Senior Development Quality Engineer
Senior Development Quality Engineer
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$ 86700 - 173300
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Job Description
JOB DESCRIPTION:
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. 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 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 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 Menlo Park CA location in the Structural Heart division. 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 the Senior Development Quality Engineer youll be responsible for ensuring that risk management is effectively implemented throughout the product life cycle. This position provides oversight and guidance for application of Risk Management principles ensuring that Risk Management requirements are built into the quality system processes and procedures and execution of risk management decisions and activities. The ideal candidate has significant experience in creating new Risk Management documents andrevising existing risk-related documents as part of post-production activities.
What Youll Work On
- Product Usability/Human Factors Engineering
- Manufacturing Process Control/Inspection Planning developing direct and indirect control points to inspect products in production and assure specifications can be met before final release
- Test Method Development/Validation
- Design Verification/Validation
- Corrective and Preventative Action (CAPA)
- May be responsible for identifying issues requiring data queries & bounding to implement complex product stops & develop release criteria.
- Develops and implements product quality plans documents and systems by creating product specifications quality specifications quality plans risk analyses FMEAs in conjunction with other product development team members.
- Develops and implements Process Monitoring Systems by identifying critical process and devising methods to reduce process variation in order to reduce/eliminate the cause of defects.
- Creates Quality Tools & Training Materials by understanding the limitations of existing quality tools and training materials by identifying & implementing more effective tools & materials and by communicating new tools/materials to respective teams.
- Ensure compliance to product specific standards cGMP QSR US FDA ISO IEC UL EN and MDD/MDR requirements and solid understanding of the application of ISO 13485/14971
- Perform and guide risk management activities to drive collaborative discussions on appropriate mitigation strategies.
- Conducts special analyses and projects as required.
- Resolves and/or facilitates resolution of problems including identifying causes to prevent re-occurrence.
- Performs other related duties and responsibilities on occasion as assigned.
- Maintains risk documentation and establishes procedures that affect department.
Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in an applicable engineering discipline with 5 plus years of progressively more responsible work experience in quality assurance and design related to medical devices preferably in electro-mechanical and implantable medical devices (class III and IV).
- Minimum of 5 years experience of Risk Management in the Medical Device or Pharmaceutical Industry preferably focused on complaint management and Health Hazard Assessments for on-market (or distributed) product.
- Strategic thinking in the inter-relationship between product and user-focused risk management and device design and development.
- Experienced in ISO EU and FDA regulations standards and guidance as applicable to risk management and device design.
- Appropriate Science or Engineering Degree.
- Excellent verbal and written communicator; clear and concise in communications with internal and external partners.
- Desired: An advanced credential in a relevant discipline/concentration. Professional certification or designation such as CQE CSQE CRE and/or CMQ/OE.
- Ability to work in a highly matrixed and geographically diverse business environment.
- Strong leadership skills including the ability to set goals and provide positive and constructive feedback respectfully to build positive relationships and improve business results.
- Ability to work effectively within a team in a fast-paced changing environment.
- Strong verbal and written communications with ability to effectively communicate at multiple levels in the organization.
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The base pay for this position is
$86700.00 $173300.00In specific locations the pay range may vary from the range posted.
JOB FAMILY:
Operations Quality
DIVISION:
SH Structural Heart
LOCATION:
United States > Menlo Park : 3885 Bohannon Drive
ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:
WORK SHIFT:
Standard
TRAVEL:
No
MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:
Not Applicable
SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:
Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day) Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.
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Employment Type
Full-Time
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