Working at Abbott
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. Youll also have access to:
Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
Employees can qualify forfree medical coverage in ourHealth Investment Plan (HIP) PPOmedical 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 bachelors 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 San Diego CA (Near UHC) location in the Infectious Disease Division of our Abbott Rapid Diagnostics Business Unit. This role is on site 5 days a week with around 10% travel including international travel.
What Youll Work On
The person hired in this role will be an established and productive mechanical engineer who contributes tonew and existing products processes prototypes fixtures and tool designs. Works independently with minimal supervision on larger moderately complex projects/assignments and executescompliantly efficiently on-time and within budgetto meet company objectives.
May apply advanced mechanical engineering principles and tools to the evaluation and solution of complex technical problems in support of business strategies.
Supports continuous quality improvement and may serve as the technical lead for subsystem projects.
Provides training to other engineers.
In addition:
Leads the development of mechanical designs for new and existing subsystems in accordance with applicable procedures and medical regulatory standards performs analysis on design concepts and tests theories to reduce risks.
Demonstrated success in utilizing empirical numerical and experimental analysis to analyze designs. Designs develops and specifies new hardware features or improves existing hardware features.
Demonstrated success in the ability to specify design verify and validateappropriate materials components processes and technologies for subsystems.
Uses understanding of processes used in design and manufacturing to develop and execute subsystems for new medical devices processes equipment materials verification and validation.
Applies tolerance stack analysis and DFM principles to deliver robust mechanical designs
Select and develop test methods and simulation models to mitigate design risks and ensure new design reliability.
Develops and selects appropriate test methods for engineering design checkout and verification for subsystem.
Executes new devices processes equipment materials verification and validation.
Implement approved Design Control procedures for development in accordance with FDA guidelines.
Applies theoretical principles evaluation ingenuity and creative / analytical techniques for assessment of sub-system designs.
Uses root cause analysis (RCA) tools and techniques to troubleshoot sub-system designs.
Provides written technical justifications and rationale for sub-system designs.
Provides input into risk management documentation including dFMEA pFMEA and risk analyses. Identifies and mitigates sub-system design risks.
Use knowledge of engineering and cross-functional tasks and establishes task timing and duration.
Leads project discussions and sets project direction across multiple cross-functional teams.
This role is on site daily.
International Travel of up to 10% is required for this role.
This role will be possibly exposed to industrial chemicals.
Required Qualifications
Bachelors Degree in Engineering or closely related STEM field
Minimum 8 years of experience.
Preferred Qualifications:
Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering
International travel experience is ideal.
8 years in a similar role is ideal.
We are looking for someone who enjoys hands on and technical engineering.
Learn more about our health and wellness benefits which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives:
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The base pay for this position is
$100000.00 $200000.00In specific locations the pay range may vary from the range posted.
Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.
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