Senior Quality Technician

Abbott • Minnetonka, MN

26d • Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Quality Technician provides technical assistance to engineering to support manufacturing by implementing corrective and preventive actions. The role assists engineers in developing methods and procedures to control or improve manufacturing processes. This is an onsite position based in Minnetonka, Minnesota, within Abbott’s Cardiac Rhythm Management division. The position requires at least six years of related work experience and involves working in a quality system environment where failure to perform tasks adequately may result in noncompliance with governmental regulations.

Requirements

• Minimum of 6 years of related work experience.
• Superior knowledge of highly complex technical concepts and/or experience developing advanced technologies or processes.
• Thorough understanding of product or systems fundamentals across cross-functional areas.
• Ability to recommend, use, and interpret advanced numerical and statistical data and/or computer software to document and analyze information and resolve complex problems.
• Ability to perform and guide technical activities in a quality system environment.

Nice To Haves

• Associate degree or equivalent combination of education and work experience.

Responsibilities

• Comply with applicable Corporate and Divisional policies and procedures.
• Review and analyze manufacturing data to identify issues and trends.
• Train operators on processes and engineering changes, and conduct on-the-job training, testing, and operator certification.
• Identify, resolve, and prevent manufacturing issues by determining root causes and implementing corrective and preventive actions.
• Review and disposition nonconforming material using quality tools and knowledge of manufacturing practices and procedures.
• Identify and resolve systemic issues based on trends in nonconforming material.
• Research and validate changes to processes, equipment, and test methods to improve yield or reduce cycle time in accordance with established procedures.
• Support process development for new product introductions by defining traceability and inspection requirements, developing statistical process control criteria and manufacturing instructions, and creating training materials and certifications.
• Contribute to engineering, qualification, and validation studies and reports by collecting, compiling, measuring, organizing, and recording data, and writing procedures.
• Maintain a laboratory notebook when needed.
• Perform and guide technical activities resulting from self-initiated or assigned programs that lead to innovative applications of existing or new products, systems, or technologies.
• Create technical bases for proprietary positions, including Records of Invention, patents, product definitions, developments, and processes.

Benefits

• Career development opportunities with an international company.
• Employees may qualify for free medical coverage in the Health Investment Plan PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
• Retirement savings plan with high employer contribution.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Freedom 2 Save student debt program.
• FreeU education benefit offering a path to a bachelor’s degree.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree