Engineer I, Product Analysis

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 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

     

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology.

What You’ll Work On

• Perform failure analysis on explanted long term biomedical implant product.

• Work requires the application of theoretical principals, evaluation, ingenuity, and creative/analytical techniques to identify route cause failure mechanisms.

• Must be able to meet deadlines on multiple assignments and be able to operate in a diverse cross-functional team environment.

• Proactive in finding quality improvements related to Failure Analysis

• May serve as lead and assign work to less experienced personnel and serves as a mentor when assisting less experienced lab staff in solving more complex problems.

• Works cross functionally and collaboratively with Product Development, Engineering, Manufacturing, and Product Surveillance.

• Aides in definition of test equipment as required to accomplish quality responsibilities.

• Support all Company initiatives as identified by management and in support of Quality Management Systems (QMS),

• Environmental Management Systems (EMS), and other regulatory requirements.

• Complies with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations, other regulatory requirements, Company policies, operating procedures, processes, and task assignments.

• Maintains positive and cooperative communications and collaboration with all levels of employees, customers, contractors, band vendors.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree Electrical Engineering preferred, or

• Engineering, Science, or closely related discipline OR an equivalent combination of education and work experience

• No Experience

• Requires comprehensive written and verbal communication, interpersonal, facilitation, presentation, quantitative, analytical, organizational, and follow-up skills, the ability to meet deadlines on multiple projects as well as the ability to converse effectively with all levels of employees.

• A documented record of delivering reliability engineering information which adds value to management’s decision making process is required.

• Personal computer skills including spreadsheet, word processing database management, and specialized applications.

• Must be able to handle multiple assignments.

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The base pay for this position is

$73,900.00 – $116,000.00

In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

     

JOB FAMILY:

Engineering

     

DIVISION:

CRM Cardiac Rhythm Management

        

LOCATION:

United States > Sylmar : 15900 Valley View Court

     

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

     

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

     

TRAVEL:

Not specified

     

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

Not Applicable

     

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Continuous sitting 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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