Sr. Specialist Systems Integration

Abbott

4d • $78,000 - $156,000 • Onsite

About The Position

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You will 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 Free 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 a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists. We’re empowering smarter medical and economic decision-making to help transform the way people manage their health at all stages of life. Every day, more than 10 million tests are run on Abbott’s diagnostics instruments, providing lab results for millions of people. Our Diagnostics / Core Lab business currently has a full-time, on-site opportunity for a Sr. Systems Integration Specialist. This Sr. Systems Integration Specialist will be based at our Abbott Park, IL office. The Sr. Systems Integration Specialist applies an interdisciplinary, collaborative approach to ensure and verify design of the subsystem integrate and function optimally as a system, to provide system solutions, improvements, and enhancements to achieve overall systems performance. Resolves product problems and technical issues with minimal oversight across multiple system functions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required. Preferably in Life or Physical Science, Bioengineering, Biomedical Engineering, or closely related discipline.
• Minimum 6 years’ work-related experience.
• Experience with Systems and / or Assay development principles and concepts.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex system and risk analysis.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and utilize data to make decisions and influence stakeholders.
• Demonstrated success in technical proficiency, creativity, and independent thought.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience in understanding and complying with applicable regulations
• Demonstrated ability to apply principles of systems thinking to accelerate performance.
• Demonstrated Customer Focus, making their needs a primary focus of one's actions.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of regulations and standards affecting IVDs and Biologics.
• Demonstrates use of statistics, design of experimentation, DOORS, APLM, SBM and Good Lab Practice, Good Manufacturing Practice, laboratory duties.
• Systems integration experience in Clinical Chemistry and / or Immuno Assay
• Experience in Clinical Chemistry, immunoassay development, assay technical support or assay reagent design.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and utilize data to make decisions and influence stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Maintains adherence to Quality System - Implements and maintains the effectiveness of the quality system.
• Defines and documents critical performance requirements that link to system design across interacting functions (i.e., hardware, software, labeling and / or assay).
• Collaborates with technical organization to develop and refine system solutions through the concept, feasibility, development, and qualification phases of the development process.
• Leads systems related analysis to assess performance against design specification, and assessment of system interactions.
• Leads technical review of complex system related system integration, verification, and characterization studies.
• Leads development of systems integration test methods / processes and troubleshooting instrument (hardware/software/and assay/reagent interaction issues to determine root cause and possible solutions.
• Resolves complex system-level problems.
• Writes and executes complex system related verification and characterization protocols and packages.
• Applies moderately complex quantitative methods, analyzes data, evaluates results, forms conclusions, and provides and implements improvements.
• Mentors junior-level team members and supports system integration knowledge sharing activities to alignment with strategic business needs.
• Supports technical team in evaluating Key Performance Parameters (KPPs) / Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
• Leads team members in application and analysis of multiple optimization process techniques: Set targets, ranges, and specs – DOE, Guard band, Capability (CPk), Test Method development, troubleshoot parts and subsystems.
• Reviews and / or develop FMEA, hazards, modes of control for risk management.
• Leads complex investigations involving interacting system level issues.

Benefits

• 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 Free 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 a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

What This Job Offers

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