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 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.
JOB DESCRIPTION:
Senior Manufacturing Engineer
Working at Abbott
At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your 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 a 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 worldwide 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 the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.
The Opportunity
This position works out of our Menlo Park, CA location in the Structural Heart division.
Structural Heart Business Mission: Why We Exist.
Our business purpose is to restore health and improve quality of life by designing and providing device and management solutions for treating structural heart disease.
As the Senior Manufacturing Process Engineer, you'll have the chance to be responsible for providing support to the Manufacturing organization to facilitate efficient operations within the production area, to optimize existing processes, and to ensure that production goals are met. You will monitor performance of equipment, machines, and tools and corrects equipment problems or process parameters that produce nonconforming products, low yields, or product quality issues. Interfaces with Quality and Research and Development organizations to integrate new products or processes into the existing manufacturing area.
What You’ll Work On
- Gross Margin Initiatives based on technology focused opportunities
- Interacts cross functionally and with internal and external customers.
- Work with Product Development to ensure Design for Manufacturability
- Serves as a consultant for engineering or scientific interpretations and advice on significant matters.
- Develop and validate processes for manufacturing or testing of the product.
- Understands business environment and relates extensive knowledge of internal and external technological activities to trends.
- May lead a project team. Provides technical leadership to business units. Acts as a mentor to less-experienced staff and may provide work direction or supervise other technical employees. Exercises judgment independently.
- Plans and organizes project assignments of substantial variety and complexity. Initiates or maintains schedule for projects and project milestones. Establishes priorities of individual or project assignments.
- Selects methods and techniques to lead a project to completion.
- Erroneous decisions or recommendations would typically result in failure to achieve organizational objectives.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree preferably in Biomedical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering, or a closely related discipline or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
- Minimum 5 years manufacturing engineering experience
- Strong analytical, problem solving and project management skills
- Demonstrated leadership capability in team settings
- Ability to lead and motivate peers, drive change and problem solve with creativity.
- Ability to travel approximately 10%, including internationally.
- Proficient in CAD
Preferred Qualifications
- Prior manufacturing/Medical device engineering experience
- Preferred Solidworks experience
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- Participants who complete a short wellness assessment qualify for FREE coverage in our HIP PPO medical plan. Free coverage applies in the next calendar year.
Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: www.abbottbenefits.com
Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.
Connect with us at www.abbott.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott and on Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal.
The base pay for this position is
$86,700.00 – $173,300.00
In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.
JOB FAMILY:
Engineering
DIVISION:
AVD Vascular
LOCATION:
United States > Menlo Park : 3885 Bohannon Drive
ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:
WORK SHIFT:
Standard
TRAVEL:
Not specified
MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:
No
SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:
Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)
Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.
EEO is the Law link - English: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_English.pdf
EEO is the Law link - Espanol: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_Spanish.pdf
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