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Job Description
Principal Project Lead SMT
Abbott is a global healthcare leader with a portfolio of life-changing technologies spanning diagnostics, medical devices, nutritional products, and branded generic medicines.
As a Principal Project Lead SMT, you will play a crucial role in introducing and optimizing PCBA manufacturing lines with in-circuit testing into an Abbott facility.
Key Responsibilities:
- Creates activities at the equipment supplier(s) to ensure that production start-up through to increase volumes are achieved within ADC requirements.
- Provides technical leadership, project management, and mentorship to engineers and team members.
- Spearheads and participates in design, planning, introduction, and sustaining of PCBA manufacturing lines.
- Provides technical, validation, and less experienced engineering staff.
- Interconnects with product team members, department managers, designers/equipment manufacturers, ADC R&D, quality and regulatory personnel.
- Represents the department/division on projects.
- Develops and promotes the implementation of new ideas or potential solutions and champions change without causing a delay.
- Implements any necessary engineering changes.
- Develops and provides solutions to problems that require advanced technical expertise.
- Plans and conducts small to medium-sized assigned projects requiring conventional methods of planning, investigations, and/or equipment.
- Designs and leads complex engineering studies and experiments frequently with multiple variables.
- Analyses complex issues and determines their impact using statistical analysis of measurement results.
- Sets a comprehensive design and process requirement.
- Completes documentation in a timely manner and in accordance with business regulations.
- Leads and/or participates in cross-functional teams to support organizational objectives.
Qualifications & Experience:
- Engineering Degree or equivalent with 5+ years progressive technical experience and demonstrated competence with Electrical / Electronics / Computer Science/Information technology/ Mechatronics degree preferred.
- Minimum of 3 years of relevant experience with PCBA manufacturing processes and programming (screen printing, pick and place, SPI/AOI, reflow) required.
- Relevant test engineering experience an advantage.
- Experience in a medical device manufacturing environment.
- Experience in electronic engineering and/or in fabrication and design of testing and test control apparatus and equipment, or software and systems testing.
- Experience of design, commissioning, and validation lifecycles of complex automated equipment.
- Proven track record in applying continuous improvement projects.
What We Offer:
- Attractive compensation package that includes competitive pay, as well as benefits such as family health insurance, excellent pension scheme, life assurance, career development, and fantastic new facility.