Job Title
Assoc. Quality Engineer
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 of which you dream.
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
We are seeking an Associate Quality Engineer to work at our Temecula, CA location in our Vascular division.
The Associate Quality Engineer provides process/quality engineering support to manufacturing, helping to ensure delivery of highest quality product to the customer. Provides process/quality engineering support to product development teams, helping to ensure development of highest quality new products.
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.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
Core Job Responsibilities Responsible for compliance with applicable Corporate and Divisional Policies and procedures.
Learns to identify Manufacturing process defects (scrap, nonconforming material, customer complaints) by dispositioning nonconforming material, assisting in identification of primary root causes and understanding corrective and preventative actions. May be responsible for working with process owner to bound product stops and document release criteria.
Gains understanding of product quality plans, documents and systems by reviewing product specifications, quality specifications, and working with quality systems. May be responsible for learning risk analyses and FMEAs.
Learns Process Monitoring Systems by becoming familiar with systems applications and critical process steps; and through familiarization with methods used to reduce process variation.
Becomes familiar with Product/Process improvement efforts by understanding current quality metric data and learning the various analysis methods used to enhance sustaining product design and new product development.
Learns Quality Tools & Training Materials by gaining knowledge of prevalent tools used and by reviewing & utilizing available training materials.
(Supervision Received) Work is closely supervised. Follows specific, detailed instructions.
(Influence/Leadership) Begins developing a network of internal resources to facilitate completion of tasks. Individual influence is typically exerted at the peer level.
(Planning/Organization) Completes daily work to meet established schedule with guidance from supervisor on prioritization of tasks.
(Decision Making/Impact) May exercise authority within pre-established limits and approval. Failure to achieve results can normally be overcome without serious effect on schedules and programs.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE YOU’LL BRING
Required Experience
Bachelors degree plus 0-2+ years of related work experience with a basic understanding of specified functional area, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
Minimum Experience / Training
Basic technical knowledge of concepts, practices and procedures. Limited 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.
Learns to use professional concepts and company policies and procedures to solve routine problems. Works on problems of limited scope. Minimal independent decision making.
Please note that the salary range listed is our full grade range. We usually hire based on the mid-point.
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Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.
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The base pay for this position is
$50,700.00 – $101,300.00In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.
Job details are sourced from the employer's original posting.
Open job postingAbout the company
Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc. is a company involved in the cardiovascular systems industry.