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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.

Manufacturing Engineer II

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 (https://www.abbott.com/corpnewsroom/strategy-and-strength/tackling-student-debt-for-our-employees.html) student debt program, and FreeU (https://www.abbott.com/corpnewsroom/strategy-and-strength/college-degree-for-free-its-possible-with-freeu.html) 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 supports our Structural Heart Medical Device Team. 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.

We are seeking an experienced, motivated, high caliber, self-driven, Manufacturing Engineer to join our engineering team in the St. Paul, MN location. You will support the operations team as a front-line engineer working with assemblers and troubleshooting equipment and process issues. Additionally, you will manage projects aimed towards designing and developing manufacturing processes, tooling, and fixtures to meet daily production schedules, while enhancing productivity and product quality. You will have the unique opportunity to make a mark on the organization as a leader, while working on state-of-the-art product.

What You'll Work On:

• Front line manufacturing engineer in the Heart Valve group

• Run design of experiments studies to characterize process to improve yield and efficiency

• Coach, mentor, and provide guidance to other engineers and technicians

• Manage projects which include new production equipment, process improvements and cost reductions while supporting new product introductions

• Conduct process FMEAs and process validations

• Improve product quality, labor efficiency, and throughput through the use of Lean manufacturing concepts

• Coordinate the design, procurement, build, and debug of tooling, machinery, and test equipment

• Work with Product Development to ensure design for manufacture

• Support all Company initiatives as identified by management and in support of Quality Management Systems (QMS), Environmental Management Systems (EMS), and other regulatory requirements.

• Ensure compliance 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.

• Lead cross functional NCMR and CAPA teams to drive improvements.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical, Industrial, or Mechanical Engineering, or other related discipline

• 3+ years manufacturing engineering experience in medical device chemical, petroleum, chemical compounding, or related industry, including working on and documenting process improvement initiatives

• Strong verbal and written communications with ability to effectively communicate at multiple levels in the organization

• Previous experience working in a highly matrixed and geographically diverse business environment

• Strong analytical, problem solving and project management skills

• Proficient with MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)

• Ability to travel approximately 10%, including internationally

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced technical degree

• Medical device experience

• Previous transcatheter tissue heart valve experience

• Lean 6 Sigma Black Belt certification

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Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

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The base pay for this position is $57,300.00 – $114,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

An Equal Opportunity Employer

Abbot welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.

We provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities.

To request accommodation, please call 224-667-4913 or email corpjat@abbott.com