Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Abbott Laboratories • Des Plaines, IL

58d • $78,000 - $156,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Manufacturing Engineer works at Abbott Molecular Diagnostics in Des Plaines, Illinois. The role drives manufacturing excellence by optimizing production processes, improving operational efficiency, and supporting product quality and reliability. Working with Operations, Quality, R&D, and Supply Chain teams, the engineer leads process-improvement initiatives, troubleshoots manufacturing challenges, and implements solutions to improve performance, reduce costs, and support business growth. The position contributes to producing molecular diagnostic products used to support healthcare decisions.

The engineer supports manufacturing process equipment, resolves equipment issues, improves equipment reliability and production performance, validates equipment and processes, and carries out engineering work for CAPA and nonconformance investigations. The role also supports transfer of new products to manufacturing, manages equipment change control, analyzes production and maintenance data, and mentors and trains technicians, operators, and junior engineers.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related field; Mechanical Engineering or Electrical Engineering is preferred.
• Six years of related experience.
• Technical expertise in mechanical systems, pneumatic systems, PLCs, vision systems, label printing and application systems, equipment integration and automation concepts, SCADA systems, and preventive maintenance programs.

Nice To Haves

• Extensive hands-on experience troubleshooting equipment and resolving technical issues.
• Strong technical ability to analyze problems using sound engineering practices and tools and produce effective solutions.
• Familiarity with preventive and reliability-centered maintenance.
• Ability to acquire, analyze, and present data to support root-cause analysis and problem-solving.
• Six Sigma training or certification.

Responsibilities

• Support manufacturing process equipment that impacts operations.
• Analyze and troubleshoot mechanical and electrical equipment issues and failures; identify root causes and implement robust solutions.
• Implement continuous improvements to existing equipment to improve reliability, yield, uptime, and efficiency.
• Validate automated manufacturing equipment, ancillary equipment, facilities, and utilities; draft validation change requests and coordinate validation requirements with cross-functional team members.
• Draft and approve IQ/OQ/PQ/PV validation protocols, execute validation tests, record data, and draft and approve reports.
• Draft and execute engineering studies to characterize processes as part of validation efforts.
• Execute studies, test methods, and engineering activities for CAPA and nonconformance investigations and actions; carry out CAPA action plans and document investigations in the electronic CAPA system.
• Transfer new product requirements to manufacturing with hands-on technical support, including developing Six Sigma processes and documentation for commercial production.
• Recommend data-driven actions, emphasizing preventative actions over reactive actions.
• Work with equipment suppliers, manufacturing operations, engineering technicians, and quality assurance to troubleshoot production lines and restore them to production.
• Manage equipment change control and execute required validation activities to implement changes.
• Monitor production, identify improvement opportunities, and proactively address potential production issues.
• Collect and analyze maintenance and manufacturing performance data.
• Mentor technicians and junior engineers to support compliance and knowledge transfer.
• Provide technical training to equipment operators, maintenance teams, and junior engineers; create or improve training materials.

Benefits

• Employees may qualify for free medical coverage in the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
• 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 earning a bachelor's degree.
• Career development opportunities with an international company.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior