Manufacturing Engineer

About the position

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. Our Plymouth location is seeking a high caliber, motivated, self-driven leader to join our manufacturing engineering team for ablation catheter manufacturing in Abbott’s Electrophysiology business unit. In Abbott’s Electrophysiology (EP) business, we’re advancing the treatment of heart disease through breakthrough medical technologies in atrial fibrillation, allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives. Individuals in this role will work on a new product launch supporting the operations team as a front-line engineer working with assemblers and troubleshooting equipment and process issues. Additionally, this position will manage projects aimed towards designing and developing manufacturing processes, tooling, and fixtures to meet daily production schedules while enhancing productivity and product quality. This role offers a great opportunity for any passionate individual that enjoys problem solving and collaborative work environment. This individual will be able to make a mark on the organization as a leader, while working on state-of-the-art product. This role directly impacts the success of a new product launch and ramp and in turn, will be able to make a significant P&L impact in the organization. This role can support either 1st or 2nd shift.

Responsibilities

• Front line engineer supporting operations team
• Be innovative, resourceful, and work with minimal direction
• Have excellent organization, problem solving, communication, and team leadership skills
• Work effectively with cross-functional teams
• Manage projects which include new production equipment, process improvements and cost reductions while supporting new product introductions
• Collaborate with peer engineers and technicians
• Conduct Process FMEAs and Process Validations
• Improve product quality, labor efficiency, and throughput through the use of Lean manufacturing concepts
• Coordinate the design, procurement, build and debug of tooling, machinery and test equipment
• Work with Product Development to ensure Design for Manufacturability

Requirements

• Mechanical, Chemical, Biomedical or any engineering or technical degree or equivalent experience required
• 2-4 years manufacturing engineering experience. Prior manufacturing engineering experience is preferred but not required.
• Strong analytical, problem solving and project management skills
• Demonstrated leadership capability in team settings
• Ability to lead and motivate peers, drive change and problem solve with creativity
• Ability to travel approximately 10%, including internationally.

Nice-to-haves

• Medical device experience preferred

Benefits

• Free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year
• Excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution
• Tuition reimbursement
• Freedom 2 Save student debt program
• FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree