New · posted Nov 1
Abbott · Medical Devices
Associate Quality Engineer
- Irving, TX
- On-site
- Full-time
- Associate & Specialist
The role
- Will be an onsite position at our Irving, TX office.
Associate Quality Engineer will provide Process/Quality Engineering support to manufacturing, helping to ensure delivery of highest quality products to the customer. Provide Process/Quality Engineering support to product development teams, helping to ensure development of highest quality new products.
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 122,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.
What you need
Required Qualifications
- 0 - 2 years of related work experience with a basic understanding of specified functional area, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: www.abbottbenefits.com
Connect with us at www.abbott.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott and on Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal.
What you'll do
What You’ll Work On
- Responsible for following compliance from Corporate and Divisional Policies and procedures.
- Owns basic exception / CAPA activities with management oversight.
- Implements minor changes through change management system and may support major change implementation.
- Develops Process Monitoring Systems by identifying critical process steps applying methods to reduce process variation to reduce/eliminate the cause of defects. Assist Product/Process improvement efforts (e.g). scrap, nonconforming product, customer complains) by systematically gathering quality metric data and by assisting in the appropriate analysis methods to enhance sustaining product design.
- Leads process improvement efforts to enhance sustaining product design and new product development.
- Assists in creation of Quality Tools & Training Materials identifying more effective tools & materials.
- Cultivates a wide range of internal networks and begins to develop an extensive external network of resources to facilitate completion of tasks.
- Plans, organizes, and prioritizes own daily work routine to meet established schedule.
- Exercises judgment within defined limits to determine appropriate action.
Pay and benefits
$50,700 – $101,300 a year
Employer providedThe base pay for this position is
$50,700.00 – $101,300.00
In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.
Free medical coverage option through Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO
Retirement savings plan with high employer contribution
Tuition reimbursement
Freedom 2 Save student debt program
FreeU education benefit
Career development
Where you'll work
Irving, TXOn-siteOpen in Maps (opens in a new tab)
More jobs in Irving, TXWorking conditions
Standard
TRAVEL
No
MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE
Not Applicable
JOB FAMILY
Operations Quality
DIVISION
CRLB Core Lab
LOCATION
United States > Irving : LC-8
From the posting
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.
Our diagnostic solutions are used in hospitals, laboratories, and clinics around the globe. The crucial information derived from our tests, instruments and informatics systems are often the first step in patient care decision making for hundreds of health conditions from heart attacks to blood disorders to infectious diseases and cancers.
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’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 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 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.
Equal opportunity, accessibility and legal noticesAbbott's statements, word for word
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.
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Job intelligence
The context around this role
Live data · November 1, 2026
Salary intelligence
How the pay compares
This role's midpoint is 5% below the US median for Quality Assurance roles at this level.
This roleEmployer provided
Associate & Specialist roles in Texas6 roles publishing pay
Associate & Specialist roles in the US192 roles publishing pay
| Annual base pay | Low | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| This role | $50,700 | — | $101,300 |
| Texas (middle half) | $73,750 | $77,250 | $90,500 |
| All US (middle half) | $59,000 | $80,000 | $95,125 |
This role: Abbott's own published range. Comparisons: the base pay employers published on open Quality Assurance roles at the same level on Regulatory Jobs, November 1, 2026. Nothing is estimated.
Career trajectory
Where this role sits in Quality Assurance
The general path across 971 open Quality Assurance roles on Regulatory Jobs, with the titles they carry most. Not Abbott's own promotion track.
Career resources on Quality Assurance
Skills DNA
What this role leans on
How many of the posting's 15 duty, requirement and summary lines touch each area. The posting's emphasis, not a proficiency score.
- Collaboration and leadership4
- Investigations and CAPA2
- Quality systems and risk2
- GMP and compliance1
- Lab testing and methods1
- Documentation and SOPs1
- Data and digital systems1
Company hiring pulse
Abbott on Regulatory Jobs
- 108
- Open roles
- 98
- Distinct roles
- 32
- Locations
By discipline
- Quality61 56%
- Regulatory30 28%
- Clinical16 15%
By level
- Senior & Principal50 46%
- Associate & Specialist33 31%
- Manager21 19%
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Associate Quality Engineer at Abbott
Open until filled. $51K–$101K a year, employer provided.