Abbott · 6 hours ago
Supplier Quality Engineer II
Plymouth, MN
Full-time
Onsite
Entry, Mid Level
$61K/yr - $123K/yr
2+ years expAbbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. The Supplier Quality Engineer II role is focused on driving improvement and corrective action in the quality of components sourced from outside suppliers, providing technical support in supplier selection, and monitoring supplier performance.
BiotechnologyMedical DeviceHealthcareWellnessManufacturingPharmaceuticalLife ScienceEmergency MedicineGeneticsHealth CareHealth DiagnosticsMedicalNutrition
Responsibilities
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
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree within Science or Engineering or equivalent combination of education and work experience
2-5 years of related work experience with a basic 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
Master's degree preferred
Benefits
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 bachelor’s degree.
Company
Abbott
Abbott is a healthcare company that produces diagnostic kits, medical devices, nutritional products, and branded generic medicines.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$6.79M2011-03-15Post Ipo Debt· $0.1M
2009-03-16Post Ipo Debt· $6.69M
1980-12-12IPO
Leadership Team
Robert Ford
President & Chief Executive Officer
Mike Peterson
Senior Vice President
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