Quality Engineer II

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.
• 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

This position works out of our Plymouth, MN location in the Electrophysiology division. In Abbott’s Electrophysiology (EP) business, we’re advancing the treatment of heart disease through breakthrough medical technologies in atrial fibrillation, allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives.

As the Quality Engineer II, you’ll have the chance to assure products, processes, and quality records conform to quality standards and establish compliance within Abbott's quality system. We need you to be responsible for maintaining a strong collaborative partnership with multi-functional teams. Help facilitate success by protecting patient safety and meeting business needs. You will be involved in nonconformance and complaint investigation management, including root cause problem solving and providing event information to our various business partners (e.g. Regulatory, Quality Engineering).  

What You’ll Work On

• Follows all regulations and standards for quality, Environmental, Health, Safety, and Energy (EHS&E) Global Policies, Abbott engineering standards, and other governance areas as applicable.
• Implements and maintains the effectiveness of the Quality System.
• Identifies areas of risk with respect to compliance to internal and external requirements.
• Completes Non-conformance, CAPA, and complaint investigations and offers multiple solutions to issues with clear advantages and disadvantages.
• Influences key partners to develop and maintain QA procedures, forms, and systems.
• Leads meetings and communications for QA system information, concerns, and updates.
• Help drive standard methodologies for data trending and tracking and identification of manufacturing related complaints in alignment with Abbott goals.
• Follows U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations, other regulatory requirements, Company policies, operating procedures, processes, and task assignments.
• Maintains positive and cooperative communications and collaboration with all levels of employees, customers, contractors, and vendors.
• Performs other related duties and responsibilities, on occasion, as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor level degree in Engineering, Technical Field, or equivalent (advanced degree preferred)
• 2-5 years technical experience
• Previous Quality assurance/engineering experience and use of Quality tools/methodologies
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Advanced computer skills, including statistical/data analysis and report writing skills
• Ability to work within a team and as an individual contributor in a dynamic, changing environment.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with ability to effectively communicate at multiple levels in the organization.
• Multitasks, prioritizes and meets deadlines in timely manner.
• Excellent organizational and follow-up skills, as well as attention to detail.

Preferred Qualifications

• Detailed knowledge of FDA, GMP, and ISO 13485
• ASQ CQT, CQE, CQA certification
• Six Sigma root cause analysis/problem solving training and experience

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