Manufacturing Process Engineer

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 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

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. You’ll also have access to:

• 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 Menlo Park, CA location in the SH division.

Structural Heart Business Mission: Why We Exist.

Our business purpose is to restore health and improve quality of life by designing and providing device and management solutions for treating structural heart disease.

As the Manufacturing Process Engineer, you'll have the chance to provide engineering support to new and existing products. Investigate and resolves problems involving techniques, materials, equipment and systems. Use multidisciplinary engineering knowledge to design and develop innovative medical devices or components/subsystems in support of company's strategic plan. Identifies and routinely uses the most effective and cost-efficient business practices to execute processes; continually evaluates their effectiveness and appropriateness. Promotes the process of continuous quality improvement and risk management and coordinates solutions for electrical system issues. Exercises independent judgment in planning and organizing work; monitors performance and reports status. Use multidisciplinary engineering knowledge to design and develop innovative medical devices or components/subsystems in support of company's strategic plan.

What You’ll Work On

• Work may involve collaborating with cross-functional teams developing and executing tests, performing root cause analysis and participating in investigations. Also making presentations to internal/external customers, vendors, and senior management, work requires the application of theoretical principles, evaluation, ingenuity and creative/analytical techniques typically acquired in a recognized four-year or more academic course of study.
• Applies engineering and scientific principles to the evaluation and solution of equipment and system problems.
• Helps establish processes based on product specifications.
• Evaluates process and design alternatives based on “design for manufacturability” principles.
• Manages program compliance with “Quality Control” requirements (i.e. Design Control, Process validation etc.).
• Understands IP issues relative to processes being developed.
• Maintains knowledge of new developments in manufacturing and design technologies.
• Effectively communicates moderately complex technical issues and solutions to non-technical internal and external customers.
• Exercises technical judgment in planning, organizing, performing, and/or coordinating engineering work. Remains abreast of and consults on technical advancements.
• Identifies and routinely uses the most effective, cost efficient and best practices to execute processes; continually evaluates their effectiveness and appropriateness.
• Support all Company initiatives as identified by management and in support of Quality Management Systems (QMS), Environmental Management Systems (EMS), and other regulatory requirements.
• Complies with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations, other regulatory requirements, Company policies, operating procedures, processes, and task assignments.
• Maintains positive and cooperative communications and collaboration with all levels of employees, customers, contractors, and vendors.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree (± 16 years) i n Engineering or related field or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• Minimum 5 years.

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The base pay for this position is $81,500.00 – $141,300.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.