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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

This position works out of our Menlo Park, CA location in the Structural Heart division. 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.

What You’ll Work On

Specialist professional individual contributor with comprehensive knowledge in the area of Structural Heart

+ Market Sustaining Team- Manufacturing Engineers that support our market products. How can we improve products, occasionally dealing with field complaints.

+ Independently, or lead a project teamto,identifyfluid loss within a process.Identifysolution to reduce the fluid loss

+ Understand the business needs of the company and have a thorough understanding of customer needs as they relate to projects

+ Lead kaizens toidentifyrootcausewithinmanufacturingprocess. Work withteamto develop corrective and preventative actions.

+ Design and lead complex experiments, often with multiple variables, independently execute and/or direct others in the execution

+ of project tasks by applying novel engineering theories,conceptsand techniques.

+ Conceptualize complete solutions, create or coordinate the design solutions for novel or complex problems; explore multiple

+ alternatives.

+ Serve as a subject matter expert (SME) or independent technical expert (ITE) on a project’s technical matters; mayinterface with

+ seniormanagement, external firms or agencies, may coordinate technical matters between organizations.

+ Responsible for completing documentation in a timely manner and in accordance with business standards.

+ Participateoncross-functional teams to support organizational goals.

+ Understand andcomply withapplicable EHS policies, procedures,rulesand regulations.

+ Responsible for implementing andmaintainingeffectiveness of Quality System.

+ Other tasks and duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

+ Bachelors Degree (± 16 years)in Engineering/Similar

+ • Typically requires 5 years of relevant work experience preferred asManufacturingEngineer.• Ability or aptitude to work on problems that are complex in scope.•Demonstratedinitiative and problem-solving skills;critical-thinkingskills.• Ability or aptitude to usevarious typesof databases and other computer software.• Strong organizational and project management skills.• Ability to quickly gain knowledge, understanding or skills and willingness to learn.• Knowledge of Lean Six Sigma concepts is an asset.

**Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives:** www.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 www.abbott.com , on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott , and on Twitter @AbbottNews.

The base pay for this position is $90,000.00 – $180,000.00. 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]