Senior Quality Engineer, Medical Device & Combination Product Quality Systems

Company Description

Abb Vie’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.

• Supports External Audits in Front Room or Back Room lead capacities, demonstrating Abb Vie quality management system compliance to external regulators for ISO 13485 and other country‑specific device audits under MDSAP.
• Conducts Internal Audits to assess the compliance of Abb Vie quality management system in accordance with ISO 13485 and other country‑specific device regulations under MDSAP.
• Serves as Subject Matter Expert in both current and emerging regulations and standards impacting Abb Vie medical device and combination products, performing regulatory compliance assessments to support business decision‑making.
• Serves as Process Owner of QMS process of moderate complexity, advancing process sustainment & improvement independently through effective project management.
• Performs root cause investigation and corrective action planning in response to external and internal audit observations of moderate risk, in collaboration with departmental process owners and subject matter experts.

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in engineering, physical science (e.g. Chemistry), life science (e.g. Microbiology or Biology) or pharmacy and a minimum of 5 years of industry experience in a GXP regulated environment.
• ISO 13485 Lead Auditor certification by a professional body is preferred. Additional accreditation by a professional body is desirable; examples include American Society of Quality (ASQ) Certified Quality Engineer (CQE), Six Sigma Certification, or Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification.
• The role operates with a moderate degree of autonomy & accountability, making independent quality & compliance decisions timely and demonstrating the ability to manage multiple commitments, with the support of other team members and management.

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range.
  
  This range may be modified in the future.
• 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 incentive programs.
• Note:
  
  No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company's sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.

Abb Vie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.