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.

Sr. Specialist Quality Assurance Engineer - Williamson 

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. You’ll 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 bachelor’s 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  

The Sr. Specialist Quality Assurance Engineer will onduct quality-related activities to deliver consistent; high quality documents; services; products and processes.  

This is a 5 days/week onsite opportunity based out of Alameda, CA. 

What You’ll Work On 

Defines project goals and milestones. Responsible for timely project completion. 

Provides solutions to a wide range of difficult problems. Ensures that solutions are compliant, innovative, thorough, practical and consistent with organizational objectives. 

May lead projects with cross-functional or broader scope. Interacts effectively with employees, manager, and cross-functional peers. May represent own team while on cross-functional project teams with other functional leaders. Provides guidance and trains other Professionals and Technicians. May provide oversight to one or more QA professionals and/or contractors. 

Communicates confidently and effectively with management, peers, and key stakeholders. 

Implements tactical solutions related to assignment. Able to contribute functional skills and expertise broadly. Directly influences project direction and scope. Scope includes one or more QA functions, with general knowledge of other related disciplines. 

Quality System Compliance  

Demonstrates good, general understanding of the standards and regulatory bodies that regulate our industry. Ensures compliance to site level policies and procedures and demonstrates a solid understanding of Division and Corporate policies and procedures by promptly addressing noncompliance issues within Division and Corporation as appropriate. 

Ensures adherence and maintains the effectiveness of the Quality System, including the Subsystems and Key processes that govern the area by promptly addressing non-compliance issues. 

Risk Management  

Ensures evaluation of product safety and efficacy and elevation of risk-based issues. 

Creates and reviews risk management documentation to reduce or eliminate risk. 

Makes independent decisions within defined parameters while assuring that these decisions are compliant with site level policies and procedures and are aligned with the appropriate quality system. 

Provides solutions to a wide range of problems. Solutions are compliant, innovative, thorough, practical and consistent with organizational objectives. 

Ensures compliant documentation in area of responsibility. 

Quality Engineering - Applies solid understanding of quality system elements from product inception through launch. 

While recognizing project interdependencies and with minimal oversight, leads complex quality discussions across various departments including, as needed, external suppliers. 

Ensures compliant documentation; carrying out tasks related to area of responsibility with management oversight. Decisions may have short and long term impact. 

Receives general direction and exercises considerable discretion to own work detail.  

Recommends possible solutions. 

Represents the site as an SME or Process Community Member 

Identifies critical parameters associated with change 

Provides guidance and trains other professionals and technicians 

Complaint Evaluation  

Investigates complex complaints with little management oversight. 

Required Qualifications 

Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, Engineering, or a related discipline. 

Minimum of 5 years of experience in Quality or a related field. Candidates with an advanced degree (Master’s or Ph.D.) may qualify with less experience. 

An equivalent combination of education and relevant work experience will also be considered.  

Preferred Qualifications 

Preferred experience in the Healthcare industry.   

Has a history of completing successful projects and driving positive compliance outcomes 

Apply Now 

Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives:  www.abbottbenefits.com  

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. 

Connect with us at www.abbott.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott, and on Twitter @AbbottNews. 

Divisional Information 

Medical Devices 

General Medical Devices:  

Our medical devices help more than 10,000 people have healthier hearts, improve quality of life for thousands of people living with chronic pain and movement disorders, and liberate more than 500,000 people with diabetes from routine fingersticks. 

Diabetes 

We’re focused on helping people with diabetes manage their health with life-changing products that provide accurate data to drive better-informed decisions. We’re revolutionizing the way people monitor their glucose levels with our new sensing technology. 

The base pay for this position is $98,000.00 – $196,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.