completion of tasks.
• Individual influence is typically exerted at the peer level.
• Completes daily work to meet established schedule with guidance from supervisor on prioritization of tasks.
• May exercise authority within pre-established limits and approval.
• Failure to achieve results can normally be overcome without serious effect on schedules and programs.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in an Engineering discipline.
• Minimum of 1 year of experience

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.

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The base pay for this position is $73,900.00 - $116,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

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