Senior Manager, Robotics and Vision Systems

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About Abb Vie

Abb Vie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about Abb Vie, please visit us at  Follow @abbvie on Linked In, Facebook, Instagram, X and You Tube.

This role partners with manufacturing sites to develop detailed robotics roadmaps, lead opportunity discovery, and translate site needs into a prioritized portfolio of automation initiatives aligned to Factory of the Future strategy. The position identifies, evaluates, and incubates emerging robotics, vision, automation, and physical AI technologies, then supports scale-up by defining repeatable deployment models, reducing implementation cycle time, and helping sites move from pilots to sustained adoption.

Technical ownership of robotics and vision system design, integration, troubleshooting, standards, and lifecycle support remains a key secondary responsibility in enabling scalable, safe, and consistent adoption across the network.

• Partner with manufacturing sites to develop detailed robotics roadmaps, lead opportunity discovery, and translate site needs into a prioritized portfolio of automation initiatives supported by clear business cases, value assumptions, implementation requirements, and expected operational impact.
• Build and maintain site-by-site roadmaps and technology roadmaps that align business priorities, operational needs, technical feasibility, and long-term Factory of the Future strategy.
• Identify, evaluate, and incubate emerging robotics, vision, automation, and physical AI technologies by engaging new, innovative, and cutting-edge external companies, technology partners, and internal subject matter experts to develop scalable solutions for deployment across Abb Vie.
• Facilitate seminars, workshops, and discovery sessions with cross-functional stakeholders to surface opportunities, align areas of focus, and generate actionable project concepts.
• Create and develop scalable physical products and support the scale-up of proven technologies by defining repeatable deployment models, reducing implementation cycle time, and helping sites move from pilots to sustained adoption.
• Work cross-functionally with engineering, operations, digital, quality, safety, and site teams to establish company-wide standards, practices, and deployment approaches that enable scalable robotics adoption.
• Serve as a strategic connector across sites, functions, and vendors to accelerate deployment readiness, share lessons learned, and promote consistent execution of robotics and automation programs.
• Provide robotics and vision systems technical expertise to support solution definition, equipment selection, functional requirements, integration methods, and compliance with applicable company standards.
• Collaborate with process, controls, engineering, operations, equipment suppliers, and integration partners to translate manufacturing requirements into robust robotic, vision, automation, and physical AI applications.
• Support deployment, startup, troubleshooting, optimization, lifecycle planning, and retrospective reviews for robotics and vision systems, helping capture lessons learned and improve future deployments.

• Bachelor’s in electrical engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
• Should have a master’s in robotics or similar. A background in robotics is preferred. A background in computer vision and…