Quality Inspector

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:

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  

This position works out of our Santa Clara, CA location in the Structural Heart Division. Structural Heart Business Mission: Our business purpose is to restore health and improve quality of life by designing and providing device and management solutions for treating structural heart disease. 

 

WHAT YOU’LL DO 

• Responsible for performing in-process and final inspections for materials/components, sub-assemblies, final product, packaging, and labeling. 

• Conduct functional testing as required by component drawings, manufacturing instructions, and/or test instructions. 

• Responsible for receiving inspection activities including but not limited to inspection and gathering all defined requirements and documentation to release parts/components. 

• Understand the capability of measuring tools. Utilize small hand-tools, calibrated instruments, measuring equipment, microscopes and test fixtures. 

• Understand engineering drawings and inspection requirements of components and parts. 

• Review material product specifications to understand the requirements of the components and parts. 

• Document non-conformance report once parts fail specifications or requirements. 

• Read and understand certification of conformance and certification of analysis. 

• Records inspection and test data as prescribed by written instructions and procedures. 

• Work may require collaboration with other Abbott divisions. 

• Recommend improvements to the production process to ensure quality control. 

• Responsible for completing documentation in a timely manner and in accordance with business stan