System Engineer

Abbott Laboratories; Des Plaines, Northern (IL, KY); On-site; USD 61,000 - 123,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement plan

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Abbott Molecules division in Des Plaines, IL seeks a System Engineer for the On-Market Instrument Support team. The role focuses on refurbishment of high-cost parts for reuse and supporting on-market improvements, with test protocol creation and execution on site in Des Plaines.

Responsibilities include ensuring project progress, meeting goals, and providing guidance on technical reliability issues within the AMD Molecular division.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree plus 2+ years of related work experience, or a Master's with 0-2 years.
• Works on problems of moderate scope where analysis of situations or data requires a review of identifiable factors.
• Exercises judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action.

Responsibilities

• Refurbishment of high-cost parts to drive GMI savings.
• Establishment of processes and procedures to outline refurbishment activities.
• Collect, analyze, and verify data and statistically drive project selection, direction and decisions.
• Participate in reliability improvement activities within company, and vendors.
• Contribute to system level design trade off discussions with respects to reliability.
• Drive change with a focus on respect, teamwork, collaboration and commitment.
• Navigate and adhere to the AMD Quality Process for Design Changes and Improvements.
• Detailed documentation of experiments, protocols and verification records

Skills

Problem solving

Data analysis

Quality systems

Technical judgment

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

Quality Process (AMD)

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.

JOB DESCRIPTION: Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and 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.
• Free medical coverage for employees* via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO
• An excellent retirement savings plan with 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 around the world 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 a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

This position works out of our Des Plaines, IL location in the Molecular Division. Abbott Molecular is a leader in molecular diagnostics and the analysis of DNA, RNA, and proteins at the molecular level. We have an exciting opportunity for a System Engineer within our Engineering team on site in Des Plaines. As part of the On-Market Instrument Support team for Alinity m, the System Engineer will primarily focus on refurbishment projects intended to repair and reuse high-cost parts. Additionally, the System Engineer will support, contribute and execute on-market improvements, create and execute test protocols. This position will ensure that projects progress as planned, meet their goals and requirements and provide guidance to technical reliability issues.

What You’ll Work On

• Refurbishment of high-cost parts to drive GMI savings.
• Establishment of processes and procedures to outline refurbishment activities.
• Collect, analyze, and verify data and statistically drive project selection, direction and decisions.
• Participate in reliability improvement activities within company, and vendors.
• Contribute to system level design trade off discussions with respects to reliability.
• Drive change with a focus on respect, teamwork, collaboration and commitment.
• Navigate and adhere to the AMD Quality Process for Design Changes and Improvements.
• Detailed documentation of experiments, protocols and verification records

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree plus 2+ years of related work experience with a good understanding of specified functional area, or Master's degree with 0-2 years of related work experience, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience. Working technical knowledge and application of concepts, practices and procedures. General understanding of business unit/group function. Will perform this job in a quality system environment. Failure to adequately perform tasks can result in noncompliance with governmental regulations
• Works on problems of moderate scope where analysis of situations or data requires a review of identifiable factors.
• Exercises judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action.
• Has a broad knowledge of technical alternatives and an understanding of their impact on the systems environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical, Mechanical, Biomedical or similar engineering function
• Experience in regulated industry.

* 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

Compensation & Other Details

The base pay for this position is $61,300.00 – $122,700.00

Job Details

JOB FAMILY: Engineering

DIVISION: AMD Molecular

LOCATION: United States > Des Plaines : DP01

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

WORK SHIFT: Standard

TRAVEL: No

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE: Not Applicable

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)

Equal Opportunity

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

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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