Manufacturing Engineer, Sustaining

About Us

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.

The Opportunity

We currently have an opportunity available for a Manufacturing Engineer to join our Vascular division in Westford, MA.

Abbott Vascular provides innovative, minimally invasive and cost-effective products for treatment of vascular disease. Our extensive portfolio includes drug-eluting stents, bare metal stents, guide wires, balloon dilatation catheters, imaging catheters and software, vessel closure devices and peripheral stents

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and develop manufacturing processes, tooling, and fixtures in order to meet daily production schedules while enhancing productivity and product quality.
• Manage projects which include new production equipment, process improvements and cost reductions while supporting new product introductions.
• Provide guidance to other engineers and technicians.
• Conduct Process FMEAs and Process Validations.
• Improve product quality, labor efficiency, and throughput through the use of Lean manufacturing concepts.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree and an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• 2-5 years of manufacturing engineering experience required.
• Ability to work in a highly matrixed and geographically diverse business environment.
• Strong verbal and written communications with ability to effectively communicate at multiple levels across different shifts in the organization.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in the cardiovascular medical device industry.
• Previous medical device experience preferred.
• Experience working in a broader enterprise/cross-division business unit model preferred.