Director, Engineering

Abbott; Kilkenny; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Abbott is looking for a Director of Engineering who will lead the development of innovative processes for medical products in a tightly regulated environment. The role focuses on enhancing growth in the Diabetes division through efficient process development while ensuring compliance with quality standards. This position requires a strong educational background in engineering and significant experience in product development within the medical device industry.

Qualifications

• Minimum 12 years experience in product/process development roles.
• Demonstrated substantial knowledge of ISO13485, FDA QSR regulations.
• Experience with medical device development preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage process development engineering disciplines in FDA controlled environment.
• Budget and long-range capital planning for new processes.
• Partner with R&D to optimize manufacturing input.

Skills

Process Development

Project Management

Collaboration with R&D

Quality System Compliance

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Master's Degree

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The Opportunity

The Director of Engineering works within the Global Operations Engineering function and is responsible for the creation of innovative engineering process design and design for manufacturability of medical products in the highly regulated medical device environment. They are responsible for creating and maintaining an efficient, highly motivated, technical development organization. This is a new function within Abbott Diabetes Care, aimed at accelerating the growth of the Diabetes division through decreasing the time to market for new products and processes specifically the time to develop new process equipment and tooling.What You’ll Work On• Functional management of process development engineering disciplines in an FDA controlled environment.• Engineering Department Budgeting including long range capital planning for new processes and tooling• Assessment and identification of new process automation and tooling suppliers• New technology assessment and road mapping.• Career development of direct reports.• Communicate group status to senior staff.• Define and establish company wide policies and procedures for design for manufacture.• Partnering with the R&D team to optimize the input of manufacturing at the earliest stage of development • Ensure teams are compliant with Quality System requirements.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or an equivalent combination of education and work experience

• Minimum 12 years experience in product/process development roles

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's Degree

• Experience with medical device development

• Demonstrated substantial knowledge of regulations for medical device development (ISO13485, FDA QSR) and/or demonstrated substantial experience in product development for very quality sensitive applications.