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.
Abbott Vascular provides innovative, minimally invasive and cost-effective products for treatment of vascular disease. Our extensive portfolio includes drug-eluting stents, bare metal stents, guide wires, balloon dilatation catheters, imaging catheters and software, vessel closure devices and peripheral stents.
Our location in Westford, MA currently has an opportunity for a Supplier Quality Engineer .
Supplier Quality Engineer 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 DO
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.
Generate test protocols, monitor testing, issue qualification test reports and approve components for use in products.
Provide input to Design Engineering on new component technology and assist in component selection with quality and reliability analysis.
Analyzes incoming material defects.
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. Dispositions and drives corrective action as necessary.
May supervise inspectors.
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.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE YOU’LL BRING
Required
Bachelors Degree in related field or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
Minimum 2 years of related work experience with a good understanding of specified functional area.
Working technical knowledge and application of concepts, practices and procedures.
General understanding of business unit / group function.
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 moderate scope where analysis of situations or data requires a review of identifiable factors.
Exercises judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action.
Has a broad knowledge of technical alternatives and an understanding of their impact on the systems environment.
Preferred
Experience in Medical Device industry managing suppliers
Experience with Process Validation and manufacturing
ASQ CQE certification preferred
Experience with driving improvements through CAPA
WHAT WE OFFER
At Abbott, you can have a good job that can grow into a great career. We offer :
Training and career development , with onboarding programs for new employees and tuition assistance
Financial security through competitive compensation, incentives and retirement plans
Health care and well-being programs including medical, dental, vision, wellness and occupational health programs
Paid time off
401(k) retirement savings with a generous company match
The stability of a company with a record of strong financial performance and history of being actively involved in local communities
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