Process Development Equipment/Automation Engineer

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok.

Responsibilities: 

• Ownership of processing lab equipment, ensuring specifications and procedures are created, and that qualification, PM, calibration, and repairs are performed.
• Works with Process Engineers to identify, develop, scale, and automate equipment.
• Identify and collaborate with third-party system integrators as necessary to support projects.
• Works with vendors and AbbVie internal functions to develop automation solutions.
• Interfaces with various departments to ensure processes and designs are compatible for new product technology transfer.
• Actively collaborate with the project teams to support the execution of successful project studies.
• Supports the design and development of processes for manufacturing clinical and commercial tissue products.
• Investigates and evaluates existing technology; designs and implements new methodologies, materials, machines, and processes.
• Demonstrates subject matter expertise by developing department standards and improving existing work practices.
• Other duties, as assigned.

Required:

• Bachelor’s in Engineering or related field Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field with 8-10 years process development experience in a regulated industry. 

Desirable:

• Master’s degree in Engineering or related field with 2-4 years experience or PhD with 0-2 years experience.

Technical/Business Knowledge - Job Skills/Experience Required:

• Ability to exercise judgment within defined procedures and policies to define appropriate actions in developing methods, techniques and evaluation criteria.
• Ability to act under limited supervision to determine methods and procedures on new assignments.
• Ability to leverage statistics, analysis, simulation and experimentation in the design and development process.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in written format.
• Experience with Microsoft Office applications including Word, Excel and Outlook.

Cognitive Skills:

• Completes analysis of root causes and makes recommendations without supervision; reviews other professionals’ analysis; leads problem solving teams. 

Ownership/Accountability:

• Every employee has a personal responsibility to commit to the AbbVie Vision, to engage and align with the AbbVie Strategic Imperatives, and to consistently execute in accordance with the AbbVie Operational Pillars and AbbVie Ways of Work. Works as a professional lead or team member; carries complete project load including the review and recommendations of other professionals.

Influence/Leadership 

• May be required to support Cross functional teams and cost improvement projects.
• Interfaces with a wide range of internal and external customers, including senior management; communicates on behalf of the department.
• Decision Making/Impact: Contributes to the completion of specific programs and projects; results have considerable impact on schedules, programs and resource allocation

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: ​

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future. ​

• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.​

• This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentive programs. ​

• This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs​

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law. 

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