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Instrument Quality Engineer

South Portland, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 13 Jan 2026

💰 $122,700/yr($61,300/yr – $122,700/yr)

About the role

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 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Instrument 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 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 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

Abbott Rapid Diagnostics is part of Abbott’s Diagnostics family of businesses, bringing together exceptional teams of experts and industry leading technologies to support diagnostic testing which provides important information for treatment and management of diseases and other conditions.

Instrument Quality Engineer

Location: South Portland, ME
Business Unit: Infectious Disease Developed Markets

About the Role

Join our team as an Instrument Quality Engineer and play a key role in maintaining and improving our quality system. This position offers an opportunity to work on critical processes that ensure product excellence and compliance.

What You’ll Do

In this role, you will assist with the administration of, and ensure compliance in maintaining the quality system and may be responsible for one or more of the following processes:

Batch Release
Complaint Coordination
Metric Maintenance
Surveillance Program
Testing Program
Document Control
Exception Report and CAPA System
Batch and Sample Retention and Maintenance

What You'll Work On

Actively monitor Third-Party Manufacturers’ data and Support areas for compliance with internal Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and relevant regulatory requirements (cGMP, ISO).
Review GMP-related documentation for compliance, including batch records and associated manufacturing, testing, and release data; validation protocols and reports; labels; product specifications; and additional documentation as required.
Participate in the Corrective Action/Preventive Action (CAPA) process, including investigations of failures or deviations in the Manufacturing area, as needed.
Maintain product complaint logs to identify and report recurring issues to Quality Assurance management and product development. Collaborate with internal teams to address product inquiries and issues.
Write and revise SOPs, controlled forms, and related documents to ensure best practices and alignment with current operations.
Collaborate with members of the Quality Assurance team on special projects.
Participate on permanent and temporary process- or project-driven teams.
Develop familiarity and subject matter expertise in electronic support systems such as TraqWise, GQMS, Team Center, Compliance Wire.
Collect, analyze, and publish quality metrics.
Provide data to support budgetary submissions.
Assist with other support duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications