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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.

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 (https://www.abbott.com/corpnewsroom/strategy-and-strength/tackling-student-debt-for-our-employees.html) student debt program, and FreeU (https://www.abbott.com/corpnewsroom/strategy-and-strength/college-degree-for-free-its-possible-with-freeu.html) 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

The **Systems Integration Associate** is responsible for bringing together the component subsystems into one system and ensuring that the subsystems (including hardware, software, and assay) function together as a system. Ensures end-to-end traceability of functionality and product performance requirements. You will work closely with Systems Engineers to evaluate system performance (requirements), identify potential impact, and plan appropriate integration testing. Resolves product problems and technical issues. Ensures systems design and documentation meet all safety and regulatory compliance.

Responsibilities

+ Performs preventive maintenance and troubleshoots of lab instruments as well as on market products.

+ Maintain and monitor lab tools to ensure they’re calibrated and schedule for OM regularly.

+ Troubleshoots issues to determine root cause and proposing possible solutions. Investigate moderately complex issues at system level (hardware, assay, software interaction).

+ Participates in system, software, hardware design reviews and test planning reviews to support assessment of performance against design specification; reliability testing, and assessment of system interactions.

+ Writes and executes moderately complex system related verification and/or characterization protocols and data packages.

+ Applies moderately complex quantitative methods, analyzes data, evaluates results, forms conclusions and provides improvements.

+ Implement improvements; provide input into project deliverables and timelines.

+ Apply process and work methodologies by interfacing and communicating system level issues with peers/cross-functional groups.

+ Collaborate with various organizations/disciplines (e.g., software, hardware, test, operations, manufacturing) to ensure system performance and customer expectations are met. Contributes to multiple projects and design changes in support of investigations.

Required Qualifications

+ Bachelors Degree with 1-2 years of experience

+ Associate’s Degree with a minimum of 4 years of experience

+ Degree can be in technical or engineering field

+ Knowledge of Good Lab Practice, Good Manufacturing Practice, laboratory duties, PC Skills, data representation.

+ Ability to apply good laboratory practices to assigned task or activity and to work independently.

+ Experience with cross-functional teamwork and decision making.

+ Demonstrated success in technical proficiency, creativity, and independent thought.

+ Strong verbal and written communication skills.

+ Experience with root cause analysis

+ Ability to work independently and with minimum supervision

Preferred Qualifications

+ Familiar with Maximo and experience with calibration process

+ Familiar with Lean Manufacturing principle

+ Experience with statistical data analysis

+ Experience with executing integration test plans for complex electro-mechanical systems.

+ Prior medical device experience: Electro-mechanical, chemical, or biochemical technologies as they pertain to the design, integration, evaluation and commercialization of diagnostic systems.

+ Experience implementing various product and process improvement methodologies (e.g. Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing)

+ Hands on experience with diagnostic medical equipment in a laboratory environment.

**Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives:** https://abbottbenefits.com/ (http://www.abbottbenefits.com/pages/candidate.aspx)

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 .

The base pay for this position is $72,100.00 – $114,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

An Equal Opportunity Employer

Abbot welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.

We provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities.

To request accommodation, please call 224-667-4913 or email [email protected]