**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 will have access to:
- Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
- 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 Alajuela, 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 Sr Supply Quality Engineer, you'll be responsible for activities related to supplier selection and evaluation, material qualification, supplier performance and receiving inspection. Contribute to the development, establishment and maintenance of supplier quality engineering methodologies, systems and practices which meet Abott and regulatory requirements. This position will be responsible of the personnel facilitation, training and development.
**What You'll Do**
- Contributes to the development, maintenance and improvement of Abbott supplier development quality program policies, procedures and forms.
- May provide mentoring for team personnel.
- Supervises personnel and supports the work, projects and tasks associated with quality systems for the different business units.
- Reviews and approves all supplied product drawings and component quality plans.
- Manages development of supplied product inspection procedures and first article requirements.
- ** Shift Administrative**
**Required Qualifications**
- B.S. in Engineering or Technical field (STEM careers).
- 5-7 years of experience, with preferably 3+ years in quality engineering roles. Preferrable in supplier quality engineering roles.
- Prior medical device experience.
- Demonstrated use of Quality tools/methodologies, such as: (Root Cause Analysis, Fishbone, Is/Is Not, etc.), Six Sigma or Process Control & Monitoring (SPC).
- Knowledge of FDA, GMP, QSR CFR 21 Part 820 and ISO 13485.
- Experience implementing various product and process improvement methodologies, such as Lean Manufacturing.
- Technical writing Experience.
- Quality Auditor training for ISO 13485 or 9001.
- Ability to travel approximately 10-40%, including internationally.
- ** Fully Bilingual (English and Spanish)**
**Preferred Qualifications**
- Master's Degree is a plus.
- Demonstrated supervisory experience.
- ASQ CQE, CQA or CSQP certification.
- Previous Supplier Quality engineering or Receiving Inspection experience.
- Experience with SAP (or ERP system) in supply chain modules.
Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.