Job Description

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.

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 QUALITY ENGINEER. In this role you will provide Process/Quality Engineering support to manufacturing, helping to ensure delivery of highest quality product to the customer and provide support to product development teams, helping to ensure development of highest quality new products.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

•  Identify and control Manufacturing process defects (scrap, nonconforming material, customer complaints) by participating in efforts/teams focused on identifying the primary root causes and implementing corrective and preventative actions. May be responsible for querying & bounding data to support implementation of complex & documenting release criteria.

• Develop product quality plans, documents and systems by creating product specifications, quality specifications and quality plans in conjunction with other product development team members. May be responsible for creating risk analyses and FMEAs.

• Develop Process Monitoring Systems by identifying critical process steps applying methods to reduce process variation in order to reduce/eliminate the cause of defects. 

• Lead process improvement efforts by identifying methods to capture quality metric data and by performing appropriate analysis methods to enhance sustaining product design and new product development. 

• Assist in creation of Quality Tools & Training Materials by understanding the limitations of existing quality tools and training materials, and by helping to identify more effective tools & materials. 

• May lead a project team of moderate scope. Provide guidance to less experienced staff. Act as a mentor to lower level individual contributors. Influence exerted at peer level and occasionally at first levels of management. 

• Plan, organize, and prioritize own daily work routine to meet established schedule. 

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE YOU’LL BRING

REQUIRED

• Bachelor's degree plus 2 - 5+ years of related work experience with a good understanding of specified functional area, or Master's degree with 0-2 years of related work experience, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience

Minimum Experience / Training Required (Technical/Business Knowledge )

• Working technical knowledge and application of concepts, practices and procedures. 

• General 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.; 

• Work on problems of moderate scope where analysis of situations or data requires a review of identifiable factors.  

• Exercise judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action.

•  Have a broad knowledge of technical alternatives and an understanding of your impact on the systems environment.

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

• Production areas that are clean, well-lit and temperature-controlled

• 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

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 * Participants who complete a short wellness assessment qualify for FREE coverage in our HIP PPO medical plan. Free coverage applies in the next calendar year.