Quality Engineer II - Risk Management

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

We are seeking an experienced, Quality Engineer II - Risk Management who will work closely with cross functional teams to establish and ensure compliance and quality for product related risk management documentation.   Perform risk assessments and evaluations for products that conform to established standards and agency regulations.

What You’ll Work On :

• Perform risk evaluations associated with post market data, give guidance to risk evaluations for product development.
• Perform Health Hazard and Regulatory Risk Evaluations.
• Works cross functionally with development/manufacturing/quality/regulatory/clinical to establish product risk documentation
• Demonstrates compliance with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations, other regulatory requirements, Company policies, operating procedures, processes, and task assignments.
• Maintains positive and cooperative communications and collaboration with all levels of employees, customers, and contractors.
• Proactive in finding quality improvements related to Risk Management processes.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in an in Engineering or related field.
• Minimum 2 years or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• Must possess good communication and analytical skills.
• Ability to work under deadlines.
• Strong project management and leadership skills, including the demonstrated ability to lead multi-departmental project teams and resolve quality-related issues in a timely and effective manner.
• Demonstrates technical leadership within the department and outside the department.
• Ability to work in a highly matrixed and geographically diverse business environment
• Ability to leverage and/or engage others to accomplish projects
• Strong organizational and follow-up skills, as well as attention to detail.
• Ability to travel, including internationally.

Preferred Qualifications

• Preferably in an Implantable Medical device, regulatory environment or pharmaceutical manufacturing. Preferred understanding of complaint management and Health Hazard Assessments for on-market (distributed) product.
• Credentials of a Certified Quality Engineer are a plus.
• Knowledge of GMP, ISO, FDA regulations, and quality systems auditing is desired.

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