Manager II Engineering

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.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

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. You’ll also have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical 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 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

We’re empowering smarter medical and economic decision-making to help transform the way people manage their health at all stages of life. Every day, more than 10 million tests are run on Abbott’s diagnostics instruments, providing lab results for millions of people. 

Our Diagnostics CoreLab team is hiring for a Manager II Engineering. They are responsible for implementing and maintaining the effectiveness of the quality system. Manage department or projects engaged in complex product or process development/support. Oversee multiple projects within a single engineering discipline or a small to medium group with multiple disciplines. Responsibilities include financial and performance accountability. Assure projects are completed within time and budget. Establish department goals and plans to meet goals. Forecast staffing requirements.

Overall manage the following Electrical Engineering discipline responsibilities:

• Test and analyze failed parts.  Determine root cause of failure.  Propose design solutions to prevent the failures.  
• Experience in Printed Circuit Board and peripheral design.
• Experience and knowledge of Cadence CAD tool. 
• Simulate, prototype, and test new and modified designs.
• Statistically analyze data to prove the new design resolves failure modes and performs as intended.
• Complete engineering change documentation, including formal verification. 
• Work with system integration and other departments to ensure the design meets requirements.  Collaborate with operations to implement the new designs on a timely basis. 
• Develop revolutionary and evolutionary product designs that align with business objectives.

Main Responsibilities

• Responsible for implementing and maintaining the effectiveness of the quality system.
• Review status of projects; adjust resource allocations to meet project and business demands among areas. Prepare and manage budgets.
• Propose actions to deal with variances.
• Prepare SDPs and ODPs.
• Develop policies and procedures to implement strategy in managed area.
• Review design or process solutions to ensure overall functional requirements are met.
• Maintain current technical skills and business function expertise.
• Design and implement an organization that responds to the needs of the business and provides a meaningful work experience for employees.
• Proactively identifies changes in technology within an area of expertise.
• Influence peers and upper management to support successful implementation of changes.
• Influence policies and events outside the immediate organization.
• Exchanges information with external vendors or other Abbott sites.
• Maintains contact with senior level management and all levels of employees within area or project responsibility for communication and problem resolution.
• Analyzes Complex Designs or Processes: Evaluates and approves complex designs or processes across multiple disciplines ensuring functional requirements are met.
• Reviews Plans in Functional Area: Reviews and approves standards; measures and controls procedures to effectively monitor performance. Reviews timelines for integration of electrical design of CPU PCB; ASICS design and PCB design (multiple subassemblies).
• Coordinates Implementation of Multiple Projects Across Under Multiple Disciplines: Ensures multiple project milestones are met on time and within budget; mobilizes resources to address priorities within department.
• Forecasts Staffing Requirements: Recruits; interviews; and selects candidates to fill openings. Identifies future staffing needs and associated position requirements.
• Prepares and Manages Budgets: Establishes departmental; or project budgets; manages against approved budgets.
• Provides input to yearly financial plan and quarterly updates.
• Exchanges Information: Exchanges information with appropriate frequency and within a time frame to maximize its utility and promote cross functional collaboration; verifies that the message was understood.
• Communicates obsolescence issues to avoid line shutdown. Adapts Information to Customer Needs: Delivers communications tailored to the needs of the receiver; speaks and writes clearly and concisely.
• Makes Key Presentations: Delivers persuasive; and motivational presentations to influence employees; peers; regulatory agencies; and/or senior management. Articulates and translates department and/or functional strategy objectives.
• Actively Listens: Listens actively to acquire information and understand the others viewpoint.
• Builds Relationships: Develops an understanding of others’ needs; promoting common goals; and follows through on commitments. Seeks periodic feedback to ensure satisfaction is being met.
• Resolves Conflicts: Faces conflicts and takes initiative to resolve issues constructively so all parties can be productive; knows when to involve others.
• Facilitates Teamwork: Develops team vision/mission; links mission to division and organization missions; encourages collaboration; works with team to clarify roles and expectations; works just as effectively as a member and as the leader; manages group process in team meeting utilizing effective meeting skills. Reinforces others efforts. Meets personal commitments to the team. Compares the results with managers’ expectations. Jointly reviews the GAPS with team members and decides on actions to cover the gaps. Frequently reviews the organization's charter until all different functions are balanced in terms of responsibilities and resources. Involves staff in planning; problem solving and decision making. Shares successes. Creates opportunities for cross functional teamwork to improve product development cycle.
• Direct Others and Operations: Coordinates the efforts of multiple groups to achieve goals; delegates work to lowest capable level; monitors status of plans/projects and gives feedback and redirects efforts when necessary; faces people problems quickly and directly.
• Makes Decisions: Makes timely decisions; considers alternatives and evaluates risk; uses sound judgment based on facts and experience.
• Ensures High Performance: Sets performance standard and holds people accountable; takes initiative to correct performance problems.
• Motivates Staff and Others: Motivates staff and team or project members by making each individual feel their work is important; delegates both routine and important tasks and decisions; shares ownership and visibility. Recognize the accomplishments in a timely fashion.
• Influences Outcomes: Uses constructive techniques to persuade; convince or influence others to follow plan of action; influences policies; events through others; influences across functions without authority. Interprets site; division; corporate regulatory policies for manufacturing material to optimize the documentation requirements for manufacturing materials.
• Establishes a Development Culture: Encourages individuals to improve their own and others' performance by seeking and providing feedback; learning from past experience; and mentoring/coaching others; accepts feedback and takes responsibility for own mistakes; provides challenges and opportunity to develop; coaches and guides to improve others' performance; holds frequent development discussions; actively exports and advances talented people. Provides timely feedback and opportunities for development.
• Plans for Future Development Needs: Translates changes in business goals and objectives into skills; knowledge and experience needed for future work; prepares a plan for self and team that sets appropriate development goals; establishes timelines; identifies resources; and describes behavioral outcome. Identifies skills required to move from individual contributor to management.
• Supports Achievement of Development Goals: Balances the time needed for accomplishing current work and achieving development goals; applies newly developed skills; knowledge and experience to the job; recognizes and rewards development.
• Evaluates Risk/Reward Tradeoffs: Evaluates the risk associated with various alternative and makes contingency plans.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree within STEM field
• Minimum 10 years of relative experience
• 4+ years of supervisory or management experience
• Knowledge of regulations and standards affecting IVD and Biologics

Preferred Qualifications

• Firmware development and in-circuit test fixture design experience is desirable.
• Familiarity with RoHS, and REACH regulations is preferred.
• Demonstrate competency in oral and written communication. Flexibility to work in an FDA regulated environment and understand the associated documentation requirements.

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The base pay for this position is

$99,300.00 – $198,700.00

In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

     

JOB FAMILY:

Engineering

DIVISION:

CRLB Core Lab

LOCATION:

United States > Irving : LC-02

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

TRAVEL:

Yes, 5 % of the Time

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

No

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Continuous standing for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)

Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.

     

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