Quality Engineer (Electromechanical Medical Device)

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn. 

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for Supplier Quality Management cycle.
• Primary contact with suppliers on all quality related issues during both supplier maintenance & supplier selection process.
• Oversee supplier quality management activities & continuous improvement initiatives with suppliers.
• Plan & lead required supplier audits.
• Establish & maintains supplier quality metrics, scorecards, & trending.
• Generate quality plans & define risk control measures for continuous improvement.
• Conduct Design of Experiments (DOE) & Process Characterization for process optimization &/or improvement by conducting analyses using statistical techniques, including Gage Repeatability & Reproducibility (Gage R&R), Tolerance intervals, & Process Capability assessments with Cp or Cpk Lead or support design activities including design verification, validation, specification setting & justification, test method development, usability engineering, & risk management.
• Plan & conduct product & process verification & validation, including Installation Qualification (IQ), Operational Qualification (OQ), Performance Qualification (PQ), & Process Performance Qualification (PPQ).

Education & Experience

Must possess a Bachelor’s degree in engineering (mechanical, industrial, chemical, electrical), or

other technical discipline. Must have 1 year  of quality engineering work experience in FDA regulated medical device manufacturing environment(s).

If experience required, must have 1 year of related work experience:

1. conducting analyses using statistical techniques, including Gage Repeatability & Reproducibility, Tolerance intervals, & Process Capability assessments;
2. executing Installation Qualification, Operational Qualification, Performance Qualification, & Process Performance Qualification;
3. supporting quality system management, process controls, & Corrective Actions/Preventative Action systems by applying essential quality tools & statistical technique including: 8D, 5-Whys, 6M, SPC, DoE, & Fishbone diagram;
4. reading & interpreting mechanical drawings & GD&T;
5. performing daily assigned tasks in compliance with FDA’s Quality System Regulation (QSR), ISO 13485, ISO 14971, MDR, & MDSAP;
6. performing all tasks according to medical device development life cycles, manufacturing processes  & GMP; &
7. working in a cross-functional team, in a multisite corporation, preparing & delivering reports &/or presentations to scientific & business audiences, including executive team, both orally &  in writing.

Work experience may be gained concurrently.

Salary Range: $108,393.48 - 122,000.00 per year.

Apply online at https://careers.abbvie.com/en send resume to [email protected]. Refer to Req ID: REF41154L

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We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.  This job is eligible to participate in our short-term and long-term incentive programs.

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