Associate Manufacturing Engineer

About the position

Associate Manufacturing Engineer for Structural Heart, this position is based in Caguas, Puerto Rico. This position works out of our Caguas, PR location in the Structural Heart 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 fingersticks. Our business purpose is to restore health and improve quality of life through the design and provision of device and management solutions for the treatment of structural heart disease.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for assigned line output, safety, yield and quality.
• Responsible for identification of product defects and determination of operational and process related actions to reduce the defects.
• Works with line support team to perform line situation triage and determine if non-conformance is present.
• Responsible for product/process knowledge and understanding of basic cause and effect of line and process changes.
• Support maintenance technicians and supervisors in equipment availability issues.
• Responsible for determining quality impact of Out-of-Tolerance documents.
• Responsible for execution of line related change management.
• Evaluates ideas from the LPI program for potential implementation.
• Leads root cause analysis efforts for basic/simple manufacturing events.
• Responsible for coordination of product builds through the NPI process.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering.
• Basic knowledge of applicable US and non-US applicable regulations.
• Knowledge and proficiency in the application and principles of Manufacturing/Process Engineering.
• Ability to effectively communicate cross-functionally to assist with resolving Quality/Engineering issues.
• Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills in both English and Spanish.
• Knowledge of common office applications: Word, PowerPoint, Excel.

Nice-to-haves

• Basic Statistics Knowledge
• Former co-op students at Abbott are highlighted as preferred candidates for the Associate Manufacturing Engineer.

Benefits

• Health Insurance (starting on Day 1 of employment)
• Savings Plan (401K) with company match
• Life insurance for you and your spouse/children
• Short Term Disability
• Long Term Disability
• Education Assistance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Vacation, Sick, Personal Days