Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Thoratec Switzerland GmbH is an Affiliate of Abbott Medical and takes care of the development and manufacturing of our mechanical circulatory support devices, that are designed to support a broad range of advanced heart failure patients. To complete our team in Zürich, we are looking for a:

Sr. QA Technician

The QA Technician will contribute to the production and release of products, like the CentriMag II and HeartMate 3 pump systems and responsible for review and approval of product manufacturing documents (traveler etc), related to various production procedures, like incoming inspection of material and subassemblies, product testing, storage to assembly and shipping. The following activities will be required of the QA Technician as normal functions of his or her job:

• To assess and fully understand the direction of management in order to address the customer’s needs.
• To review test documents according internal processes and to support the revision and improvement of the processes and procedures
• To review production and test documents of final goods and to approve product release
• To review incoming documents of material and subassemblies for approval
• To document all steps according internal processes and to feed data into KPI and other quality relevant systems
• To train other technicians for standard internal manufacturing procedures with lower complexity
• Support other departmental personnel as needed, including but not limited to Production

Responsibilities

• Participate in technical support activities of design/drafting, lab testing, protocol preparation and analysis, and documentation to support records, regulatory and patent submissions.
• Assess and propose program equipment needs and alternatives to Management.
• Reporting of all issues, failures, etc on products to manager
• Responsible for entering and maintaining product and material release data in the ERP system (SAP)
• Performs other duties as assigned by Management.

Qualifications/Technical Skills

• Technical apprenticeship or equivalent knowledge and be technically creative
• Experience in the production and handling of technical products is desired.
• Experience in Quality Control processes and techniques
• Experience in ERP systems, esp SAP
• Good written and oral communication skills (German and English) to communicate with quality, technical and business management personnel.
• Familiarity with and basic understanding of the regulatory and quality system requirements.

Do you like the sound of this job and think you’ve got what it takes? Then send us your CV today. We look forward to receiving your application as pdf.

(If you want to upload several documents, don`t save in between uploading them to be able to do so. Once you save your uploads, you will not be able to add more documents)

Discover why candidates choose a career at Abbott Switzerland.

JOB FAMILY:

DIVISION:

LOCATION:

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

WORK SHIFT:

TRAVEL:

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES: