Supplier Quality Engineer

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 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries. ## **JOB DESCRIPTION:** **Supplier Quality Engineer** **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](https://www.abbott.com/corpnewsroom/strategy-and-strength/tackling-student-debt-for-our-employees.html) student debt program, and [FreeU](https://www.abbott.com/corpnewsroom/strategy-and-strength/college-degree-for-free-its-possible-with-freeu.html) 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 worldwide 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 the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists. **The Opportunity** This position works out of our **Scarborough, ME** location in the **Infectious Disease,** Diagnostics Division. We’re empowering smarter medical and economic decision-making to help transform the way people manage their health at all stages of life. Every day, more than 10 million tests are run on Abbott’s diagnostics instruments, providing lab results for millions of people. The **Supplier Quality Engineer** will help drive supplier quality performance, continuous improvement, and risk mitigation across the supply base. Acts as a key technical contributor partnering across functions to ensure supplier capabilities meet product, regulatory, and business requirements. Leads supplier quality activities and influences outcomes without direct authority. **What You’ll Work On** - Support onboarding of suppliers, including validation and readiness activities - Contribute to supplier improvement plans to address performance gaps - Collaborate with suppliers to improve process capability and product quality - Track supplier quality metrics (PPM, defect rates, yield, escapes) and perform trend analysis - Monitor supplier performance and identify risks and systemic issues - Support supplier reviews and follow-up on improvement actions - Investigate supplier-related defects, incoming issues, and field failures - Own supplier nonconformance management, including containment, resolution, and closure of supplier-related issues - Support root cause analysis and implementation of corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) - Drive and own supplier corrective actions, ensuring timely and effective implementation and verification of effectiveness - Communicate supplier quality issues and track resolution progress - Support development and maintenance of inspection procedures and acceptance criteria - Assist in optimizing incoming inspection strategies based on risk - Provide guidance to inspection teams as needed - Collaborate with Design Engineering, Manufacturing, Procurement, and Quality teams - Provide input to supplier-related quality decisions - Participate in cross-functional problem-solving efforts - Analyze data to identify trends and opportunities for improvement - Own suppliers change management processes, including review, risk assessment, approval, and implementation of supplier-initiated changes **Required Qualifications** - Bachelors in Engineeri…