AbbVie Posted August 12, 2026

Quality Assurance Engineer- Temporary 12 months

Heredia, Heredia Province Full-time
Quality

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About this opportunity

Company Description

About AbbVie

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at  www.abbvie.com . Follow @abbvie on  LinkedIn,   Facebook ,  Instagram ,  X  and  YouTube.

Job Description

PURPOSE STATEMENT

Ensure that our product is functional and safe for the end customer by understanding, developing and applying quality control systems, as well as analyzing, proposing and implementing improvement of quality and manufacturing processes, thinking about improving defects in a timely and efficient manner.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Evaluate, propose and implement low complexity improvements in processes in the process quality area, seeking to strengthen processes while improving their efficiency, guided and advised by the area manager.

• Search for solutions to problems identified in the areas of manufacturing and process quality through the application of Lean tools.

• Support assigned root cause investigations (NCRs), as well as the development of action plans and the implementation of corresponding actions, during the established period of time. Review and Approve documents for Low Impact NCR.

• Review and approve quality plans and First Article Plans related to the production process with low to Low complexity, as well as propose changes to PFMEAs, this for those projects where you are assigned as a Quality representative.

• Perform reviews to OT Core System documents as well as validation/qualification protocols (IQ, PPQ, IOQ, IO, PR, etc.) where assigned as a quality representative for simple equipment/system.

• Provide support to key company projects, including definition and implementation of controls aimed at ensuring product quality.

• Ensure the order and cleanliness of the areas under your responsibility. (5's) and comply with quality GO's in the corresponding period.

• Do the other functions inherent to the position and those assigned by your immediate manager.

• Meet compliance with corporate and legal EHS requirements, by complying with internal policy and procedures. In addition, ensure compliance through the adoption of necessary strategies, internal controls, communication and training.

• Continuously maintain EHS results through leadership, commitment and participation in all EHS-related initiatives.

Qualifications

EDUCATION

• Bachelors degree in Industrial Engineering, Bussiness Administrator or related career.

• Desirable CQE (CERTIFIED QUALITY ENGINEER certification) given by ASQ.

• Basic/intermediate English proficiency.

• Experience of at least 2 years in the quality department in the medical industry.

Additional Information

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community.  Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.

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Job details

Seniority
Not listed
Function
Quality
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Heredia, Heredia Province
Employment type
Full-time

How this role compares

Computed from every other active Quality role in our database, not just this employer's listings.

We currently track 644 comparable Quality roles across 85 biopharma companies.

644Comparable roles tracked
597Currently active
85Companies hiring similar roles
45Countries represented

Salary context

110 of 644 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function. This posting doesn't list a seniority level, so peers aren't narrowed by seniority either -- the range below may span more levels than usual.

This roleSubject Not listed on this posting
Lowest disclosed · Technician - QC Laboratory · Lilly $13/hr – $29/hr (≈ $26,998–$60,507/yr)
Highest disclosed · Executive Director, QA Microbiology · Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc (USA) $203,000/yr – $399,400/yr
Peer group range $43,753 – $301,200 (median $159,000)

Where these roles are based

Top locations among the 644 comparable roles

United States213
Ireland49
India45
China39
Singapore36
France29

+ 39 more countries

Seniority mix

309 of 644 peers have a known seniority level

Manager116
Senior97
Associate Director26
Director24
Associate23
Principal14
Senior Director7
Executive/VP1
Intern/Fellow/Postdoc1

Therapeutic area mix

0 of 644 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

No peers with a known therapeutic area yet.

Similar opportunities

The closest matches from our peer group, ranked by how similar they are, not how well you'd qualify for them -- treat this as market context, not a guaranteed shortlist; a weak match is labeled as one below.

40%similar
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Same function Same country
25%similar
Lilly Lebanon, Indiana, United States of America Principal
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Matched on job function only -- seniority, specialty, and location weren't confirmed as aligned.

25%similar
Lilly Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America Associate
Same function

Matched on job function only -- seniority, specialty, and location weren't confirmed as aligned.

25%similar
Lilly Lebanon, Indiana, United States of America Principal
Same function

Matched on job function only -- seniority, specialty, and location weren't confirmed as aligned.

25%similar
AbbVie North Chicago, IL Director
Same function

Matched on job function only -- seniority, specialty, and location weren't confirmed as aligned.

25%similar
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Same function

Matched on job function only -- seniority, specialty, and location weren't confirmed as aligned.

How we calculate "similar"

No black box, no LLM guesswork: a deterministic score built from four normalized attributes. Here's this role's own peer group at different match levels, so you can see the mechanism, not just the result.

Every comparison starts from the same 100-point budget: 25 for working in the same function, 40 for the same therapeutic area, 20 for the same or adjacent seniority, 15 for the same country. A dimension we can't confirm on both sides contributes nothing, never a guess, never a free pass.

40%
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Function Therapeutic area Seniority Country
25%
Principal Scientist GMP Microbiology Lilly Medicine Foundry
Lilly · Lebanon, Indiana, United States of America · Principal
Function Therapeutic area Seniority Country
25%
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AbbVie · North Chicago, IL · Manager
Function Therapeutic area Seniority Country
25%
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Function Therapeutic area Seniority Country
Unmatched or unknown dimensions score exactly the same: 0 points, never a partial guess. A role we know almost nothing about beyond its function bottoms out at 25%; it never inflates to 100% just because there's little to compare against. Seniority uses a defined ladder (Associate → Manager → Associate Director → Senior → Principal → Director → Senior Director → Executive/VP) so "Director" and "Senior Director" count as adjacent, but "Director" and "Executive/VP" do not.