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Specialist Quality Assurance
Abbott Laboratories · 🇺🇸 United States - Minnesota - St. Paul
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: Job Description Job Title Supplier Quality Engineer 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 of which you dream. • 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. THE OPPORTUNITY We currently have an opening for a Supplier Quality Engineer for the Vascular division. This role is located at our New Brighton, MN location. This is a fully onsite role. Abbott Vascular provides innovative, minimally invasive, and cost-effective products for treatment of vascular disease. MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES • Individual will support Third Party Manufacturing, perform GMP inspections, 5S, and execute STOP process. • Support commercial launch at Third Party Manufacturer. • Work with Design and Development, Manufacturing, Purchasing and IQA when qualifying and monitoring supplier performance. • A thorough understanding of the ISO/QSRs and the ability to apply that knowledge with an understanding of business operations to achieve regulatory compliance is needed. • Analyzes and solves problems from basic engineering principles, theories, and concepts through to a wide range of complex problems. • Incorporates business policies and procedures into task completion. • Understands the business needs of the company and has knowledge of the customer needs of our business. • Interacts with internal and external customers, by meeting regularly, responding to requests and explaining procedures. • Analyzes incoming material defects. • Reviews new design specifications and provides input from component quality and manufacturability perspective. • Investigates field failures related to supplier materials. • Develop corrective action plan where necessary. Dispositions and drives corrective action as necessary.. • Cultivates a wide range of internal networks and begins to develop an extensive external network of resources to facilitate completion of tasks. • Influence exerted at peer level and occasionally at first levels of management. • Plans, organizes, and prioritizes own daily work routine to meet established schedule. • Exercises authority and judgment within defined limits to determine appropriate action. • Failure to achieve results or erroneous decisions or recommendations may cause delays in program schedules and may result in the allocation of additional resources. EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE YOU’LL BRING Minimum Education • Bachelors Degree in a related field or an equivalent combination of education and work experience Required Qualifications • 0-2 years related work experience with a good understanding of