ABBOTT LABORATORIES Quality Technician II Salary in the United States

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 113,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

About Abbott

Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology.

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. You’ll also have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• Free medical coverage for employees* via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO
• 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 bachelor’s 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 Plymouth, MN 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 Quality Technician II, you have the chance to provide technical assistance to engineering to support Product Performance Engineering (PPE) and manufacturing efforts by investigating returned devices. Also, Implementing corrective and preventative actions. Assists engineers in developing methods and procedures to control or improve manufacturing or product investigation processes

What You’ll Work On

• Provides PPE and manufacturing support by reviewing and analyzing returned devices data to determine manufacturing issues and trends. May also train operators on processes and engineering changes, and perform operator certification on-the-job training and testing
• Identifies, resolves and prevents potential Manufacturing issues by assisting in the determination of root cause and implementing corrective and preventative action; supports activities to track complaint product returns
• Reviews and evaluates dispositions returned devices non-conforming material by utilizing quality tools and by developing knowledge of manufacturing practices and procedures. Identifies and resolves systemic issues based on trends noted during review of non-conforming material
• Supports process development during new product introduction by defining traceability and inspection requirements, developing statistical process control criteria, developing manufacturing instructions, and creating training sheets and certifications. May also train other operators on processes and engineering changes and perform operator certification on-the-job training and testing.
• Provides input to engineering, qualification, and validation studies and reports by collecting, compiling, measuring, organizing and recording data, and by writing procedures. May keep lab notebook

Qualifications

• Two-year degree (preferred) with 4 years related experience or equivalent combination of education and technical work experience.
• Recommends/utilizes/interprets advanced numerical and statistical data and/or computer software programs to present documentation and analysis and resolve complex problems. Will perform this job in a quality system environment. Failure to adequately perform tasks can result in noncompliance with governmental regulations.
• Performs and guides technical activities resulting from self-initiated or assigned programs leading to innovative applications of existing or new products, systems, or technologies having major importance to the department and organization.
• Return/Failure Analysis experience preferred. ASQ or Technician Certification a plus.
• Experience in a regulated environment and clean room experience a plus. Hands-on Medical Device experience preferred.

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  Participants who complete a short wellness assessment qualify for FREE coverage in our HIP PPO medical plan. Free coverage applies in the next calendar year.

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