Manufacturing Engineer I

$48,000 - $96,000/Yr

Abbott Laboratories - Minnetonka, MN

Full-time - Entry Level

Minnetonka, MN

10,001+ employees

Miscellaneous Manufacturing

About the position

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. This position works out of our Minnetonka, MN location in the Cardiac Rhythm Management division. As a global leader in Cardiac Rhythm Technologies, we focus on innovative technologies that can improve the way doctors treat people with heart arrhythmias, or irregular heartbeats. The Manufacturing Engineer I will support Operations in Abbott Cardiac Rhythm Management in Minnetonka, MN. This individual will work with supervisors, engineers, technicians, and operators to address problems and opportunities identified on manufacturing lines. He or she will be accountable for quality, safety, product output and yield initiatives, as well as providing line support on a daily basis.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for daily support to manufacturing activities in order to meet established goals for safety, quality, yield, and attainment.
• Maintains systems that monitor key performance indicators, such as yield, nonconforming material, and attainment.
• Works with the functional team to plan and implement appropriate changes if indicators show an adverse trend.
• Investigates potential non-conformances, determines initial bracketing and product containment, and supports generation of non-conforming material reports, if needed.
• Responsible for product/process knowledge and understanding of basic cause-and-effect of line and process changes.
• Understands potential risk related to product nonconformance and has knowledge of product requirements and specifications.
• Maintains manufacturing documentation such as process instructions, test & inspection methods, and form packets and updates through change control process as needed.
• Investigates adverse trends in line performance and reports findings.
• Prepares and communicates recommendations and action plans.
• Leads root cause analysis efforts for basic/simple manufacturing events, utilizing DMAIC model and A3s.
• Supports CAPA investigations with data gathering and analysis as needed.
• Assists in ideation and implementation of new fixturing and tooling for manufacturing line.
• Supports validation activities for new or updated equipment or processes, including writing of qualification protocols/reports, equipment specifications, and preventative maintenance procedures.
• Supports maintenance technicians in equipment availability issues.
• Reviews equipment work order completion and performs product impact analysis to release equipment for manufacturing use.
• Assists in the training of Operations and Maintenance personnel.
• Owns Out-of-Tolerance reports for manufacturing equipment and works with Quality Engineering to determine product impact.
• Assists with Manufacturing Investigation of adverse product events in the field.
• Complies with all regulations and standards for Quality, Environment, Health, Safety and Energy (EHS&E) Global Policies, Abbott Engineering Standards, and other governance areas as applicable.

Requirements

• Bachelors Degree in a relevant field.
• Minimum 1 year to up to 3 years of experience, both overall and any industry-specific experience needed.
• Knowledge and proficiency in the application and principles of Manufacturing & Process Engineering.
• Ability to effectively communicate cross-functionally to assist in resolving Quality/Engineering issues.
• Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills.
• Knowledge of common office applications: Word, PowerPoint, Excel.
• Ability to interact effectively with all employee job levels.
• Multitasks, prioritizes and meets deadlines in a timely manner.
• Strong organizational and follow-up skills, as well as attention to detail.
• Basic understanding of materials, product design, product testing.

Nice-to-haves

• Basic understanding and knowledge of statistics, GD&T, tolerance stack up analysis, Statistical Process Control (SPC), fundamentals of Design of Experiments (DOE) and problem solving methodologies.
• Familiar with the use of various inspections tools including but not limited to: pin gauge, caliper, micrometer, snap gauge, drop gauge, block gauge, optical comparator, vision system, etc.
• Experience working in a medical device manufacturing environment such as: extrusion, injection molding, laser cutting, cleaning, passivation, electropolishing, assembly, bonding, packaging, testing, inspection methods, and others.
• 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.
• Experience using statistical software (ex: Minitab, JMP), six sigma training and/or certification, use of Solidworks (or similar CAD software), MS project, Verification & Validation activities, basic understanding of FDA, Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) and ISO guidelines.

Benefits

• 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.