Sr. Equipment and Automation Engineer

Abbott; Madison (WI); On-site; USD 78,000 - 156,000; Full time

Job summary

Abbott is seeking a Senior Equipment & Automation Engineer in Madison, WI, to lead cross-functional project teams and deliver large-scale equipment initiatives. The role focuses on Allen Bradley PLC/HMI programming, sensor integration, and data dashboards to monitor operations in a GMP environment.

You will guide projects from design through commissioning, mentor junior engineers, and collaborate with R&D, Operations, and Lab teams to ensure manufacturability and quality requirements are met.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering with 8+ years of experience or an Associate degree with 10+ years of experience.
• Ability to mentor less experienced engineers and lead medium to large projects.
• Experience specifying, designing, and integrating manufacturing systems to solve business problems.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional teams to plan and execute large equipment/automation projects.
• Identify improvement opportunities and implement cost-saving solutions.
• Develop procedures for new equipment and support design transfers/changes.

Skills

Project management

Mentoring junior engineers

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Associate degree in Engineering/Technology

Tools

Allen Bradley PLC

HMI

SAP

Agile

Job description

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.

JOB DESCRIPTION: 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 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

Position Overview

The Senior Equipment and Automation Engineer will be responsible for leading cross-functional teams in a matrix organization to plan and successfully execute larger projects. An emphasis will be on new pieces of equipment, supporting efforts to specify, develop, procure, document, install, commission, and execute projects within scope, on time, and on budget. This is an ideal role for a hands-on Electrical and Controls engineer with excellent communication skills looking to make an impact in the fight against cancer.

Essential Duties

• Identifies and makes changes to Allen Bradley PLC and HMI code to support improvement projects or new product introductions.
• Networks machines, provides relevant machine data for Process Monitoring databases, and creates dashboards for Operations metrics.
• Integrates new sensors, motors, VFD’s, as needed to improve machine performance.
• Develop processes and procedures for new equipment.
• Represent Engineering in cross-functional initiatives, as assigned, and act on behalf of the department as appropriate.
• Manage new product introductions, design transfers, and product changes to ensure optimal implementation into production.
• Identify opportunities, analyze data, and work with cross-functional teams to implement solutions that improve production quality, capability, reliability, or reduce costs.
• Determine design specifications, builds prototypes, tests equipment, and critically evaluates design concepts for functionality, reliability and manufacturability.
• Lead or support cross-functional teams on new equipment by providing technical expertise in implementing engineering controls, performing risk assessments and design reviews, supporting installations, and executing commissioning protocols.
• Support new product introductions by collaborating with R&D, Operations, and/or Lab teams to ensure design for manufacturability elements are incorporated into product requirements.
• Facilitate development activities to facilitate smooth transfer of products and processes into new or existing automation systems.
• Create documentation records per regulatory and quality requirements.
• Support existing equipment by providing equipment set up and adjustment, hands-on troubleshooting, repair, planned maintenance, and performance monitoring in a Good Manufacturing Practice environment.
• Identify, document, gain approval for, execute, manage, and communicate on projects of higher scope and complexity.
• Provide clear and concise documentation and communication of project needs, scope, budget and status to peers and leadership.
• Estimate and create schedules, determine test plans, and track progress to plan.
• Set the vision and technical direction of project teams with minimal guidance from leadership.
• Provides guidance to junior members of the team.
• Lead or participate in investigations of manufacturing processes associated with internal review, Corrective and Preventive Actions, audits, or complaints.
• Act as technical leader for one or more projects that are complex in scope at one time, while navigating and adapting to ambiguous and changing plans and circumstances.
• Proactively prioritizes workload and delegates effectively to meet project deliverables.
• Work on problems which are extremely complex in scope in which analysis of data requires an evaluation of intangible variables.
• Demonstrate advanced investigative, analytical, deductive, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, with strong attention to detail and record keeping skills required in a GMP environment.
• Work independently and as part of a team within a matrix organization.
• 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.
• Regular and reliable attendance.
• Ability to work designated schedule.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds for <5% of a typical working day.
• Ability to work in front of a computer screen and/or perform typing for approximately 80% of a typical working day.
• Ability to comply with any applicable personal protective equipment requirements.
• Ability to travel approximately 10% of working time between sites in Madison Wisconsin.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering with 8+ years of experience, or, in lieu of Bachelor’s degree, Associate degree in Engineering, Technology, Electronics, or similar field with 10+ years of experience.
• Demonstrated ability to identify opportunities for improvement, reduce ambiguity by clearly defining project scope, and successfully complete projects with increasing complexity and size.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively plan projects, balance multiple competing priority projects, and lead medium to large scale projects to successful completion through disciplined project management methodology and tools.
• Experience in specifying, selecting, designing, and integrating components and manufacturing systems to solve business problems.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor less experienced engineers.
• Authorization to work in the United States without sponsorship.
• Demonstrated ability to perform the Essential Duties of the position with or without accommodation.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in projects that include integration of biological systems with automation and software applications in the life sciences, biotechnology, diagnostics, pharmaceutical, or medical device field.
• Experience working in an FDA/cGMP/CAP/CLIA regulated production environment.
• 5+ years of experience working with Electronic Quality Management Systems (Agile) and Manufacturing Software Systems (SAP).

Salary

The base pay for this position is $78,000.00 - $156,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

Job Information

JOB FAMILY: Engineering DIVISION: ONCO Cancer Diagnostics LOCATION: United States > Madison : 1 Exact Lane ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

WORK SHIFT: Standard TRAVEL: Yes, 5 % of the Time MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE: Not Applicable SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES: Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Continuous standing for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Continuous walking for prolonged periods (more than 2 hours at a time in an 8 hour day)

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Abbott is about the power of health. For more than 135 years, Abbott has been helping people reach their potential - because better health allows people and communities to achieve more. With a diverse, global network serving customers in more than 160 countries, we create new solutions - across the spectrum of health, around the world, for all stages of life. Whether it’s next-generation diagnostics, life-changing devices, science-based nutrition, or novel reformulations, we are advancing some of the most innovative and revolutionary technologies in healthcare, helping people live their best lives through better health.

The people of Abbott come to work each day with relentless energy, enthusiasm and a promise to enhance the health and well-being of millions of people. They push the boundaries to help manage and treat some of life’s greatest health challenges.

We invite you to explore opportunities at Abbott, to see if your talents and career aspirations may fit with our openings. An equal opportunity employer, Abbott welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.

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