Manufacturing Engineer

ABOUT ABBOTT

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.

Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking toward the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology. 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’ll 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 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 countries and named one of the most admired companies by Fortune.
• A company recognized as one of the best big companies to work for and a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

Our location in Temecula, CA currently has an opportunity for a Manufacturing Engineer
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This position works out of our Temecula, CA location in the Abbott Vascular Division. Our medical devices help more than 10,000 people have healthier hearts, improve quality of life for thousands of people living with chronic pain and movement disorders, and liberate more than 500,000 people with diabetes from routine finger sticks. Abbott Vascular provides innovative, minimally invasive, and cost‑effective products for treatment of vascular disease.

Provides support to the manufacturing organization by developing new processes and optimizing existing processes. Utilizes Six Sigma, Lean, design control, and validation principles to create robust processes. This role requires completion of steps from process conception, design, validation, and implementation to manufacturing. Interfaces with Manufacturing, Quality and Research and Development organizations to integrate new processes into existing manufacturing areas.

Provides 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 manufacturing lines, 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 other organizational functions to integrate new products or processes into the existing manufacturing area.

• Initiates and completes technical activities leading to new or improved products or processes for current programs, next‑generation programs, and to meet strategic goals and objectives of the company. Prepares reports, publishes, and makes presentations to communicate findings.
• Analyzes and solves problems from basic engineering principles, theories and concepts through to a wide range of complex and advanced problems that require novel and innovative approaches or a major breakthrough in technology.
• Understands engineering principles, theories, concepts, practices and techniques. Develops knowledge in a field to become a 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 technology trends.
• Cultivates internal and external network of resources to complete tasks. Serves as a resource in the selection,…