Systems/Biomedical Engineer

Company Description

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok.

Job Description

AbbVie is looking for a systems engineer to join the Devices and Combination Product Development team.  This individual will contribute to the development of exciting new drug / device combination products for various phases of clinical studies and work closely with cross-functional colleagues in operations as programs transition to commercial development. These devices enable the delivery of innovative medicines targeted at difficult-to-cure diseases with the goal of making a remarkable impact on people’s lives.

As an engineer, you will be responsible for the integration of multiple disciplines to ensure robust patient-centric product design and performance.  In this role, you will be working with a global team of exceptional scientists, engineers, and leaders on a variety of drug delivery systems from syringes to autoinjectors to complex electromechanical pumps. Your support will ensure these systems are safe and effective in meeting their intended use for clinical and commercial development programs.

This position is based in Lake County, IL, US.

Core Job Responsibilities:

This position focuses on implementation of system engineering principles for development of drug/device combination products for clinical studies including:

• Authoring and maintaining Design Inputs, Risk Management files, System Architecture, Change Management and traceability . 
• Developing strategic plans for Design History Files
• Collaborating with internal stakeholders including: Commercial, Operations, Quality and R&D
• Interfacing with 3rd party development partners and engineering services.
• Contribute to raising the bar on how we develop combination products.  This includ