Process Development & Automation Engineer II

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.

     

JOB DESCRIPTION:

The Laboratory Equipment Process Development and Automation Engineer II coordinates, manages, implements, and provides technical engineering support for a variety of process automation hardware, software applications, and laboratory instruments. This role collaborates with internal and external partners to enhance existing workflows and develop new automated solutions within a complex and rapidly evolving clinical laboratory environment.

The Laboratory Equipment and Automation Engineer II supports Lab Service, Laboratory Systems Development, Process Development and Automation, and Laboratory Operations teams throughout the selection, design, integration, commissioning, and documentation of laboratory automation and equipment systems. Responsibilities may include gathering requirements, evaluating, developing, and validating new technologies and automated platforms, as well as supporting system design and implementation.

This role also builds and maintains strong cross-functional relationships throughout the organization to support successful project execution, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Essential Duties

include but are not limited to the following:

• Contributes to and executes key research and development projects, applying detailed knowledge of technical competencies to develop company products and to recommend product enhancements.

• Ability to conduct advanced testing activities and data analysis.

• Accurately estimates own work effort.

• Conducts complex engineering design, platform eligibility testing, systems integration, or performance testing.

• Exercises judgement within broadly defined practices and procedures in developing methods, techniques, and evaluation criterion for obtaining results.

• Makes decisions using broad guidelines.

• Solves problems of moderate scope and complexity.

• Able to present, organize and convey complex problems or issues across functional areas within same product line/platform/business organization.

• Prepares design documents and presents at design reviews.

• Works within informally structured teams; may provide technical guidance functional on other teams; ability to lead smaller scope project or initiative.

• Coaches others on performance and scientific / engineering practices and procedures.

• Developing project leadership skills in managing priorities, delegating, and influencing others.

• Demonstrates understanding of how company products and business processes differ from competitors.

• Work with project managers and cross-functional teams on user requirements, factory acceptance tests, validation planning, site acceptance tests, pre-installation planning, initial installation, setup, maintenance, and improvement for new or upgraded instrumentation and automation systems.

• Independently address routine issues utilizing documented procedures and researching historical cases.

• Provide support and response to complex system problems, counseling the internal and external vendors and Laboratory Service Engineers on corrective and preventative actions.

• Provide mentoring and technical guidance to service engineers and laboratory technicians.

• Maintain oversight for quality of both mechanical repairs and related documentation.

• Lead Recommend recommendation and implementation changes to ensure ongoing high-quality performance of laboratory equipment.

• Lead technical investigation and troubleshooting of laboratory systems.

• Lead continuous improvement projects that drive cost reduction and lab efficiency.

• Ensure both new and existing instrumentation automation and non-automation meet safety requirements and compliance standards.

• Maintain all service records and follow laboratory procedures to meet regulatory requirements such as FDA, CLIA, and/or CAP.

• Maintain and continuously develop personal knowledge and expertise related to the programming, integration, and service of complex clinical laboratory equipment.

• Ability to manage time effectively between competing priorities.

• Excellent verbal and written English communication skills.

     

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:

ONCO Cancer Diagnostics

        

LOCATION:

United States > Madison : 1 Exact Lane

     

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), 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)

     

Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.

     

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