The Opportunity

Abbott Vascular provides innovative, minimally invasive, and cost-effective products for the treatment of vascular disease.

This position works out of our Houston, TX  location in the AVD Vascular division.

Senior Manufacturing Engineer 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 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.

What You’ll Work On

• Provide engineering support for daily production initiatives, including equipment maintenance, troubleshooting, calibration, documentation, and personnel training.

• Initiates and completes technical activities leading to new or improved products or process, for current programs, next generation programs, and to meet strategic goals and objectives of the company

• Conduct Process FMEAs and Process Validations.

• Provide guidance and technical mentorship to engineers and technicians.

• 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 in the electromechanical medical device space.

• Analyze and solve problems from basic engineering principles, theories, and concepts through a wide range of complex and advanced problems which require novel and new innovative approaches or a major breakthrough in technology.

• Understand engineering principles theories, concepts, practices and techniques.

• 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.

• Support all Divisional initiatives as identified by divisional management and in support of Quality Management Systems (QMS), Environmental Management Systems (EMS), and other regulatory requirements.

• Complies with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations, other regulatory requirements, Company policies, operating procedures, processes, and task assignments.  Maintains positive and cooperative communications and collaboration with all levels of employees, customers, contractors, and vendors.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE YOU’LL BRING

• Bachelors Degree Mechanical, Chemical or any engineering or technical degree OR an equivalent combination of education and work experience.

• Minimum 5 years manufacturing engineering experience. Medical device experience required. International manufacturing experience preferred.

• Strong analytical, problem solving and project management skills. Demonstrated leadership capability in team settings. Six Sigma certification preferred.

• Experience working in a broader enterprise/cross-division business unit model preferred. Ability to work in a highly matrixed and geographically diverse business environment. Ability to work within a team and as an individual contributor in a fast-paced, changing environment.  Ability to leverage and/or engage others to accomplish projects. Strong verbal and written communications with ability to effectively communicate at multiple levels in the organization. Multitasks, prioritizes and meets deadlines in timely manner.  Strong organizational and follow-up skills, as well as attention to detail. 

• Ability to travel approximately 25%, including internationally( if applicable)

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