Engineer - Degreed III

Title: Electrical Engineer - Degreed III

Location: Abbott Park, Illinois

Duration: 12 Month Assignment

Responsibilities:

• Primarily provides laboratory support for troubleshooting PCB, Cables, Using Scopes, and other diagnostic tools at direction of senior engineers and scientists. (Anticipated 70% of the time)
• Lays out and constructs a variety of prototype tools and fixtures required for development purposes.
• Interfaces with software, hardware and firmware engineers to resolve issue
• Conducts evaluations, tests and analyses related to feasibility and function
• Performs troubleshooting and fault isolation activities on a variety of breadboards and hybrids.
• Conducts measurements specified in design verification plans, documents and tabulates results, and provides engineering test reports.
• Documents custom tools with specifications, schematics and mechanical layouts to support document control and tool release.
• 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.
• Resolves non-routine; complex problems with data gathering; research; analysis and interpretive activities.
• Uses factual information; policy and procedures to determine solutions with minimal supervision.
• Verifies experimental data for usefulness and accuracy.
• Impact on Operations/Effect of Errors: Tasks; activities and/or information used to make decisions which are in direct support of the department's primary function.
• Effect of errors may have significant impact in terms of time or money.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree; or equivalent experience; is required.
• Degree should be in the areas of Electrical/electronic engineering or related engineering field. 
• Work requires the theoretical and conceptual knowledge associated with a bachelor’s degree.
• A minimum of six months of relevant work experience in working with a variety of Printed Circuit Boards, cables, motors, valves, pumps, fixtures and tools.

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, nutritional and branded generic medicines.

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