Manager, Process and Test Automation

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.

Applies advanced scientific knowledge, engineering knowledge, mathematics, and ingenuity to complete complex assignments related to one or more technical fields or disciplines.

A principal Engineer has full knowledge of other related disciplines beyond their own.

• Identify, plan, and conduct medium‑size technical projects across engineering disciplines, requiring custom, risk‑managed execution plans, investigations, and / or equipment.
• Translatesautomationrequirements into new solutions.
• Responsible for identifying, developing, and communicating product, process, and equipment requirements to automation equipment suppliers. Identifies process and equipment solutions to drive equipment performance including, increased up‑time, faster equipment speeds, lower process scrap, and overall higher process throughput. Drives process improvement efforts on automation equipment. Identifies opportunities to improve process capability and process robustness.
• Drives Process Improvement efforts. Detects and isolates sources of variation and performs root cause analysis on automated processes. Proposes and implements process and automation improvements to drive consistency in process, eliminate scrap, reduce re‑work, increase equipment uptime, and improve overall process performance.
• Advances technical and functional area expertise. Identifies new technologies and techniques to drive advancement of processes. Recommends improvements to Engineering policies and procedures.
• Experience in automated test system design for manufacturing.
• Performs economic analysis and feasibility studies to inform decision‑making about competing alternatives.
• Takes ownership for achieving the financial targets with clear understanding and focus on life cycle costs.
• Conducts internal and external benchmarking to inform strategic planning and continuous improvement.
• Designs experiments by gathering data from a variety of sources and conducted detailed analysis to answer strategic business and engineering questions.
• Explores multiple alternatives, integrating regulatory and operational needs and cost benefit analyses to design and implement complete solutions to complex problems.
• Ensures quality and effectiveness of key results of major processes within function through sound design, early risk assessments, and implementation of mitigation strategies.
• Maintains awareness of the potential consequences (defects and failure modes) of design changes to established processes.
• Shares knowledge and technical expertise with other teams/divisions.
• Acts as the prime technical contact on contracts.
• Interacts with senior management and external stakeholders on significant technical matters.
• Communicates effectively using a variety of formal and informal media, to a diversity of stakeholders at different levels of the organization.
• Cultivates open, honest relationships with colleagues, contractors, leadership, vendors and other stakeholders by developing an understanding of others’ needs, promoting common goals, and following through on commitments.
• Complies with all regulations and standards for quality, Environmental, Health, Safety, and Energy (EHS&E) Global Policies, Abbott Engineering Standards, and other governance areas as applicable.

Bachelors Degree (± 16 years) in engineering, science, or closely related discipline is desired, or equivalent technical experience plus demonstrated competence.

An equivalent combination of education and work experience.

• Minimum 6 years significant engineering, project management, and / or operational experience.
• Experience leading & influencing cross‑functional teams.
• Subject Matter Expert on a related discipline.
• Has a career history marked by a consistent series of technical contributions and…