Supplier Quality Engineer II

Abbott; Minnetonka (MN); On-site; USD 61,000 - 123,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free medical coverage

Excellent retirement plan

Tuition reimbursement

Education benefits

Job summary

Abbott in Minnetonka, MN, is seeking a Supplier Quality Engineer II to drive improvement and corrective action on supplier components. The role supports supplier selection, inspection procedures, and performance monitoring within Cardiac Rhythm Management.

Ideal candidates have a Bachelor's in a related field (Masters preferred) and 2–5 years of relevant experience, with a focus on quality systems, supplier relations, and problem solving. Join Abbott to advance life‑changing technologies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
• 2–5 years of related work experience with understanding of the functional area.
• Working knowledge of quality systems and supplier quality practices.

Responsibilities

• Assess potential new suppliers for technical, quality and manufacturing capabilities.
• Provide technical support for introduction of components from new suppliers.
• Generate and maintain incoming inspection procedures and train inspectors.
• Develops and/or sources inspection tools and equipment; assist in component specifications.
• Generate test protocols, monitor testing, and approve components for use in products.
• Investigate field failures related to supplier materials and drive corrective actions.

Skills

Quality engineering

Supplier quality

Root cause analysis

Process improvement

Education

Bachelor's Degree Related field

Master's Degree Preferred

Job description

## Supplier Quality Engineer IIApply: United States - Minnesota - Minnetonka: Full time: Posted Today: 31166731Abbott 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 DESCRIPTION:**Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology.**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 you dream of .* 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.**The Opportunity**This position works out of our **Minnetonka, MN** location in the **Cardiac Rhythm Management** division.As a global leader in Cardiac Rhythm Technologies, we focus on innovative technologies that can improve the way doctors treat people with heart arrhythmias, or irregular heartbeats.**Supplier Quality Enginee****r II** drives improvement and corrective action in the quality of components sourced from outside suppliers. Provides technical support in the selection of suppliers. Develops acceptance criteria for materials. Monitors supplier performance to drive supplier corrective action, manufacturing yield issues and field failures.**What You’ll Work On*** Assess potential new suppliers for technical, quality and manufacturing capabilities.* Provides technical support for the introduction of components from a new supplier.* Generates and maintains incoming inspection procedures. Trains inspectors to these procedures.* Develops and/or sources inspection tools and equipment.* Assists in generating component specifications.* Generate test protocols, monitor testing, issue qualification test reports and approve components for use in products.* Provide input to Design Engineering on new component technology and assist in component selection with quality and reliability analysis.* Analyzes incoming material defects.* Communicates issues to suppliers.* Reviews new design specifications and provides input from component quality and manufacturability perspective.* Investigates field failures related to supplier materials.* Develop corrective action plan where necessary. Dispositions and drives corrective action as necessary.* May supervise inspectors.* 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.* Plans, organizes, and prioritizes own daily work routine to meet established schedule.* 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.**EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE YOU’LL BRING*** Bachelors Degree Related field OR an equivalent combination of education and work experience* Masters Degree Preferred* Minimum 2 years* 2-5 years of related work experience with a good understanding of specified functional area.* 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.* Works on problems of moderate scope where analysis of situations or data requires a review of identifiable factors.* Exercises judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action.* Has a broad knowledge of technical alternatives and an understanding of their impact on the systems environment.**Apply Now****Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives:** www.abbottbenefits.comFollow 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**$61,300.00 – $122,700.00In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.## **JOB FAMILY:**Operations Quality## **DIVISION:**CRM Cardiac Rhythm Management## **LOCATION:**United States > Minnesota > Minnetonka : 14901 DeVeau Place## **ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:**## **WORK SHIFT:**Standard## **TRAVEL:**Yes, 5 % of the Time## **MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:**Not Applicable## **SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:**Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.EEO is the Law link - English: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO\\_English.pdfEEO is the Law link - Espanol: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO\\_Spanish.pdf