Engineer II, Supplier Quality Assurance

Company: Abbott Laboratories
Location: Pleasanton
Posted on: April 1, 2025

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.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 student debt program, and 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 OpportunityThis position works out of our Pleasanton, CA location in the Heart Failure division.What You'll Work On
  • Contributes to the development, maintenance and improvement of division supplier development quality program policies, procedures and forms.
  • May provide coaching, and mentoring for technical team personnel.
  • Provides guidance and training to Purchasing, R&D, Manufacturing and Quality engineers in applying program requirements.
  • Reviews and approves all supplied product drawings and component quality plans.
  • Manages development of supplied product inspection procedures and first article requirements.
  • Provides engineering guidance to division Receiving Inspection including statistical analysis, measurement techniques, Gage R&R studies and inspection procedures.
  • Assesses supplier capabilities through direct visits, technical discussions, directed testing and quality system audits.
  • Proactively communicates quality issues to suppliers as needed through supplier quality system audits, supplier corrective action requests and technical discussions.
  • Participates and provides engineering ownership for all supplied product Non-Conforming Material Reviews.
  • Contributes and participates in supplier performance reviews.
  • Evaluates and develops Supplied Data Agreement partnerships with suppliers.
  • Applies sound engineering analysis and judgment to reduce the need for inspection in accordance to program policies.
  • Works with Manufacturing engineering to assess and address purchased product issues.
  • Applies sound, systematic problem-solving methodologies in identifying, prioritizing, communicating, and resolving quality issues.
  • Designs and conducts experiments for process optimization and/or improvement.
  • Participates in or leads teams in supporting Supplier Development Quality program requirements (e.g., represents the Supplier Development Quality function as a Core Team Member).
  • Complies with 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.Required Qualifications
    • Associates Degree.
    • Minimum 1 year experience.Preferred Experience
      • Knowledge of FDA, GMP, ISO 13485, and ISO 14971.
      • Bachelor's degree.Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: 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.Connect with us at , on Facebook at , and on Twitter @AbbottNews.The base pay for this position is $79,500.00 - $138,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.
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