Quality Engineer I

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.

Working at Abbott

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. Youll 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 Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelors 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 Opportunity

This position works out of our Atlanta, GA location in the Heart Failure Division. In Abbotts Heart Failure (HF) business, were developing solutions to diagnose, monitor and manage heart failure, allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives.

You will provide Process / Quality Engineering support to manufacturing, helping to ensure delivery of highest quality product to the customer. Provide Process / Quality Engineering support to product development teams, helping to ensure development of highest quality new products.

What Youll Work On

Identifies and controls Manufacturing process defects (scrap, nonconforming material, customer complaints) by participating in efforts / teams focused on identifying the primary root causes and implementing corrective and preventative actions.

May be responsible for querying & bounding data to support implementation of complex & documenting release criteria.

Develops product quality plans, documents and systems by creating product specifications, quality specifications and quality plans in conjunction with other product development team members.

May be responsible for creating risk analyses and FMEAs.

Develops Process Monitoring Systems by identifying critical process steps applying methods to reduce process variation in order to reduce / eliminate the cause of defects.

Leads process improvement efforts by identifying methods to capture quality metric data and by performing appropriate analysis methods to enhance sustaining product design and new product development.

Assists in creation of Quality Tools & Training Materials by understanding the limitations of existing quality tools and training materials, and by helping to identify more effective tools & materials.

Cultivates a wide range of internal networks and begins to develop an extensive external network of resources to facilitate completion of tasks.

May lead a project team of moderate scope.

Provides guidance to less experienced staff.

Acts as a mentor to lower level individual contributors.

Influence exerted at peer level and occasionally at first levels of management.

Plans, organizes, and prioritizes own daily work routine to meet established schedule.

Exercises authority and judgment within defined limits to determine appropriate action.

Failure to achieve results or erroneous decisions or recommendations may cause delays in program schedules and may result in the allocation of additional resources.

Required Qualifications

Associate's degree

1+ year of related work experience

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in engineering discipline

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The base pay for this position is $50,000.00 $100,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.