Senior Scientist

JOB DESCRIPTION

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. Working 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.

This position works out of our Madison location in the Cancer Diagnostics Division.

Essential Duties Include but are not limited to the following:

• Conduct bench-level experiments within several product or technology areas and identify problems and discrepancies.
• Independently develop, plan, and analyze results of bench-level experiments within several product or technology areas; effectively present and clearly communicate findings at data meetings, group meetings, and project team meetings.
• Analyze research/experimental data, interpret the results, and provide insights into the next steps and direction of the project.
• Independently develop methods and procedures for new assignments, studies, and experiments.
• Provide technical guidance to junior scientists on project teams.
• Operate scientific instrumentation related to the performance of duties and notify appropriate personnel of any problems.
• Effectively determine, utilize, and apply methods or technologies and provide ideas for new techniques when appropriate.
• Maintain knowledge of technological industry developments that could assist in the completion of an assignment or aid in the development of new processes or procedures.
• Provide technical input and participate in decisions affecting project planning and experimental design.
• Prepare and provide information and data for scientific abstracts, conferences, project meetings, and publications.
• Contribute to the intellectual property portfolio by implementing innovative and creative ideas to solve problems or improve current methods.
• Generate, document, and communicate development plans for critical aspects of a project.
• Develop research plans and experimental outlines to write experimental protocols and perform laboratory experiments.
• Prepare detailed technical procedures, protocols, and reports.
• Evaluate the impact of nonconforming data on a product or process.
• Identify and address trends in study data.
• Prepare and approve written reports.
• Lead identification of areas for process improvement.
• Maintain a lab notebook in a clear, complete, and consistent manner, following all legal, ISO, and QSR requirements.
• Prepare reports and documentation providing highly technical analysis or summarization of experimental results, outcomes, next steps, and the future direction of the project to functional leaders, technical teams/groups, or project teams.
• Present experimental…