Abbott Posted October 27, 2026

Quality Engineer I

San Diego, California, United States FULL_TIME
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About this opportunity

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.

At Abbott Cancer Diagnostics, we are cancer fighters. We are united by our mission to change lives by providing earlier, smarter answers. Through advances in cancer detection and treatment guidance, we will help eradicate the disease and the suffering it causes.

This Engineer I, Quality role will be involved in all phases of system development including requirements, analysis, design, testing, and support.  The ideal candidate must demonstrate the ability to understand system architecture, design, implementation and possess the ability to succinctly develop the testing strategy to deliver high-quality results in a time-sensitive environment.

Location: Onsite in San Diego, CA or Madison, WI

Hours: 1st Shift, Business Hours

Essential Duties Include, but are not limited to, the following:

Participate in requirements, design, and review meetings.

Participate in development of test strategy, test plan, test cases, and risk assessment leading to successful implementation and timely project completion.

Create, maintain and execute test cases/test scripts (manual and automated) for the user stories developed to support the new features, as well as components.

Develop test scripts to validate the UI functionality and REST API’s.

Create and execute SQL queries to verify data completeness, correctness, data transformation and data quality.

Report, track and escalate anomalies discovered during testing and ensure closure on the issues.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure timely and effective testing as part of a regular release schedule.

Assist with defining and implementing quality improvement initiatives.

Perform other duties as assigned.

Excellent written and verbal communication inclusive of technical documentation skills.

Ability to integrate and apply feedback in a professional manner.

Ability to prioritize and drive results with a high emphasis on quality.

Uphold company mission and values through accountability, innovation, integrity, quality, and teamwork.

Support and comply with the company’s Quality Management System policies and procedures.

Maintain regular and reliable attendance.

Ability to act with an inclusion mindset and model these behaviors for the organization.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field; or high school degree/general education diploma and 4 years of relevant experience in lieu of degree.

1+ years of experience with software testing.

Demonstrated ability to perform the Essential Duties of the position with or without accommodation.

Authorization to work in the United States without sponsorship.

Preferred Qualifications

1+ years of experience with web-based enterprise application testing.

1+ years of experience using one or more tools; Selenium, Postman, SOAPUI, JMeter, preferred.

1+ years of experience working in an Agile/Scrum-like environment.

The base pay for this position is $81,500.00 – $141,300.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

Job details

Seniority
Not listed
Function
Quality
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
San Diego, California, United States
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 1458 comparable Quality roles across 143 biopharma companies.

1458Comparable roles tracked
1336Currently active
143Companies hiring similar roles
53Countries represented

Salary context

256 of 1458 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.

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Peer group range $43,753 – $350,000 (median $120,250)

Where these roles are based

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United States595
Ireland87
France71
Germany68
China66
India56

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Seniority mix

712 of 1458 peers have a known seniority level

Manager217
Senior166
Intern/Fellow/Postdoc100
Associate68
Associate Director46
Director45
Principal38
Senior Director25
Executive/VP7

Therapeutic area mix

2 of 1458 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

Vaccines & Infectious Disease2

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