Sr Process Development Technician

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.

     

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Sr Process Development Technician

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 works out of our Woodridge, MN 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.

Participate as required within process development on various engineering efforts for new process / product development.  Responsible for performing various technical tasks on a variety of development projects as assigned by engineering. These tasks include but are not limited coordination of development builds as well as assisting with generation of documentation, change orders, test method development and execution, fixture design and fabrication, equipment programming and qualification, prototyping, data collection and analysis. 

What You’ll Work On

• Coordinate and execute building of prototypes/products per engineering design and instructions. 
• Ability to prioritize work by determining the sequencing and timing of different jobs based on precedence and importance. 
• Create and maintain accurate records to recreate desired build processes and designs.
• Participate as required within process development on various engineering efforts for new product development. 
• Troubleshoot and suggest creative solutions to design and testing issues including opportunities for automation. 
• Fabrication of various manufacturing equipment including the use of simple machining equipment and hand tools. 
• Understanding of and ability to utilize electronic data collection systems and computer software packages and possibly ability to analyze data using basic statistics. 
• Assist in the documentation creation, editing and change orders management (i.e. drawings, specs, manufacturing procedures, inspections, travelers, etc.) required to support new product development projects. 
• Analyze and improve existing manufacturing and inspection processes. 
• Follow safety guidelines and utilize appropriate safety devices when performing all tasks that require such precautions.  
• Willingness for active participation, active listening, interpreting, cooperation and flexibility to allow for a successful self-managed team. 
• Be able to clearly communicate ideas, problems and solutions to engineers.    
• Performs other related duties and responsibilities, on occasion, as assigned. 
• 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, and vendors. 

Required Qualifications

Education 

Education Level 

Techn