**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 will have access to:
- Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
- 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.
- 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.
**The Opportunity**
This position works out of our Costa Rica - Alajuela location in the Electrophysiology Division In Abbott's Electrophysiology (EP) business, we're advancing the treatment of heart disease through breakthrough medical technologies in atrial fibrillation, allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives.
As the Manufacturing Engineer IV (MES Project), you will develop and implement optimal, cost-effective manufacturing processes and methods in accordance with product specifications and quality standards; recommends and implements improvements to production processes, methods and controls; is also responsible for the activities related to instalation and validation of production lines as well as the lifecycle management of equipment.
**What You'll Do**
- Daily support to the manufacturing activities in order to meet established goals for safety, quality, cost and production. Based on key performance indicators data such as yield, nonconforming material or leadtime, takes action to maintain indicators under control.
- Use statistical techniques to facilitate decision making and to draw conclusions from available data.
- Understand product cost components and its interactions, (direct & indirect material costs, MUV, labor, overhead).
- Prepare product and process reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends.
- Perform installation/validation activities for new or existent production lines, meeting regulatory requirements. That includes equipment, process, product and test method validations.
- Estimate validation activities cost and assures it is budgeted withing financial cycle.
**Required Qualifications**
- Bachelor's Degree in STEM careers.
- 6+ years of manufacturing/process development experience.
- Statistical techniques knowledge (DOE, SPC) is required.
- Computer software knowledge (Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point).
- Willing to travel.
- Experience with continuous improvement methodologies. Such as lean manufacturing techniques, value stream mapping, or similar.
- Knowledge of FDA, GMP, and ISO guidelines is required.
- Experience leading validation plans for medical industry products and processes and leading root cause problem solving methodologies.
- Experience in project management.
- Advance command of English language.
**Preferred Qualifications**
- (3-5) + years prior experience in medical devices manufacturing.
- Performance management.
- Previous experience in MES is highly preferable.
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.