Senior NPI & Manufacturing Engineer – Medical Devices

Abbott AG; Zürich; On-site; CHF 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Global cross‑functional team

Opportunities for growth

Impact on patient lives

Job summary

Abbott AG in Zürich is seeking a Senior Operations & NPI Engineer to lead industrialization and validation of complex electromechanical medical devices. You will work across R&D, Quality, Regulatory, Operations, and suppliers to transition from development to large-scale manufacturing.

The role emphasizes design-for-manufacture input, robust test systems, and data-driven process improvements, with a global collaboration between Zurich and Pleasanton.

Qualifications

• Degree in a relevant engineering field is required.
• Experience driving new product introductions and manufacturing scale-up.
• Experience with cross-functional development teams and data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Lead transfer of new products from R&D to manufacturing for scalable production.
• Develop processes, production workflows, and manufacturing docs for new products.
• Provide DfM/DFx feedback to R&D across product lifecycle.
• Design and qualify production test systems, fixtures, and tools.
• Define routings, BOMs, and master data in SAP.
• Coordinate industrialization with R&D, QA, supply chain, and suppliers.
• Define validation strategies including IQ/OQ/PQ activities.
• Analyze manufacturing data to monitor process capability and quality.
• Identify risks and drive corrective actions for launches.
• Support pilot builds, engineering builds, and ramp-up,

Skills

NPI experience

Cross-functional teamwork

Process validation

Manufacturing engineering

ERP / SAP

Statistical analysis

English language

Education

Bachelor's/Master's in Mechanical/Electrical/Manufacturing/Industrial/Mechatronics/Software

Tools

SAP

Job description

Abbott AG in Zürich is seeking a Senior Operations & NPI Engineer to lead industrialization and validation of complex electromechanical medical devices. You will work across R&D, Quality, Regulatory, Operations, and suppliers to transition from development to large-scale manufacturing.

The role emphasizes design-for-manufacture input, robust test systems, and data-driven process improvements, with a global collaboration between Zurich and Pleasanton.