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Regulatory Affairs Operations Specialist – Vascular (on-site)
Abbott Laboratories · 🇺🇸 United States - California - Temecula
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 73 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 28 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Abbott Laboratories paid sponsored hires in similar roles5 certified filings for “SENIOR SPECIALIST QUALITY ASSURANCE” (Industrial Engineers) in IL: $105k–$142k, median $112k. Most were filed at wage level III (40%) — 3 lottery entries, ≈46% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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Sponsor Radar — Abbott Laboratories
The US Department of Labor certified 73 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 28 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
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. JOB DESCRIPTION: 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. Abbott Vascular provides innovative, minimally invasive and cost-effective products for treatment of vascular disease. Our extensive portfolio includes drug-eluting stents, bare metal stents, guide wires, balloon dilatation catheters, imaging catheters and software, vessel closure devices and peripheral stents. The Opportunity We are recruiting for a Regulatory Affairs Operations Specialist to join our Abbott Vascular team on-site in Temecula, CA. This is a unique role where you will partner with external and internal stakeholders to maintain the quality system current and effective in alignment with the dynamic regulatory landscape and new/evolving requirements. The position is within the Regulatory Affairs Operations organization rather than direct regulatory submission preparation; this role involves supporting Quality System and Compliance initiatives such as Audit Readiness Program Management, including coordination of audit requests, Emerging Regulatory Issues and implementation of conformance, needs involving multiple therapies or device families, Quality System processes, Change Management, CAPAs, International Addendum Labeling controls, Management Review Metrics, etc. What You’ll Work On • Assess and communicate impacts of evolving new regulations on internal quality system processes, regulatory submissions, and regulatory operational practices; ensures that information of such regulations and requirements, especially those that are new or modified, are distributed to appropriate personnel. • Serve as a subject matter expert for International Addendum Labeling requirements and controls, partnering with Shared Services, International Regulatory Affairs, Labeling, Commercial Quality, and Regulatory Affairs to ensure requirements are reflected within the quality system, and business compliance with country-specific requirements. • Manage execution of the Audit Readiness Program for Regulatory Affairs including preparation of pre-audit requests and in-audit requests, audit resource management, audit calendar and KPI management, and audit risk mitigation activities such as audit near misses / opportunities to closure, audit storyboards for critical topics; partner with Regulatory Compliance, Regulatory Affairs, Quality, Shared Services as needed for audits. • Maintain key pre-audit requests up to date throughout the year and ensure that key audit activities are disseminated to appropriate personnel. • S