Quality Engineer

Abbott

Benefits

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 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

About Abbott

For years, Abbott’s medical device businesses have offered technologies that are faster, more effective, and less invasive. Whether it’s glucose monitoring systems, innovative therapies for treating heart disease, or products that help people with chronic pain or movement disorders, our medical device technologies are designed to help people live their lives better and healthier. Every day, our technologies help more than 10,000 people have healthier hearts, improve quality of life for thousands of people living with chronic pain and movement disorders, and liberate more than 500,000 people with diabetes from routine fingersticks.

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

Our location in Temecula, CA, currently has an opportunity for an Associate Quality Engineer.

What you’ll do:

  • 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.

1. Learns to identify Manufacturing process defects (scrap, nonconforming 

material, customer complaints) by dispositioning non-conforming 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.; 

2. 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.; 

3. Learns Process Monitoring Systems by becoming familiar with systems applications and critical process steps; and through 

familiarization with methods used to reduce process variation.; 

4. 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; 

5. Learns Quality Tools & Training Materials by gaining knowledge of prevalent tools used and by reviewing & utilizing available training materials.

(Supervision Received) Work is closely supervised. Follows specific, detailed 

instructions; 

(Influence/Leadership) Begins developing a network of internal resources to 

facilitate completion of tasks. Individual influence is typically exerted at the 

peer level.; 

(Planning/Organization) Completes daily work to meet established schedule 

with guidance from supervisor on prioritization of tasks.; 

(Decision Making/Impact) May exercise authority within pre-established limits 

and approval. Failure to achieve results can normally be overcome without 

serious effect on schedules and programs.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE YOU’LL BRING

Minimum Education

Bachelors degree plus 0-2+ years of related work experience with a basic 

understanding of specified functional area, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.

Minimum Experience / Training

  • Experience with plastics/extrusion preferred.

(Technical/Business Knowledge (Job Skills)) Basic technical knowledge of 

concepts, practices and procedures. Limited 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.; 

(Cognitive Skills) Learns to use professional concepts and company policies 

and procedures to solve routine problems. Works on problems of limited 

scope. Minimal independent decision making.

WHAT WE OFFER

At Abbott, you can have a good job that can grow into a great career. We offer:

A fast-paced work environment where your safety is our priority

Training and career development, with onboarding programs for new employees and tuition assistance

Financial security through competitive compensation, incentives and retirement plans

Health care and well-being programs including medical, dental, vision, wellness and occupational health programs

Paid time off

401(k) retirement savings with a generous company match

The stability of a company with a record of strong financial performance and history of being actively involved in local communities

Learn more about our benefits that add real value to your life to help you live fully: www.abbottbenefits.com

Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that provides the growth and strength to build your future.

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

$56,700.00 – $113,300.00

In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

JOB FAMILY:

Operations Quality

DIVISION:

AVD Vascular

LOCATION:

United States > Temecula : Building E - TE

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), Continuous standing for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day)

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.pdf

EEO is the Law link - Espanol: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_Spanish.pdf

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