Staff Material Scientist Jobs

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Job Title

Staff Material Scientist, R&D - Polymers

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:

• 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.
• 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
• 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.
• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.

The Opportunity

This position works out of our Plano, Texas location in the Neuromodulation Division. Our Neuromodulation business includes implantable devices compatible with mobile technology to help people who suffer from chronic pain and movement disorders. These non-opioid therapies allow us to provide interventional pain therapy to patients throughout the pain continuum.

It sounds like science fiction: sending small electrical pulses to the spine to block pain signals or to the brain to suppress tremor. As a Material Engineer/Scientist at Abbott Neuromodulation, you will have the opportunity to develop technology platforms that improve the lives of those suffering from chronic pain and movement disorders.

You will work closely with advanced development, mechanical engineering, and process development teams to select the right polymers for our future implantable devices that ensure long-term performance and manufacturability.

What You’ll Work On

• Demonstrates excellent record of accomplishment of scientific and business objectives.
• Develops productive collaborations and communication with other materials experts across divisions within the organization and with scientists outside of Abbott.
• Incorporates peer-reviewed literature into own research and recommendations.
• Independently conceives, execute and communicate novel multi-disciplinary research strategies that achieve project and area goals.
• Responsible for material characterization of raw materials, in-process samples, & finished goods using imaging technology, element analysis & spectrometry
• Generates new scientific proposals and lead those efforts.
• Researches, develops, designs, and evaluates mechanical and electro-mechanical materials, components, assemblies, processes and/or equipment.
• Serves as a lead on his/her own projects and contribute scientific insights into multiple other projects.
• Anticipates and critically evaluates scientific advances or competitive threats and responds with appropriate new strategies.
• Identifies materials-driven risks based on manufacturing processes/patient-use and means to quantify risks.

Pay and Shift [manufacturing only; if applicable]

The salary range for this position is $120,000 - $155,000 based on relevant education and experience.

Required Qualifications

• Experience in both materials characterization and regulatory affairs to support product approval filing and marketing.
• Knowledge of polymers in the implantable medical device field
• Strong history of cross-functional collaboration with other engineering disciplines
• Experience in developing new technology and new applications in the field.
• Provides guidance in the preparation of unusual and/or challenging tasks for the specific type of analysis required or requested (FEM, SEM, EDS, DES, FTIR, RAMAN or other instruments relating to materials analysis).

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Materials Science, Polymer Science/Engineering, or equivalent
• Advanced degree preferred
• 10+ years of relevant product development or R&D experience (preferably with implantable hardware)

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• Participants who complete a short wellness assessment qualify for FREE coverage in our HIP PPO medical plan. Free coverage applies in the next calendar year.

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