Quality Engineer

Abbott • San Diego, CA

24d

About The Position

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. 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 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.

The Opportunity Abbott Rapid Diagnostics is part of Abbott’s Diagnostics family of businesses, bringing together exceptional teams of experts and industry‑leading technologies to support diagnostic testing that provides critical information for the treatment and management of diseases and other health conditions. Our solutions empower clinicians, patients, and communities with timely, reliable insights that drive better health outcomes around the world. The position of Quality Engineer is within our Infectious Disease Markets unit located at San Diego, California. The Quality Engineer plays a critical role in supporting manufacturing operations by assessing and ensuring equipment and processes meet established quality and regulatory requirements. This role is involved throughout the full equipment lifecycle—from initial needs assessment and installation through qualification, validation, and ongoing performance monitoring. The Quality Engineer also partners cross-functionally to identify, investigate, and resolve quality-related issues to support continuous improvement and operational excellence.

Requirements

• Bachelors’ degree in a Science related field.
• 2 years related experience in Quality Assurance, Manufacturing or Engineering.
• Knowledge of applicable regulations, compliance requirements, quality systems, and engineering/quality principles as it relates to applicable manufacturing environments, preferably consumable goods.

Responsibilities

• Interfaces with Safety Regulatory Agencies as required ensuring compliant product is released (i.e.
• Provides quality engineering support to the site to ensure manufacturing/quality requirements are met.
• Understands and elevate issues related quality validations.
• Implements product quality plans, documents and systems by creating product specifications, quality specifications, quality plans, risk analyses, FMEAs in conjunction with other product development team members.
• Implements Process Monitoring Systems by identifying critical process steps which could culminate in possible sources of manufacturing defects and devising methods to reduce process variation in order to reduce/eliminate the cause of defects.
• Contribute to the development of appropriate reliability program for the division/site.
• Lead/Assist in writing, executing, and analyzing various types of protocols (i.e. engineering studies, verification protocols, validation, etc.).
• Provides assistance or lead projects as assigned.
• Reduces and controls manufacturing process defects (scrap, nonconforming material, customer complaints) by assisting efforts/teams focused on identifying the primary root causes and implementing corrective and preventative actions.
• Helps assure that Division projects meet scheduled dates and are compliant with the regulations.
• May be involved in all levels of projects from simple design changes to total design changes.

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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees