Job Description

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 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

ABOUT ABBOTT

Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology.

WORKING AT ABBOTT

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 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.

THE OPPORTUNITY:

Our Diagnostics business currently has a full-time, on-site opportunity for a SYSTEMS INTEGRATION SPECIALIST

This position is based on-site at our IRVING, TX OFFICE.

The primary functions of the position are the following:

Bringing together the component subsystems into one system and ensuring that the subsystems (including hardware, software, and assay) function together as a system.
Ensuring end-to-end traceability of functionality and product performance requirements. 
Working closely with Systems Engineers to evaluate system performance (requirements), identify potential impact, and plan appropriate integration testing. 
Contributing to multiple projects and design changes in support of investigations.
Resolving product problems and technical issues
Ensuring systems design and documentation meet all safety and regulatory compliance.

WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON:

• Writes, executes, and provides technical review of moderately complex system related verification and/or characterization protocols and data packages.
• Works hands-on with a strong software/instrument /platform/assay development background to troubleshoot systems, including robotic liquid handling systems, and automated assay protocols, identify opportunities for quality improvements, provide root causes of complex Hardware-Software-Assay interaction problems, and communicate test results and corrective recommendations to the team.
• Leads or participates in system, software, hardware design reviews and test planning reviews to support assessment of performance against design specification; reliability testing, and assessment of system interactions.
• Define appropriate test plans and test methods considering potential impact to user needs and system requirements.   Provides input and recommendations for system level design requirements.
• Applies moderately complex quantitative methods, analyzes data, evaluates results, forms conclusions and provides improvements.
• Proactively identifies areas for improvements and implements changes; recommends activity estimate for project planning purposes and responsible for creating project deliverables or leading moderately complex projects.
• Independently troubleshoots multiple issues to determine root cause and proposing possible solutions. Leads investigations of moderately complex issues at system level (hardware, assay, software interaction).
• Apply process and work methodologies by interfacing and communicating system level issues with peers/cross-functional groups.
• Collaborate with various organizations/disciplines (e.g., software, hardware, test, operations, manufacturing) to ensure system performance and customer expectations are met.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

EDUCATION 

BACHELOR’S DEGREE in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)  
 
EXPERIENCE/BACKGROUND

MINIMUM 3 YEARS relevant work experience:

 i.    Moderate knowledge of Good Lab Practice, Good Manufacturing Practice, laboratory duties, PC Skills, data representation.
ii.    Experience with executing INTEGRATION TEST PLANS for complex ELECTRO-MECHANICAL SYSTEMS. 
iii.    Experience independently leading project activities and demonstrates decision making skills.
iv.    Demonstrated experience in participating in cross functional teams
v.    Demonstrated success in technical proficiency, creativity, and independent thought. 
vi.    Effective verbal and written communication skills.
vii.    Experience with ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS 
viii.    Hands on experience with diagnostic medical equipment in a laboratory environment.
ix.    Knowledge of basic project management concepts
 

PREFERRED / IDEAL QUALIFICATIONS:

i.    Experience with STATISTICAL DATA ANALYSIS
ii.    PRIOR MEDICAL DEVICE EXPERIENCE: Electro-mechanical, chemical, or biochemical technologies as they pertain to the design, integration, evaluation and commercialization of diagnostic systems.
iii.    Experience implementing various product and process improvement methodologies (e.g. Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing)