Title: Software Quality Engineer
Location: Lake Forest, Illinois
Duration: 12 Month
100% On-Site
Job Description
The Sr. Quality Assurance Professional at Abbott Diagnostics is responsible for conducting quality-related activities to ensure delivery of consistent, high-quality documents, services, products, and processes.
Key Responsibilities
- Ensure regulatory compliance of healthcare products
- Define project goals, milestones, and ensure timely completion
- Provide solutions to complex problems that are compliant, innovative, and aligned with organizational objectives
- Lead or contribute to cross-functional projects and influence project direction and scope
- Implement tactical solutions and contribute functional expertise across QA functions
- Communicate effectively with management, peers, and stakeholders
- Provide guidance and training to QA professionals and technicians
- May oversee QA professionals and/or contractors
Quality And Compliance
- Ensure compliance with site, division, and corporate policies and procedures
- Maintain effectiveness of the Quality System, including subsystems and key processes
- Address non-compliance issues promptly
- Demonstrate understanding of industry standards and regulatory requirements
Risk Management
- Evaluate product safety and efficacy and escalate risk-based issues
- Create and review risk management documentation to mitigate risks
- Make independent, compliant decisions within defined parameters
Education And Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
- Minimum 5 years of experience in Quality or a related field (5–10 years preferred)
- Experience in the healthcare industry preferred
- Proven track record of successful project completion and compliance outcomes
Top Skills And Requirements
- Experience with SDLC activities and defect lifecycle management (authoring, reviewing, approving deliverables)
- End-to-end manual and automated testing (functional, regression, UAT)
- Strong quality mindset with ownership of tasks through completion
- Ability to quickly adapt to existing systems and processes
- Working with ALM tools (HP Quality Center)
Preferred Qualifications
- Knowledge of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
- Experience with cloud-based software applications
- Understanding of cybersecurity standards
- Familiarity with Agile development methodologies
Consultants Eligible Benefits Upon Waiting Period
- Medical and Prescription Drug Plans
- Dental Plan
- Vision Plan
- Health Savings Account (for High-Deductible Health Plans)
- Flexible Spending Accounts (Health, Limited Purpose, Dependent Care, Commuter Parking and Commuter Transit)
- Supplemental Life Insurance
- Short Term Disability (coverage varies by state)
- Long Term Disability
- Critical Illness, Hospital coverage, Accident Insurance
- MetLife Legal, MetLife ID Fraud, and MetLife Pet Insurance
- 401(k)
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, nutritional and branded generic medicines.
Working together, Abbott and Talent Solutions partner to deliver top talent for contingent roles at Abbott, building better and healthier lives. Abbott believes all employees are essential to creating life-changing breakthroughs, performing key duties to create life-changing breakthroughs.
