Development Quality Engineer - Degreed

Title: Development Quality Engineer

Location: Pleasanton, CA

Duration: 7+ Months

Responsibilities:

• The Development Quality Engineer will serve as a technical representative providing design quality expertise to a product development team.
• Responsible for maintaining a strong collaborative partnership with cross-functional team members to achieve patient/user safety, customer satisfaction, and organizational success.
• Lead and/or support on-time completion of Design Control deliverables
• Support the establishment of objective, measurable, and verifiable product requirements
• Support Design Verification and Validation planning & execution, including any cross-functional investigation & resolution activities
• Lead Risk Management activities from product concept through commercialization
• Support test method development and lead test method validation activities
• Support manufacturing process development & qualification for new product and design changes
• Support the establishment of component specification definitions, supplied component sampling plan development, and vendor qualifications
• Support biocompatibility and sterilization qualifications
• Support audits and quality system improvement activities
• Support Company initiatives as identified by management and in support of Quality Management Systems (QMS), Environmental Management Systems (EMS), and regulatory requirements.
• Comply with Abbott, U.S. FDA, EUMDR and other requirements, as applicable.
• Maintain positive and cooperative communications and collaboration with all levels of employees, customers, contractors, and suppliers. Basic Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Technical Field.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in R&D, Process/Manufacturing Engineering, and/or Quality with at least 2 years supporting product development.
• Experience in medical devices and associated regulations/standards.
• Experience in test method development and validation
• Experience in preparing risk assessments, FMEA and other risk documents.
• Advanced Degree in Engineering/Technical Field
• Experience in active implantable medical devices.
• Knowledge of requirements management tools (e.g., DOORS) and use of problem reporting systems (e.g., JIRA).
• Working knowledge of statistics and its application to verification and validation.

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.