Systems Integration Specialist

Abbott; Chicago (IL); Vor Ort; USD 68.000 - 136.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

HIP PPO medical plan

Retirement savings plan with high-emal

Tuition reimbursement

FreeU education benefit

Recognition as a great place to work

Zusammenfassung

Abbott Park, IL-based role in the Core Lab Division supports diagnostic solutions used in hospitals, laboratories, and clinics worldwide. You will integrate hardware, software, and assays, ensuring system reliability and regulatory compliance.

The position emphasizes end-to-end testing, root-cause analysis, and cross-functional teamwork with engineers, scientists, and product teams to deliver high-quality diagnostics systems.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent experience).
• Minimum 2 years of work related experience.
• Knowledge of regulations and standards affecting IVDs and Biologics.
• Reviews, generates and documents Verification & Validation or characterization related inputs.
• Demonstrates use of experimental and data Analysis techniques including statistics, DOE and Six Sigma training.
• Present, deliver and interpret information amongst product team members, scientists, engineers, and other systems development personnel.
• Proficient in operation of instruments, and repair/replacement of parts/subassemblies.

Aufgaben

• Integrate component subsystems into a unified system and ensure that all subsystems, including hardware, software, and assays, function together effectively.
• Ensure end-to-end traceability of functionality and product performance requirements.
• Help ensure complex automated systems work reliably by bringing together software, hardware, instruments, robotics, and testing processes into a complete, functioning product.
• Investigate technical issues, perform system-level testing, analyze performance data, and partner with engineering teams to improve product quality, reliability, and compliance with safety and regulatory requirements.
• Work with Systems Engineers and cross-functional teams to understand system requirements and evaluate how design changes may affect overall product performance.
• Plan and execute system integration, verification, and validation testing to confirm products perform as intended.
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues involving software, hardware, instrumentation, robotics, and assay processes.
• Conduct root cause investigations to identify why problems occur and recommend corrective actions.
• Support development and improvement of automated systems, including robotic liquid handling platforms and related laboratory instrumentation.
• Write, review, and execute test protocols, reports, and technical documentation.
• Analyze test data, interpret results, and provide recommendations to improve system performance, quality, and reliability.
• Participate in design reviews for software, hardware, and integrated systems to ensure requirements are met before product release.
• Ensure products and documentation comply with applicable safety, quality, and regulatory standards.
• Collaborate with software, hardware, manufacturing, operations, and quality teams to resolve issues and deliver successful product outcomes.
• Identify opportunities to streamline processes, improve efficiency, and enhance product performance.
• Support technical projects and investigations, providing timelines, deliverables, and progress updates.

Kenntnisse

Statistics & DOE

Six Sigma

Data analysis

Presentations

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Diagnostic instruments

Jobbeschreibung

JOB DESCRIPTION: Working at Abbott

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.

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your family, be your true self, and live a full life.

What You’ll Get

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
• An excellent retirement savings plan with a 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 worldwide 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 the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

This position works out of our Abbott Park, IL location in the Core Lab Division. Our diagnostic solutions are used in hospitals, laboratories, and clinics around the globe. The crucial information derived from our tests, instruments, and informatics systems is often the first step in patient care decision-making for hundreds of health conditions from heart attacks to blood disorders to infectious diseases and cancers.

What You’ll Work On

• Integrate component subsystems into a unified system and ensure that all subsystems, including hardware, software, and assays, function together effectively.
• Ensure end-to-end traceability of functionality and product performance requirements.
• Help ensure complex automated systems work reliably by bringing together software, hardware, instruments, robotics, and testing processes into a complete, functioning product.
• Investigate technical issues, perform system-level testing, analyze performance data, and partner with engineering teams to improve product quality, reliability, and compliance with safety and regulatory requirements.
• Work with Systems Engineers and cross-functional teams to understand system requirements and evaluate how design changes may affect overall product performance.
• Plan and execute system integration, verification, and validation testing to confirm products perform as intended.
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues involving software, hardware, instrumentation, robotics, and assay processes.
• Conduct root cause investigations to identify why problems occur and recommend corrective actions.
• Support development and improvement of automated systems, including robotic liquid handling platforms and related laboratory instrumentation.
• Write, review, and execute test protocols, reports, and technical documentation.
• Analyze test data, interpret results, and provide recommendations to improve system performance, quality, and reliability.
• Participate in design reviews for software, hardware, and integrated systems to ensure requirements are met before product release.
• Ensure products and documentation comply with applicable safety, quality, and regulatory standards.
• Collaborate with software, hardware, manufacturing, operations, and quality teams to resolve issues and deliver successful product outcomes.
• Identify opportunities to streamline processes, improve efficiency, and enhance product performance.
• Support technical projects and investigations, providing timelines, deliverables, and progress updates.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent experience)
• Minimum 2 years of work related experience.
• Knowledge of regulations and standards affecting IVDs and Biologics.
• Reviews, generates and documents Verification & Validation or characterization related inputs.
• Demonstrates use of experimental and data Analysis techniques including statistics, DOE and Six Sigma training.
• Present, deliver and interpret information amongst product team members, scientists, engineers, and other systems development personnel.
• Proficient in operation of instruments, and repair/replacement of parts/subassemblies.

Preferred Qualifications

• Moderate knowledge of Good Laboratory Practice (GLP), Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP), laboratory procedures, PC skills, and data representation.
• Experience executing integration test plans for complex electromechanical systems.
• Experience independently leading project activities and demonstrating sound decision-making skills.
• Demonstrated experience participating in cross-functional teams.
• Demonstrated success in technical proficiency, creativity, and independent thinking.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience with root cause analysis.
• Hands‑on experience with diagnostic medical equipment in a laboratory environment.
• Knowledge of basic project management concepts.
• Experience with statistical data analysis.
• Prior medical device experience involving electromechanical, chemical, or biochemical technologies as they relate to the design, integration, evaluation, and commercialization of diagnostic systems.
• Experience implementing product and process improvement methodologies, such as Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing.
• Knowledge of python or similar scripting languages.
• 3+ years of experience in similar role is ideal.

The base pay for this position is $68,000.00 – $136,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

JOB FAMILY: Product DevelopmentDIVISION: CRLB Core LabLOCATION: United States > Abbott Park : AP20ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:WORK SHIFT: StandardTRAVEL: Yes, 10 % of the TimeMEDICAL SURVEILLANCE: Yes

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)
• Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)
• Lift, carry, push or pull weights of more than 20 pounds/9 kilos on a regular/daily basis
• Routine work with chemicals
• Work with infectious organisms or known infectious materials

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.