Abbott

System Engineer

Abbott$61K — $122K *
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in engineering with relevant experience.
  • 2+ years of work experience or equivalent combination of education.
  • Technical knowledge of concepts and practices in the field.
  • Familiarity with business unit functions and quality system environments.
  • Ability to analyze moderate scope problems and exercise judgment to determine solutions.
  • Broad understanding of technical alternatives and system impact.

Responsibilities

  • Refurbish high-cost parts to achieve cost savings.
  • Establish refurbishment processes and procedures.
  • Collect and analyze data to drive project decisions.
  • Participate in reliability improvement initiatives with vendors.
  • Contribute to system design trade-off discussions focused on reliability.
  • Drive change by fostering teamwork and collaboration.
  • Document experiments and verification records thoroughly.

Benefits

  • Free coverage in HIP PPO medical plan for participants completing wellness assessment.
  • Access to comprehensive health and wellness benefits.
  • Support for living full lives for you and your family.
Full Job Description
JOB DESCRIPTION:

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

The base pay for this position is
$61,300.00 - $122,700.00
In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

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)

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113,000 employees
Market Cap
$189 billion
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Net Income
$4.4 billion
Founded
1944
5 Year Trend
+15.6%
Revenue
$34.6 billion
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