Advance Engineer

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.

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 forfree medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPOmedical plan in the next calendar year.
• An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution
• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU 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 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.

This position works out of our Menlo Park, CA location in the SH division.

Structural Heart Business Mission:
Why We Exist.

Our business purpose is to restore health and improve quality of life by designing and providing device and management solutions for treating structural heart disease.

As the Staff Advance Engineer, you'll have the chance to provide support to the Manufacturing organization to facilitate efficient operations within the production area, to optimize existing processes, and to ensure that production goals are met. Monitors performance of equipment, machines and tools and corrects equipment problems or process parameters that produce non-conforming products, low yields or product quality issues. Interfaces with Quality and Research and Development organizations to integrate new products or processes into the existing manufacturing area.

• Responsible for compliance with applicable Corporate and Divisional Policies and procedures.
• Leads technical activities for new or improved products or process, for current programs, next generation programs and tomeet strategic goals and objectives of the company.
• Presents findings and recommendations.
• Analyzes and solves problems from basic engineering principles, theories and concepts through to a wide range of complex and advanced problems which require novel and new innovative approaches or a major breakthrough in technology.
• Understands engineering principles theories, concepts, practices and techniques.
• Recognized leader or authority in an area of specialization and applies this knowledge in leadership roles in the company.
• Incorporates business policies and procedures into task completion.
• Understands the business needs of the company, and has knowledge of the customer needs of our business.
• Understands the business cycle and foresight of emerging technologies trends.
• Cultivates internal and external network of resources to complete tasks.
• Serves as a resource in the selection orientation and training of new engineers and employees.
• Leads project team(s), determines goals and objectives for the projects.
• Mentors employees by sharing technical expertise and providing feedback and guidance.
• Interacts cross functionally and with internal and external customers.
• Serves as a consultant for engineering or scientific interpretations and advice on significant matters.
• Acts as a spokesperson to customers on business unit current and future capabilities.
• Monitors progress of departments or units toward divisional and company goals.
• Monitors all costs associated with assigned organizational unit.
• Monitors company-wide indicators such as market share and profitability.
• Monitors industry trends and external environment in areas relevant to the assigned organizational unit. Develops and/or identifies new work processes that will have broad applicability throughout the…