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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 122,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.JOB DESCRIPTION:\nWorking at Abbott\nAt 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:\n· Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.\n· Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.\n· An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution.\n· Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.\n· 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.\n· 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.\nThe Opportunity\nThis position works out of our Lake Forest, IL location in theCore Lab Division. We’re empowering smarter medical and economic decision making to help transform the way people manage their health at all stages of life. Every day, more than 10 million tests are run on Abbott’s diagnostics instruments, providing lab results for millions of people.\nAs a Staff Engineer, you’ll will be responsible for the molding activities to attain strategic engineering objectives for the Abbott Diagnostics Division along with ensuring compliance with safety regulations, policies, and procedures. An engineering professional who, working with little supervision, applies scientific knowledge, engineering knowledge, mathematics and ingenuity to complete assignments related to molded and assembled consumables. Assists with multiple, often concurrent, projects and meets department deadlines.\nThe Staff Engineer is responsible for the implementation and ongoing support of molded plastic parts and will serve as a subject matter expert in the field of mold design and process within the regional engineering team. This person will work closely with molding suppliers to ensure reliable supply of parts. In addition, they will perform capacity analysis for molds, presses and assembly automation and make recommendations for future investments.\nWhat You’ll Work On\nResponsible for utilizing and working within the Quality System in order to maintain effectiveness of the system.\nRegularly interact with molding suppliers to meet quality and cost objectives.\nAssist with the mold design activities in coordination with mold suppliers, Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) and validation of molding manufacturing cells in accordance with division engineering best practices and procedures.\nDrive Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DFMA) for assigned projects.\nAssist and lead with some cross-functional team activities to achieve program objectives including transfer of molds to new suppliers, startup of new suppliers.\nMaintain project controls and reporting for cost scope and schedule; develop execution strategy including procurement support; balance multiple demands within assignment, e.g., execute contingency plans to recover from schedule slippage or financial overruns.\nInterface frequently with inter-organization and outside customer contacts. Represent the organization in providing solutions to difficult technical issues associated with projects.\nHave awareness of the potential consequences (defects & failure modes) of design changes to established processes.\nParticipate in cross-functional teams to investigate and resolve molding issues.\nFull understanding and development of the relationship between molding key process input variables (KPIVs) and key process output variables (KPOVs) for plastic components throughout the value stream.\nProvide technical process support to other engineers within the group and mentor and develop junior team members.\nRead, challenge, develop and maintain a working knowledge of Quality Procedures and Work Instructions and apply knowledge to support completion of mold qualification.\nAssist with capacity planning in alignment with long term plan and short-term changes in demand.\nWill work regularly with operations, supply chain, quality and various suppliers and perform capacity analysis for molds, injection molding machines, and makes recommendations for future investment.\nManage measurement system analysis, design control and execution of equipment selection, process development, validation, FMEA and Design of Experiments (DOEs). \nRequired Qualifications\nBachelor’s Degree in Engineering or technical disciplining desired.\n6+ years technical work experience with molding design and process support experience.\nKnowledge of plastics processes, resins, tooling required.\nPreferred Qualifications\nBachelor’s Degree in Engineering in a technical discipline such as Plastics Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, etc.\nKnowledge of mold making and design fundamentals, molding process development, plastic resin behavior and required tooling/equipment.\n6+ years technical work experience with 1+ years of plastic injection and/or blow molding design and process support experience, preferably in the diagnostics or medical device industry.\nKnowledge of plastics processes, resins, tooling required.\nKnowledge of Scientific Molding Practices. Certification preferred.\nKnowledge of FDA QSR's and ISO requirements preferred.\nKnowledge of PFMEA and DFMEA.\nLearn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: https://abbottbenefits.com/\nFollow 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.\nConnect with us at abbott.com, on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/abbott-/, and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/AbbottCareers.\nThe base pay for this position is\n$86,700.00 - $173,300.00In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.\nJOB FAMILY:\nProduct DevelopmentDIVISION:\nCRLB Core LabLOCATION:\nUnited States > Lake Forest : CP01ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:\nWORK SHIFT:\nStandardTRAVEL:\nYes, 10 % of the TimeMEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:\nNoSIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:\nContinuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Continuous standing for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Driving a personal auto or company car or truck, or a powered piece of material handling equipment, Exposure to temperatures below 60 degrees Fahrenheit/16 degrees Celsius or above 85 degrees Fahrenheit/28 degrees Celsius on a regular basis, Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday), Lift, carry, push or pull weights of more than 20 pounds/9 kilos on a regular/daily basisAbbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.EEO is the Law link - English: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_English.pdfEEO is the Law link - Espanol: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_Spanish.pdf","description_format":"text","description_chars":7593,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":6,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Retirement plans"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Prescription Drugs","Cardiovascular Devices","Diabetes Devices","Neurotech & Neuromodulation"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-19T04:15:50Z"}],"visa":[{"country":"US","licensed_sponsor":true,"evidence":"green card filings: 1","filings_12m":0,"filings_prev_12m":0,"green_card_filings_12m":1,"median_offered_wage_usd":112500,"route":null,"cap_exempt":false,"checked_at":"2026-10-15T11:24:14+00:00","sources":["US Department of Labor: PERM disclosure data (green cards)"],"filings_for_role_12m":0}],"liveness":{"score":90,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.903,"p_room":1,"age_days":2,"expected_fill_days":15,"reasons":["conf:0","velocity","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-20T05:45:00Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":173300,"is_top_pay":false},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/abbott-staff-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/abbott-staff-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-21T00:21:09Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":531,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-22T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":2710},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=2710"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fabbott-staff-engineer"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fabbott-staff-engineer"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fabbott-staff-engineer"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/abbott-staff-engineer\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fabbott-staff-engineer"}]}