{"id":1129199,"url":"https://alion.io/job/abbott-laboratories-supplier-quality-engineer-iii","title":"Supplier Quality Engineer III","company":{"id":2710,"name":"Abbott Laboratories","domain":"abbott.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/abbott","size_band":"5000+","is_staffing_agency":false,"is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Workday","truth_index":{"grade":"A","score":100,"open_postings":88,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0,"repost_share":0.023,"time_to_fill_p50_days":15,"computed_at":"2026-09-24T05:45:00Z"}},"role":"Industrial Engineering","role_family":"Industrial Engineering","seniority":"middle","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Alajuela, Costa Rica"],"countries":["CR"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":69000,"max_usd":147000,"period":"year","method":"global_role_cell_scaled_by_country","sample_n":1761},"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-22T00:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-22","last_verified_at":"2026-09-24T12:45:49Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":2,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":2},"description":"JOB DESCRIPTION:\nAbout Abbott\nAbbott 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.\nWorking at Abbott\nAt 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:\nCareer development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.\nA 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.\nA 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.\nThe Opportunity\nThis position works out of ourAlajuela location in the Vascular Division. Abbott Vascular provides innovative, minimally invasive, and cost-effective products for treatment of vascular disease.\nAs the Supplier Quality Engineer III, you’ll have the chance to drive improvement in the quality of components and services sourced from external suppliers. Provides technical support in theselectionand evaluation of suppliers, monitors supplier performance to drive supplier corrective action, manufacturing yieldissuesand field failures.\nAsrequired,supervisestheactivities,manpowerandresourceswithinthefunctionalareatoensuresupportisprovidedtomeetthedepartmentandcompanygoals.\nWhat You’ll Do\nResponsable forcompliancewithapplicableCorporateandDivisionalPoliciesandprocedures.\n\nAssessespotentialnewsuppliersfortechnical,qualityandmanufacturingcapabilities.\nProvidestechnicalsupportfortheintroductionofcomponentsfromanewsupplier.\nEvaluates,monitorandapprovenewandexistingexternalsuppliersbasedintheirqualificationsandperformance,actsasaspokespersontoexternalsuppliers.\nAnalyzesincomingmaterialdefectsandcommunicatesissuestosuppliers.Investigatesfailuresrelatedtosuppliermaterials,dispositions,drivesandtrackscorrective/preventiveactionplanswherenecessary\nGeneratestestprotocols,monitorstesting,issuesmaterialqualificationtestreportsandapprovescomponentsforuse.\nAssistsingeneratingcomponentspecifications,generatesandmaintainsincominginspectionproceduresandprovidesinputfromcomponentquality,inspectabilityandmanufacturabilityperspective.Trainsinspectorstotheseproceduresasrequired.\nMentorsemployeesbysharingtechnicalexpertiseandprovidingfeedbackandguidance.\nAsrequired,supervisetechnicalpersonalfortaskexecution\n\nShift: Administrative\nRequired Qualifications\nBachelor's degree in engineering, Science, or equivalent field of study.\n2 of experience in engineering related position.\nIntermediate command of English.\nApply Now\nFollow 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.\nConnect with us at www.abbott.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott and on Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal.\nThe base pay for this position is\nN/AIn specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.\nJOB FAMILY:\nOperations QualityDIVISION:\nAVD VascularLOCATION:\nCosta Rica > Alajuela : AVCR-1ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:\nWORK SHIFT:\nCr09Sal (Costa Rica)TRAVEL:\nNoMEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:\nNoSIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:\nContinuous 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","description_format":"text","description_chars":3759,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[{"language":"English","level":"Intermediate (B1)","optional":false}]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"Costa Rica","iso":"CR","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Medical Devices","Diagnostics"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-23T00:18:53Z"}],"liveness":{"score":90,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.903,"p_room":1,"age_days":2,"expected_fill_days":15,"reasons":["conf:2","velocity","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-09-24T05:45:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/abbott-laboratories-supplier-quality-engineer-iii","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/abbott-laboratories-supplier-quality-engineer-iii.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-24T14:56:39Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers"}}