Development Quality Engineer II

Job Title: Development Quality Engineer II

Location: 177 East County Rd B - Woodridge St. Paul, MN USA 55117

Duration: 10+ months 

Work Arrangement: 100% Onsite

Summary

As the Quality Engineer II, you’ll have the chance to assure products, processes, and quality records conform to quality standards and establish compliance within Abbott's quality system. We need you to be responsible for maintaining a strong collaborative partnership with multi-functional teams. Help facilitate success by protecting patient safety and meeting business needs. You will be involved in nonconformance and complaint investigation management, including root cause problem solving and providing event information to our various business partners (e.g. Regulatory, Quality Engineering).

Position will be primarily out of the Plymouth site with possible occassional travel to Minnetonka

What You’ll Work On

• Follows all regulations and standards for quality, Environmental, Health, Safety, and Energy (EHS&E) Global Policies, Abbott engineering standards, and other governance areas as applicable.
• Implements and maintains the effectiveness of the Quality System.
• Identifies areas of risk with respect to compliance to internal and external requirements.
• Completes Non-conformance, CAPA, and complaint investigations and offers multiple solutions to issues with clear advantages and disadvantages.
• Influences key partners to develop and maintain QA procedures, forms, and systems.
• Leads meetings and communications for QA system information, concerns, and updates.
• Help drive standard methodologies for data trending and tracking and identification of manufacturing related complaints in alignment with Abbott goals.
• Follows 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.
• Performs other related duties and responsibilities, on occasion, as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor level degree in Engineering, Technical Field, or equivalent (advanced degree preferred)
• 2-5 years technical experience
• Previous Quality assurance/engineering experience and use of Quality tools/methodologies
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Advanced computer skills, including statistical/data analysis and report writing skills
• Ability to work within a team and as an individual contributor in a dynamic, changing environment.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with ability to effectively communicate at multiple levels in the organization.
• Multitasks, prioritizes and meets deadlines in timely manner.
• Excellent organizational and follow-up skills, as well as attention to detail.

Preferred Qualifications

• Detailed knowledge of FDA, GMP, and ISO 13485
• ASQ CQT, CQE, CQA certification
• Six Sigma root cause analysis/problem solving training and experience

Consultants Eligible Benefits Upon Waiting Period:

• Medical and Prescription Drug Plans
• Dental Plan
• Vision Plan
• Health Savings Account (for High-Deductible Health Plans)
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Health, Limited Purpose, Dependent Care, Commuter Parking and Commuter Transit)
• Supplemental Life Insurance
• Short Term Disability (coverage varies by state)
• Long Term Disability
• Critical Illness, Hospital coverage, Accident Insurance
• MetLife Legal, MetLife ID Fraud, and MetLife Pet Insurance
• 401(k)

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, nutritional and branded generic medicines.

Working together, Abbott and Talent Solutions partner to deliver top talent for contingent roles at Abbott, building better and healthier lives. Abbott believes all employees are essential to creating life-changing breakthroughs, performing key duties to create life-changing breakthroughs.