Offers “Abbott”

Expires soon Abbott

Mechanical Test Engineer

  • Internship
  • Plano (Warren County)

Job description

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 103,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

     

JOB DESCRIPTION:

The Mechanical Test Engineer will be responsible for performing mechanical engineering testing to support the design and development effort of spinal cord, peripheral nerve, and deep brain implantable stimulation systems.

This includes working with engineers on test protocols, designers for test fixtures, test set-up, running mechanical tests, coordinating with outside vendors for additional testing and assisting with writing of test summaries/reports.

The Successful Candidate Must:

  • Strong understanding of Design Controls, Verification, Validation and Design Transfer.
  • Develop Design Input, Output, Verification and Validation plan for Design Function
  • Develop and execute Verification and Validation protocols based on system requirements
  • Develop and initiate sampling procedures and statistical process control methods
  • Drive quality control activities (including, but not limited to, FMEA, Hazard Analysis etc.)
  • Develop test strategies to determine the best means of providing design verification and reliability.
  • Validate test methods using equipment qualification, software validation, DOE, and measurement analysis.
  • Develop and qualify new test tools and protocols, ensuring that test objectives are effectively incorporated.
  • Coordinate assigned projects resources (technical and equipment) maximizing test throughput efficiency
  • Plan time and priorities in an effective manner to achieve all tasks assigned with the objective of assuring data integrity and compliance.
  • Apply design for reliability (DFR) and design for test (DFT) concepts (DFMEA, FTA, etc) during the product development process to ensure that designs are intrinsically reliable.
  • Analyze test data for conformance to pre-determined acceptance criteria and prepare formal reports and results summaries.
  • Assist the engineering team in failure investigations / root cause analysis for problems identified during lab testing and field issues.
  • Work with lab technicians, both internal and external, to execute and troubleshoot product testing
  • Use problem-solving skills: 5Ms, 5 Whys, Gage R&R, etc. to determine the root cause of issues.

Experience & Training

  • Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering or Electrical or Biomedical Engineering
  • Minimum of 6 yrs of experience as a Mechanical Test or Product Development Engineer in the Medical Devices Industry.
  • Strong expertise with PC applications including MS Word, MS Project, Excel, and PowerPoint.
  • MRI or RF experience is a plus

Other Skills/Characteristics: 

  • Must be a self-starter with strong problem solving, technical writing, and communication skills.
  • Must be customer service oriented and experienced at interaction on all levels of engineering professionals.

     

JOB FAMILY:

Product Development

     

DIVISION:

NM Neuromodulation

        

LOCATION:

United States > Texas > Plano : 6901 Preston Road

     

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

     

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

     

TRAVEL:

Yes, 5 % of the Time

     

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

Not Applicable

     

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)

     

Abbott 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.pdf

     

EEO is the Law link - Espanol: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_Spanish.pdf

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