Quality Engineering Technician II

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 122,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

Job Title : Quality Engineering Technician II Divisional Information   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. 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 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.

This position works out of our Westfield Indiana location in the Structural Heart Division. Hours are 2:30pm to 11:00pm Mon - Fri, with occasional Saturday overtime. Main Purpose of Role    Provides technical assistance to engineering to support manufacturing efforts by implementing corrective and preventative actions. Assists engineers in developing methods and procedures to control or improve manufacturing processes. What You’ll Work On   • Responsible for compliance with applicable Corporate and Divisional Policies and procedures. • Assists engineering in providing manufacturing support by learning to analyze data and identify manufacturing issues and trends. • May also train operators on basic processes and engineering changes, and perform operator certification on-the-job training and testing. • Assists in identifying Manufacturing issues by working with Engineering to determine root cause and implement corrective and preventative action. • Learns process to disposition non-conforming material by utilizing quality tools and by developing knowledge of manufacturing practices and procedures. • Helps to develop and implement process improvements by assisting Engineering in researching and validating changes inprocesses/equipment and test methods to improve yield and/or reduce cycle time per established procedures. • Assists Engineering in supporting process development during new product introduction by providing input to traceability and inspection requirements, providing input for statistical process control criteria, developing manufacturing instructions, and creating training sheets and certifications. • May also train operators on processes and engineering changes, and perform operator certification on-the-job training and testing. • Assists Engineering with qualification and validation studies & reports by collecting, compiling, measuring, organizing and recording data, and by writing procedures. • May keep lab notebook.

High School Diploma / GED  Minimum 2 years related work experience. Applies broad knowledge of general technical concepts and practices and a general understanding of product or systems fundamentals. Utilizes increased knowledge of numerical and statistical data and computer software programs to resolve non-routine/moderately complex problems. Will perform