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Supplier Quality Engineer:

About Abbott

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 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

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.

The Opportunity

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 a Senior Quality Engineer. This role will serve as liaison between internal Abbott third party manufacturers and Abbott Vascular. Ensures effective implementation of quality and compliance requirements between multiple quality systems and sites.

THIS IS AN ON-SITE DAILY ROLE.

What You'll Do

Position Responsibilities

• Work requires collaboration with other sites and Abbott divisions
• Responsible for implementing and maintaining an effective Quality System
• Ensure compliance with applicable Corporate and Divisional policies and procedures
• Independently lead groups and projects to resolve complex issues; analyze problems and identify impact; establish probabilities; draw conclusions aligned with broad business needs; ensure compliance
• Lead cross-functional Quality System process improvements, including training, corrective and preventive actions (CAPA), equipment maintenance, product and process planning, quality audits, and validation activities
• Complete documentation in a timely manner and in accordance with business standards
• Travel up to 25% domestically and internationally by any means necessary to support organizational goals
• Prepare and report metrics data
• Support audit and audit readiness activities
• Perform other tasks and duties as assigned

Work Style and Leadership

• Works under general direction; independently determines and develops approaches to solutions
• Work is reviewed upon completion for adequacy in meeting objectives
• May provide work direction and guidance to exempt and/or skilled non-exempt employees; may assist in performance evaluation and career development planning for subordinates
• Establishes and cultivates a broad network of support to facilitate assignment completion
• Participates in the development of less experienced staff by setting an example, offering guidance, and providing work direction and counsel
• May lead project teams and contribute to goal and objective setting for projects
• Influences middle management on technical or business solutions; may interact with vendors
• Plans and organizes non-routine tasks with approval; initiates or maintains work schedules and establishes priorities for assignments
• Exercises judgment in selecting innovative, practical methods to resolve problems
• Failure to obtain results or erroneous decisions/recommendations may result in significant program delays and considerable resource expenditure

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (Engineering/Life Sciences) or an equivalent combination of education and work experience
• 6 years of related work experience with a strong understanding of specified functional area, wide application of technical principles, practices, and procedures
• Strong understanding of business unit function and cross group dependencies/relationships
• Will perform this role in a quality system environment. Failure to adequately perform tasks can result in noncompliance with governmental regulations
• Experience working with Quality Systems
• Data Analysis experience
• Risk Management experience
• Knowledge of applicable US and non-US Quality System Requirements and other relevant regulations for medical devices
• Ability to form and develop interpersonal, professional relationships; display socially and professionally appropriate behavior
• Ability to work independently and in groups; ability to work cross-functionally
• Ability and aptitude to use various types of databases and other computer applications
• Strong organizational and project management skills
• Ability or aptitude to lead without direct authority
• 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

Preferred Qualifications

• Medical Devices experience preferred

Benefits

• 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 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

Compensation & Job Details

Base Pay: $75,300.00 – $150,700.00 (In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted. Additional range: $78,000.00 – $156,000.00)

Job Family: Operations Quality

Division: AVD Vascular

Location: United States > Temecula, AWDC

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)
• Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)

Equal Opportunity

Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.

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