Quality Engineer 3

**JOB DESCRIPTION:** -------------------- **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 Coyol Free Zone location in the Vascular Division. Abbott Vascular provides innovative, minimally invasive, and cost-effective products for treatment of vascular disease. As the Quality Engineer III, you’ll have the chance apply scientific knowledge, engineering knowledge, mathematics, and ingenuity to complete assignments related to a specific technical field or discipline.  This role will provide Quality support to manufacturing, helping to ensure delivery of the highest quality product to the customer. **What You’ll Do** * Apply quality principles, analyzes quality records, prepares reports and recommends improvements. * Conduct inspection, verification and validation of components or materials used in development processes. * Identify and address recurring problems either with the quality of the product or the reliability of testing procedures. * Interfaces primarily with internal company contacts. * Plans and conducts small size assigned projects within engineering specialty requiring conventional types of plans, investigations, and/or equipment. * Investigates, conducts tests or experiments, gathers data, and performs preliminary analysis. Reports findings. Prepares and communicates recommendations. * Builds relationships. Initiates and cultivates open, honest relationships with colleagues, developing an understanding of others’ needs. * Identifies and Evaluates areas of risk with respect to compliance, Product/Mfg performance, Develops procedures, maintain FMEAs. * Resolves problems, such as production process deviations, non-conformances (CAPA). * Shift: A **Required Qualifications** * Bachelor Degree, engineering, science or closely related discipline is desired, or equivalent technical.  *  4 years of experience in medical device or related industries.  * English​ level (B2) **Preferred Qualifications** * Quality Background desired.  * FDA/ISO regulation knowledge desired.  * Statistic’s knowledge desired.  * Personal skills needed include Accountability, Diligency, Resourcefulness, customer focus. Effective communication skills.  [**Apply Now**](https://www.jobs.abbott/)  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.  Connect with us at [www.abbott.com](http://www.abbott.com/), on Facebook at [www.facebook.com/Abbott](http://www.facebook.com/Abbott) and on Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal.  **The base pay for this position is** N/A In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted. **JOB FAMILY:** --------------- Operations Quality **DIVISION:** ------------- AVD Vascular **LOCATION:** ------------- Costa Rica > Alajuela : AVCR-1 **ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:** ------------------------- **WORK SHIFT:** --------------- Cr09Sal (Costa Rica) **TRAVEL:** ----------- No **MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:** ------------------------- Yes **SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:** -------------------------------- Work in a clean room environment