Quality Engineer - 2nd Shift

Abbott Laboratories; Temecula (CA); On-site; USD 61,000 - 123,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

HIP PPO medical

Retirement plan

Tuition reimbursement

FreeU education benefit

Job summary

Abbott is seeking a Quality Engineer for 2nd Shift in the Vascular division, onsite in Temecula, CA. You will support manufacturing and product development to ensure the highest quality.

Bachelor's degree with 2–5 years of experience (or Master's 0–2) in quality engineering; familiarity with quality systems and risk analyses; strong problem-solving and teamwork.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree plus 2–5 years of related work experience in quality engineering, or Master's with 0–2 years.
• Strong understanding of quality systems and regulatory requirements.
• Ability to lead improvement projects and work in a cross-functional team.

Responsibilities

• Provide Process/Quality Engineering support to manufacturing and product development teams to ensure delivery of highest quality products.
• Identify and control manufacturing process defects and implement corrective actions.
• Develop product quality plans, documents and systems with product development teams.
• Create risk analyses and FMEAs.
• Lead process improvement and monitor quality metrics to enhance sustaining product design and new product development.

Skills

Quality Engineering

Quality Systems

Root Cause Analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

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.

Job Title

Quality Engineer – 2nd Shift

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, 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 a Quality Engineer for 2nd Shift in ourVascular division. This is a fully onsite role.

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 Work On

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.

Core Job Responsibilities

• Responsible for compliance with applicable Corporate and Divisional Policies and procedures.
• Identifies and controls Manufacturing process defects (scrap, nonconforming material, custom complaints) by participating in efforts/teams focused on identifying the primary root causes and
• implementing corrective and preventative actions.
• May be responsible for querying & bounding data to support implementation of complex & 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 FMEAs.
• 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 & Training Materials by understanding the limitations of existing quality tools and training materials, and by helping to identify more effective tools & materials.

(Supervision Received) Works under general supervision. Follows established procedures. Work is reviewed for soundness of technical judgment, overall adequacy and accuracy.;

(Supervision Provided) May provide limited 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.

(Influence/Leadership) Cultivates a wide range of internal networks and begins to develop an extensive external network of resources to facilitate completion of tasks. May lead a project team of moderate scope. Provides guidance to less experienced staff. Acts as a mentor to lower-level individual contributors. Influence exerted at peer level and occasionally at first levels of management.

(Planning/Organization) Plans, organizes, and prioritizes own daily work routine to meet established schedule.

(Decision Making/Impact) Exercises authority and judgment within defined limits to determine appropriate action. Failure to achieve results or erroneous decisions or recommendations may cause delays in program schedules and may result in the allocation of additional resources.

(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.

(Technical/Business Knowledge (Job Skills)) Working technical knowledge and application of concepts, practices and procedures. General understanding of business unit/group function. Will perform this job in a quality system environment. Failure to adequately perform tasks can result in noncompliance with governmental regulations.

Will perform this job in a quality system environment. Failure to adequately perform tasks can result in a noncompliance with governmental regulations.

Education and Experience you’ll bring

• Bachelor's degree plus 2-5 years of related work experience with a good understanding of specified functional area, or Master's degree with 0-2 years of related work experience, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.

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.

The base pay for this position is $61,300.00 – $122,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

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

Job Id 31163488 LocationUnited States - California - Temecula Medical surveillance No Division AVD Vascular Travel Yes, 5 % of the Time Additional Location Significant work activities Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day); Continuous standing for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day)

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