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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.

Sr. Reliability Engineer

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 Sr. Reliability Engineer will provide key technical expertise and guidance to the functional areas. Serve as primary technical representative for reliability analysis.

What You’ll Work On

• Provides technical expertise to the Reliability Laboratory. Analyzes failures, develops and implements investigative protocols to identify root causes, performs circuit analysis, performs device and component level failure analysis.

• Works with R & D to resolve reliability issues and monitors resulting corrective action.

• Reviews Product Analyses Reports, approving closure of files that meet company and regulatory requirements.

• Assures testing protocols are followed and are valid for desired results. Reviews documentation on reliability and qualification testing, determining if it fulfills the protocol design and meets company and regulatory standards.

• Supports Technical Services by answering technical questions concerning electrical/mechanical aspects of devices, status of particular tests, etc.

• Supports the Legal Department in the analysis of devices and documentation related to claims.

• Supports Risk Management activities, including analyzing field data to support new product development, and supporting Fault Tree Analysis and Failure Mode Effects Analysis.

• Remains current on developments in field(s) of expertise, regulatory requirements, and a comprehensive knowledge of the company’s products, market, and objectives as well as industry trends.

• Trains technicians in the Reliability Laboratory.

• Operates Scanning Electron Microscope and Energy Dispersive Spectrophotometer for the more complex investigations.

• Resolves and/or facilitates the resolution of problems including identifying causes to prevent re-occurrence.

• 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

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering discipline or equivalent combination of education and work experience.

• M.S. preferred.

• Minimum 6 yrs providing reliability support.

• A documented record of delivering reliability engineering information which adds value to management’s decision making process is required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience in failure analysis as well as seasoned judgment acquired through organization experience in the medical device industry is highly desirable.

• Academic or in-house courses in project management, Six-Sigma, leadership, training, Total Quality Management (TQM), and various technical applications as noted above are also desired.

• Broad cross-disciplinary and in-depth knowledge of the reliability engineering profession.

• Ability to work in a highly matrixed and geographically diverse business environment.

• Ability to work within a team and as an individual contributor in a fast-paced, changing environment.

• Ability to leverage and/or engage others to accomplish projects.

• Strong verbal and written communications with ability to effectively communicate at multiple levels in the organization.

• Multitasks, prioritizes and meets deadlines in timely manner.

• Strong organizational and follow-up skills, as well as attention to detail.

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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.

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Divisional Information

Medical Devices

General Medical Devices:

Our medical devices help more than 10,000 people have healthier hearts, improve quality of life for thousands of people living with chronic pain and movement disorders, and liberate more than 500,000 people with diabetes from routine fingersticks.

Diabetes

We’re focused on helping people with diabetes manage their health with life-changing products that provide accurate data to drive better-informed decisions. We’re revolutionizing the way people monitor their glucose levels with our new sensing technology.

The base pay for this position is $86,700.00 – $173,300.00. 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 corpjat@abbott.com