Manufacturing Engineer II – Heart Failure Devices

Thornton Tomasetti; Pleasanton (CA); On-site; USD 82,000 - 141,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free medical coverage

Strong retirement plan

Tuition reimbursement

FreeU education benefit

Job summary

Abbott is seeking an Engineer Manufacturing II to support Heart Failure manufacturing operations in Pleasanton, CA. The role focuses on optimizing production processes, monitoring equipment performance, and interfacing with Quality, R&D, and IT to implement improvements.

The position offers growth in a global company with strong benefits and career development. The opportunity involves leading engineering activities, mentoring staff, and guiding projects with a focus on quality systems and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• Minimum 2 years of related work experience; typically 2-5 years preferred.
• Working technical knowledge and practical application of concepts, practices, and procedures within the functional area.
• General understanding of business unit and departmental functions.
• Experience analyzing problems of moderate scope and complexity.
• Ability to exercise judgment within established procedures and practices.
• Understanding of technical alternatives and their impact on systems and processes.
• Ability to work in a quality system environment and comply with applicable regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Initiates and completes technical activities leading to new or improved products or process, for current programs, next generation programs and to meet strategic goals and objectives of the company.
• Prepares reports, publishes, and makes presentations to communicate findings.
• Analyzes and solves problems from basic engineering principles, theories and concepts through to a wide range of complex and advanced problems which require novel and new innovative approaches or a major breakthrough in technology.
• Understands engineering principles theories, concepts, practices and techniques.
• Develops knowledge in a field to become a recognized leader or authority in an area of specialization and applies this knowledge in leadership roles in the company.
• 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.
• Understands the business cycle and foresight of emerging technologies trends.
• Cultivates internal and external network of resources to complete tasks.
• Serves as a resource in the selection orientation and training of new engineers and employees.
• May lead a project team, determining goals and objectives for the projects.
• Mentors employees by sharing technical expertise and providing feedback and guidance.
• Interacts cross functionally and with internal and external customers.
• Serves as a consultant for engineering or scientific interpretations and advice on significant matters.
• Acts as a spokesperson to customers on business unit current and future capabilities.
• Cultivates a wide range of internal networks and begins to develop an extensive external network of resources to facilitate completion of tasks.
• May lead a project team of moderate scope.
• Provides guidance to less experienced staff.
• Acts as a mentor to lower level individual contributors.
• 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 judgement 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.

Skills

Analytical skills

Quality mindset

Problem solving

Cross-functional communication

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Master's degree (preferred)

Job description

Abbott is seeking an Engineer Manufacturing II to support Heart Failure manufacturing operations in Pleasanton, CA. The role focuses on optimizing production processes, monitoring equipment performance, and interfacing with Quality, R&D, and IT to implement improvements.

The position offers growth in a global company with strong benefits and career development. The opportunity involves leading engineering activities, mentoring staff, and guiding projects with a focus on quality systems and