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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 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

About Abbott

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.

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and 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.

• 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 (https://www.abbott.com/corpnewsroom/strategy-and-strength/tackling-student-debt-for-our-employees.html) student debt program and FreeU (https://www.abbott.com/corpnewsroom/strategy-and-strength/college-degree-for-free-its-possible-with-freeu.html) 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 around the world 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 a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

Our Diagnostics business currently has an opportunity for a Material Scientist Operations at our Lake Bluff, IL location. The Material Scientist Operations will be responsible for independently perform analytical testing, analysis, and write reports to support complex, long-duration projects, product improvements and investigations for materials utilized in in-vitro diagnostics. Proactively identify opportunities for significant operational; process; or product improvements.

What You’ll Work On

• Manages day to day activities for a materials science laboratory. Responsible for performing analytical testing and methods, considering Critical Quality Attribute (CQAs), critical process parameters, and analytical performance characteristics for polymeric and metallic materials.

• Project Management- Manages multiple projects and supports complex long duration projects, product improvements, and complaint investigations for new and on-market products within ADD or at Third Party Manufacturers (TPM).

• Product and process improvements. Perform or support test and process method modifications: considering CQAs; critical process parameters and analytical performance characteristics.

• Design Control & Risk Management- Effectively balances compliance risk and business risk to create and review risk management files.

• Technical Support- Assist in resolution of multiple complex and quality issues across ADD sites; TPMs and or functions (instrument, reagents, software, and commodities). Anticipate, recognize, and resolve technical issues.

• Sharing knowledge- Generates technical reports, presents technical information to internal and external groups.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE YOU’LL BRING

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM, e.g. Chemistry, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, and 2 years of progressively responsible positions in a research, development, or operations environment.

• Master’s Degree in STEM, e.g. Chemistry, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree preferred in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Polymer Science or Materials Science.

• Execution of practical lab skills with increasing complexity of knowledge with experience.

• Experience operating analytical equipment including FTIR (Fourier transform infrared), SEM, Raman, HPLC, DSC.

• Experience in technical support and characterization of plastic/organic materials and or molded parts (Medical, Pharmaceutical, or Aerospace desired).

• Work well in a team environment.

• Knowledge/use of regulations and standards affecting IVDs and Biologics.

• Basic computer skills- able to learn new computer programs.

Learn more about our benefits that add real value to your life to help you live fully: http://www.abbottbenefits.com/pages/candidate.aspx . Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that provides growth and strength to build your future. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity. Connect with us at www.abbott.com , on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott , and Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal.

The base pay for this position is $57,300.00 – $114,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

An Equal Opportunity Employer

Abbot welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.

We provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities.

To request accommodation, please call 224-667-4913 or email corpjat@abbott.com