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.

Senior Engineer Supplier Quality, this position will provide support in Structural Heart division, based in Caguas, Puerto Rico.

About Abbott

Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology.

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 will have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.

• Health Insurance (starting on Day 1 of employment), Savings Plan (401K) with company match, Life insurance for you and your spouse/children, Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability, Education Assistance, Employee Assistance Program, Vacation, Sick, Personal Days.

• 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

This position works out of our Structural Heart, will be based in Puerto Rico. Our business purpose is to restore health and improve quality of life through the design and provision of device and management solutions for the treatment of structural heart disease.

As Senior Engineer Supplier Quality you will lead receiving inspection activities for assigned site and maintain incoming inspection quality records.  Supervise incoming inspection personnel. Provide support on Incoming Inspection activities related projects and tasks for the assigned site. Manage supplier non-conformance, corrective action, supplier change request system and provide support on required supplier quality activities.

What You’ll Do

• Coordinates quality incoming inspections and release for assigned site assuring that all required testing are accurate and completed in compliance with established procedures and regulations.

• Generate, monitor and close Supplier Corrective Actions and maintain Supplier Corrective Action database.

• Evaluate and approve Supplier Evaluation Plans and Components Quality Plans according to established procedures. )

• Verify corrective action effectiveness and establish quality inspection plans.

• Manage supplier related investigation, as needed, regarding in-process and incoming inspection testing and product release nonconforming events.

• Supervise incoming inspectors. Monitor attendance and inspection productivity output per time standard. Establishes and monitor SCARS and presents results to management.

• Perform supplier change activities, supplier changes Validations (Protocols and Reports) and new Incoming Inspection equipment Validations as required.

• Ensure compliance with procedures and all applicable regulatory agency requirements.

• Other duties as assigned.

​Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering.

• 5 years' experience as Quality Supplier Assurance and/or general Quality Operational Roles.

• Experience in the Pharmaceutical or Medical Device Industry (preferred).

• Supervisory skills required.

• Prior experience in quality inspection areas

• Excellent knowledge of related regulations (QRS, ISO and FDA 820 sections).

• Proficiency in computer skills (Microsoft Office) with good knowledge of statistics techniques, sampling plan programs and component drawing’s interpretation and Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) knowledge.

• English and Spanish advanced.

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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 $66,000.00 – $132,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.