Abbott

Senior Engineer Supplier Quality

Abbott$78K — $156K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in related field or equivalent combination of education and work experience; Master's Degree preferred
  • Minimum 6 years of relevant work experience
  • Strong understanding of quality system environments and technical principles
  • Ability to assess supplier capabilities for technical, quality, and manufacturing
  • Knowledge of business unit functions and cross-group relationships
  • Demonstrated problem-solving skills with diverse scope analysis
  • Competence in evaluating and disposing of material defects

Responsibilities

  • Assess potential suppliers for their manufacturing and quality capabilities
  • Provide technical support for introducing new supplier components
  • Develop and maintain procedures for incoming inspections
  • Train inspectors on proper inspection procedures
  • Generate test protocols and approve supplier components for product use
  • Analyze incoming material defects and initiate corrective actions
  • Investigate supplier-related field failures and develop improvement plans

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and wellness benefits
  • Support for a secure work-life balance
  • Opportunities for professional development
  • Access to innovative technologies and products
  • Collaborative work environment focused on quality improvement
Full Job Description
JOB DESCRIPTION:

Job Title

Sr. Engineer Supplier Quality

We are seeking a high caliber Senior Engineer Supplier Quality. This position works out of our Temecula, CA location in the AVD Vascular division.

Abbott Vascular provides innovative, minimally invasive, and cost-effective products for treatment of vascular disease.

The Senior Engineer Supplier Quality drives improvement and corrective action in the quality of components sourced from outside suppliers. Provides technical support in the selection of suppliers. Develops acceptance criteria for materials. Monitors supplier performance to drive supplier corrective action, manufacturing yield issues and field failures.

What You'll Work On
  • Assess potential new suppliers for technical, quality and manufacturing capabilities.
  • Provides technical support for the introduction of components from a new supplier.
  • Generates and maintains incoming inspection procedures.
  • Trains inspectors to these procedures.
  • Develops and/or sources inspection tools and equipment.
  • Assists in generating component specifications.
  • Generates test protocols, monitor testing, issue qualification test reports and approve components for use in products.
  • Provides input to Design Engineering on new component technology and assist in component selection with quality and reliability analysis.
  • Analyzes incoming material defects.
  • Dispositions and drives corrective action as necessary.
  • Communicates issues to suppliers.
  • Reviews new design specifications and provides input from component quality and manufacturability perspective.
  • Investigates field failures related to supplier materials.
  • Develop corrective action plan where necessary.
  • May supervise inspectors.


Education And Experience You'll Bring
  • Bachelors Degree Related field OR an equivalent combination of education and work experience. Master's Degree Preferred
  • Minimum 6 years related work experience with a strong understanding of specified functional area.
  • Wide application of technical principles, practices, and procedures.
  • Strong understanding of business unit function and cross group dependencies/relationships.
  • Will perform this job in a quality system environment.
  • Failure to adequately perform tasks can result in noncompliance with governmental regulations.
  • Works on problems of diverse scope where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors.
  • Exercises judgment within generally defined practices and policies in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions.
  • Has a sound knowledge of various technical alternatives and their impact.


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Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: www.abbottbenefits.com

The base pay for this position is
$78,000.00 - $156,000.00
In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

JOB FAMILY:
Operations Quality

DIVISION:
AVD Vascular

LOCATION:
United States > Temecula : Building E - TE

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

WORK SHIFT:
Standard

TRAVEL:
Yes, 10 % of the Time

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:
No

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:
Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Continuous standing for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day)

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