Sr Operations & NPI Engineer

Shape the Future of Mechanical Circulatory Support Join Abbott's Heart Failure business and play a key role in bringing the next generation of Circulatory Support Systems from development into global manufacturing. As a Senior Operations & NPI Engineer, you will lead the industrialization, validation, and manufacturing scale-up of complex electromechanical medical devices that directly support critically ill cardiac patients. This is a highly visible role with the opportunity to influence product design, manufacturing strategy, supplier readiness, and production ramp-up from early development through commercial launch.

A unique aspect of this position is the close collaboration between our teams in Zurich, Switzerland and Pleasanton, California. Working as part of a highly integrated global organization, you will partner with experts across R&D, Quality, Regulatory, Operations, and Supplier Engineering to bring innovative technologies to market. If you enjoy solving complex technical challenges, working hands-on with manufacturing processes, and turning innovative concepts into scalable products that improve patients' lives, we'd love to hear from you.

• Lead the transfer of new products from R&D into manufacturing, ensuring a smooth transition from prototype and low-volume production to scalable serial production.
• Develop and implement manufacturing processes, production workflows, work instructions, and manufacturing documentation for new products.
• Define manufacturing requirements and provide Design for Manufacturing (DfM), Design for Assembly (DfA), and Design for Test (DfT) feedback to R&D throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Design, develop, qualify, and release production test systems, measurement equipment, fixtures, and tools required for manufacturing.
• Establish manufacturing routings, Bills of Materials (BOMs), production versions, and associated master data within SAP.
• Coordinate product industrialization activities with R&D, Project/Program Management, Supply Chain, Quality, Manufacturing, Procurement, and external suppliers.
• Define process validation and product qualification strategies, including IQ/OQ/PQ activities where applicable.
• Analyze manufacturing data using statistical methods to assess process capability, yield, throughput, and product quality.
• Identify manufacturing risks and drive corrective and preventive actions to ensure successful product launches.
• Support pilot builds, engineering builds, process validation activities, and ramp-up to volume production.
• Ensure manufacturing documentation packages are complete, controlled, and released before production launch.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on quality, cost, delivery, and manufacturing efficiency.

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Manufacturing, Industrial, Mechatronics, or Software Engineering.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in New Product Introduction, Manufacturing Engineering, Process Engineering, Industrialization, or Operations Engineering.
• Experience working with cross-functional product development teams.
• Basic knowledge of manufacturing processes, process validation, and production scaling.
• Experience with ERP systems; SAP experience preferred.
• Familiarity with statistical analysis and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Fluent in English;
  German is an advantage.

Why Join Abbott? Make a direct impact on technologies that help save and improve patients' lives. Lead critical industrialization activities for a next-generation circulatory support platform. Collaborate within a truly global team spanning Zurich, Switzerland and Pleasanton, California.…