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 109,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.
Job Description
A healthy heart is essential to good health. That’s why we’re committed to advancing treatments for people with cardiovascular disease. As a global leader in Cardiac Rhythm Technologies, our breakthrough medical technologies help restore people’s health so they can get back to living their best lives, faster. We focus on innovative technologies that can improve the way doctors treat people with heart arrhythmias, or irregular heartbeats.
Our location in Sylmar, CA, currently has an opportunity for a Sr. Electrical Development Quality Engineer. We are seeking an experienced, high caliber Sr. Electrical Development Quality Engineer. The Electrical Development Quality team is involved in product development, test method validation, design verification and validation (including hands-on test execution), and sustaining design support.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
- Lead on-time completion of Design Control Deliverables
- Drives design quality, reliability, and compliance to standards and regulations
- Brings electrical and hardware expertise to the product development process
- Create and ensure on-time execution of Quality Plans for internal development, OEM-based, Clinical Product Development (CPDP), and design change projects
- Works closely with program teams to ensure timely and accurate completion of Quality deliverables
- Lead Risk Management activities from product Concept through Commercialization
- Accountable for Design Verification and Validation planning & execution, including active cross-functional root-cause analysis investigation & resolution activities
- Work closely with design test and inspection method development, and lead test method validation activities
- Incorporates post-market data into future product development
- Ensure DHF content completion, integrity, and regulatory & standards compliance; collaboratively communicating & resolving gaps
- Responsible for ensuring proper processes and procedures are used, and drives both process and procedural improvements to maintain compliance and increase efficiency
- Exercises judgment in planning and organizing work; monitors performance and reports status.
- Support and ensure internal & external audit responses
- Support and ensure on time product re-certifications
- Support and ensure the establishment of objective, measurable, discrete, and verifiable customer and product requirements
- Support manufacturing process development & qualification for new product commercialization and product changes
- Support and ensure objective component specification definitions, supplied component sampling plan development, and vendor qualifications
- Builds a strong collaborative partnership with Research & Development to ensure cross-functional customer needs are met without creating
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE YOU’LL BRING
Required
- Bachelor level degree in Electrical or Electronics Engineering, System Engineering or equivalent 0-2 years
- Experience with analog/digital circuit design and analysis, plus knowledge of electronic instruments
- Experience with product development (in a Development or Quality role), test method development and validation, test execution, failure analysis and risk management
- Experience with quality systems and standards compliance
- Excellent verbal and written analytical/problem solving, communication, negotiation, interpersonal and presentation skills
- 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
- Advanced personal computing skills, including report writing, and familiarity with common MS Office applications
- Ability to work in a highly matrixed and geographically diverse business environment and able to follow direction
- Ability to work within a team and as an individual contributor in a fast-paced, changing environment
- Ability to leverage and/or engage others to accomplish projects
- Multitasks, prioritizes and meets deadlines in timely manner
- Strong organizational and follow-up skills, as well as attention to detail
- Ability to travel approximately 10%, including internationally
- Ability to maintain regular and predictable attendance
WHAT WE OFFER
At Abbott, you can have a good job that can grow into a great career. We offer:
- A fast-paced work environment where your safety is our priority
- Production areas that are clean, well-lit and temperature-controlled
- 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
Learn more about our benefits that add real value to your life to help you live fully: www.abbottbenefits.com
Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that provides the growth and strength to build your future. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.
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