Abbott

Quality Engineer III

Costa Rica - Alajuela
Full-time
Posted Nov 4, 2026

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Skills

Operations
SAP
Six Sigma

Job description

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 Costa Rica – Alajuela 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 will be responsible to work closely with Manufacturing and Engineering on sustaining activities to ensure compliance with the quality system requirements and achievement of Key Performance Indicators (i.e. NCMR’s, MA’s, Yield, Cost Reduction projects, etc.) and support/owns process/product validation activities.

Work closely with Research and Development and Regulatory Affairs personnel (internal or external) to obtained support on sustaining activities and during new product introduction to assure compliance with product and regulatory requirements.

Support of Major Quality System investigations (i.e. CAPAs, HHEs, StopShip, etc.) and audits (External / Internal).

What You’ll Do

•Conduct technical and statistical investigations concerning optimization and compliance to specification.

•Conduct NCMR Investigations, Calibration Out Of Tolerance (OOT) Investigations and Complaint Investigations (MA) related to manufacturing process.

•Support/owns Major Quality System investigations (i.e. CAPAs, HHEs, StopShip, etc.) with minimum mentorship from higher level engineering.

•Supports activities during preparation and execution of audits (External / Internal).

•Executing and authoring IQ, OQ, PQ, and/or PPQ Qualifications and Inspection and Test Method Qualifications, typically with minimum mentorship from higher level engineering.

•Perform supervisor activities to Quality Technicians, if required.

Required Qualifications

•Bachelor´s Degree Engineering.

•2-4 years of experience in Quality or Engineering positions.

•At least 2 years of experience in quality or manufacturing engineering roles.

•Proficiency in computer applications (MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint).

•Knowledge of statistical/data analysis and report writing experience.

•Proficiency in computer applications (MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint).

•Knowledge of statistical/data analysis and report writing experience.

•Experience working on FDA, GMP, and ISO 13485 Regulated environments.

•Experience in process improvement tools such as: Root Cause Analysis, Fishbone, Is/Is Not, Six Sigma or Process Control & Monitoring (SPC), Quality Tools.

•Experience with control of nonconforming material, corrective and preventive actions as investigation owner and/or implementor.

•Knowledge on product and process qualification and validation.

•Intermediate command of English / Required

•Capable of maintain fluent oral communication face to face or by conference.

•Shift- Administrative

Preferred Qualifications

•Experience with SAP.

•ASQ CQE / Six Sigma or similar certification.

•Participation or leading multi-department project teams.

•Experience in supervision role.

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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.

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:

Not specified

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Continuous standing for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Continuous walking for prolonged periods (more than 2 hours at a time in an 8 hour day), Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday), Work in a clean room environment