Manufacturing Engineer I Job at Abbott in St Paul

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.

Manufacturing Engineer I

**Working at Abbott**

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. Youll 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 a high employer contribution

+ Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save (https://www.abbott.com/corpnewsroom/strategy-and-strength/tackling-student-debt-for-our-employees.html) student debt program, and FreeU (https://www.abbott.com/corpnewsroom/strategy-and-strength/college-degree-for-free-its-possible-with-freeu.html) education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelors degree.

+ A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries 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.

**The Opportunity**

This position works out of our St Paul, MN location in the Structural Heart Medical Devices Group. 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.

**What Youll Work On**

+ Front line engineer supporting operations team

Individual should:

+ Be innovative, resourceful, and work with minimal direction

+ Have excellent organization, problem solving, communication, and team leadership skills

+ Work effectively with cross-functional teams

+ Manage projects which include new production equipment, process improvements and cost reductions while supporting new product introductions. Collaborate with peer engineers and technicians. Additional responsibilities include:

+ Conduct Process FMEAs and Process Validations

+ Improve product quality, labor efficiency, and throughput through the use of Lean manufacturing concepts

+ Coordinate the design, procurement, build and debug of tooling, machinery and test equipment

+ Work with Product Development to ensure Design for Manufacturability

**Required Qualifications**

+ Mechanical, Chemical, Biomedical or any engineering or technical degree or equivalent experience required

+ 0-3 years manufacturing engineering experience. Prior manufacturing engineering experience is preferred, but not required.

+ Strong analytical, problem solving and project management skills

+ Demonstrated leadership capability in team settings

+ Ability to lead and motivate peers, drive change and problem solve with creativity

* Participants who complete a short wellness assessment qualify for FREE coverage in our HIP PPO medical plan. Free coverage applies in the next calendar year.

**Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives:** www.abbottbenefits.com (http://www.abbottbenefits.com/pages/candidate.aspx)

Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

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The base pay for this position is $48,000.00 $96,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

An Equal Opportunity Employer

Abbot welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.

We provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities.

To request accommodation, please call 224-667-4913 or email corpjat@abbott.com