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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.

Sr. Scientist

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 (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 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

The Senior Scientist will work in a research technician capacity within a project-driven biosensor R&D group, designing and executing experiments, and conducting non-routine analytical tests on biosensors and sensor materials for use in development and troubleshooting.

What You’ll Work On

• Conduct analytical experiments to test new and existing biosensor concepts and the materials used in their construction, including small molecules, traditional polymers, and biologics. This will include running analytical instrumentation such as HPLC, LCMS, GCMS, UV-vis, GPC, viscometer, cyclic voltammeter, and interpreting results from these and other techniques such as NMR, MS, elemental.

• Construct and test biosensors in various formats for R&D purposes. This includes running laser cutting, automated liquid dispensing, and other custom equipment.

• Design and execute laboratory experiments to inform root cause analysis, and to enhance fundamental understanding of how sensor chemistry drives sensor function.

• Organize and process large amounts of raw data from experiments into tables and graphs for systematic review and evaluation to identify trends and establish relationships.

• Interpret data from clinical studies to gain insight into biological interactions with the sensor chemistry.

• Access the chemical, biological, and engineering literature to provide insights to technical issues.

• Present experimental results in group meetings.

• Maintain lab equipment, QA records, and purchasing documentation.

• Purchase materials and services and interface regularly with contract suppliers

• Coordinate with internal functions such as Safety, Purchasing, Accounting.

Required Qualifications

• PhD in chemistry, chemical engineering, or a relevant physical or life science.

• Expertise in analytical chemistry, organic chemistry, biochemistry, polymer chemistry, organometallics, or biologics, strongly preferred.

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Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

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Divisional Information

Medical Devices

General Medical Devices:

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.

Diabetes

We’re focused on helping people with diabetes manage their health with life-changing products that provide accurate data to drive better-informed decisions. We’re revolutionizing the way people monitor their glucose levels with our new sensing technology.

The base pay for this position is $98,000.00 – $196,000.00. 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