2027 Winter Engineering Co-Op

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.

     

JOB DESCRIPTION:

2027 Winter Co-op

Working at Abbott
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.

The Opportunity
This position is available in locations listed in the job posting within a variety of Abbott’s divisions listed below. 

As a 2027 Winter Co-op you’ll have the opportunity to participate in a 6–8-month co-op program and gain hands-on experience through meaningful projects and responsibilities that vary by team and function.

Abbott Divisions
Other opportunities may exist in other areas of the business as well such as:
•    Regulatory Affairs
•    Biology
•    Life Sciences
 

Structural Heart (SH)
Structural Heart Business Mission: Why We Exist 
Our business purpose is to restore health and improve quality of life by designing and providing device and management solutions for treating structural heart disease.

Cardiac Rhythm Technologies (CRM)
As a global leader in Cardiac Rhythm Technologies, we focus on innovative technologies that can improve the way doctors treat people with heart arrhythmias or irregular heartbeats.

Heart Failure (HF)
In Abbott’s Heart Failure (HF) business, we’re developing solutions to diagnose, monitor and manage heart failure, allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives.

Diagnostics 
We’re empowering smarter medical and economic decision-making to help transform the way people manage their health at all stages of life. Every day, more than 10 million tests are run on Abbott’s diagnostics instruments, providing lab results for millions of people. 

Our Point of Care diagnostic portfolio spans key health and therapeutic areas, including infectious disease, cardiometabolic, informatics, and toxicology.  

Our diagnostic solutions are used in hospitals, laboratories, and clinics around the globe. The crucial information derived from our tests, instruments, and informatics systems is often the first step in patient care decision-making for hundreds of health conditions from heart attacks to blood disorders to infectious diseases and cancers. 

Our rapid diagnostics solutions are helping address some of the world’s greatest healthcare challenges.  

Our molecular division delivers best-in-class innovative testing solutions for people around the world to provide answers to life’s critical health decisions.

We help people live full and healthy lives through our accessible, molecular-based solutions.  
 

What You’ll Work On

• Participate in a 6–8-month co-op program
• Gain hands-on experience through meaningful projects and responsibilities that vary by team and function

Required Qualifications

• Candidates must be currently enrolled in an accredited undergraduate or graduate engineering program in the following:
  • Systems Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Computer Science and Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Biomedical Engineering
• Minimum GPA of 3.0
• Candidate must be available to work full-time (40 hours/week) onsite during the Co-op session
• Strong analytical, problem solving and communication skills
• Students must be able to work in the US without requiring sponsorship now and in the future at any point in time
• Ability to learn quickly and work independently with minimal direct supervision

Preferred Qualifications

• Juniors status students are preferred

Apply Now

Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: https://abbottbenefits.com/

Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

Connect with us at abbott.com, on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/abbott-/, and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/AbbottCareers.

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The base pay for this position is

$16.85 – $33.75/hour

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

     

JOB FAMILY:

Administrative Support

     

DIVISION:

        

LOCATION:

United States > Minnesota> St. Paul > Woodridge : 177 East County Rd B

     

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

United States > Irving : LC-8, United States > Minnesota > Plymouth : 5050 Nathan Lane N, United States > Pleasanton : 5000 Franklin Dr, United States > Pleasanton : 6035 Stoneridge Dr, United States > Sylmar : 15900 Valley View Court

     

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

     

TRAVEL:

Yes, 5 % of the Time

     

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

Not Applicable

     

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day)

     

Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.

     

EEO is the Law link - English: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_English.pdf

     

EEO is the Law link - Espanol: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_Spanish.pdf