Sr. Scientist II

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:

ABOUT ABBOTT DIAGNOSTICS

The key to successful treatment and full recovery is often fast, accurate diagnosis. Abbott’s life-changing tests and diagnostic tools provide insights that enable smarter, faster decisions and transform the way the world is managing health.

Our pioneering technology spans the world of healthcare operations — with medical diagnostic instruments, tests, automation and informatics solutions for hospitals, reference labs, blood centers, emergency departments, physician offices and clinics.

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.
• Free medical coverage for employees* via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO
• An excellent retirement savings plan with 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 around the world 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

Our Diagnostics business currently has an opportunity for the role of Sr. Scientist II for our Abbott Park, IL location. The primary function of this position is to initiate and may direct small to medium scale projects. Conducts pre-clinical and/or other technical assay design research including design verification with minimal versight/supervision and may provide technical review, oversight and feedback to others. May present scientific observations to management levels with Abbott.

What You’ll Work On

• With minimal guidance, designs, develops, and completes experiments, accomplishes established milestones and summarizes data, interprets results and draws conclusions.
• Evaluates data using analytical methodologies to achieve results.  Applies advanced scientific knowledge to projects.  Recommends options for future experiments leveraging patents and scientific literature and provides technical rationale for recommendations.
• Possesses and applies advanced scientific knowledge to investigate technical challenges, evaluate data using analytical methodologies to achieve results.
• Demonstrates an advanced understanding of specialized techniques and identifies possible technical alternatives for a variety of problems. Utilizes multiple analytical instruments. Anticipates, recognizes, and resolves technical problems and provides technical guidance to junior-level scientists.
• CFT member conducts project planning activities, delivers updates, and recommends process improvements.  Works proactively to meet project deliverables and helps to keep junior-level team members accountable.
• Plans a single, complex project. Schedules work proactively, creates timelines, plans, schedules resources, and begins to demonstrate leadership by holding more junior team members accountable for meeting milestones.
• May be part of team responsible for submitting ideas for inventions, patent filings and/or scientific publications.
• Actively participates in lab safety, lab GMP, and routine instrument maintenance.
• Appropriately documents experimental procedures and clinical protocols; writes technical reports and cost estimates.
• Responsible for implementing and maintaining the effectiveness of the quality system.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE YOU’LL BRING

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree biological or physical sciences, or mathematics and 7 years of progressively responsible positions in a research development environment or PhD with 2 years of ex