Biological Sciences Abbott Scientist! BS & MS Apply Now
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 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.
Job Title: Scientist
Location: United States – California – Alameda
Category: Research & Development
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:
- 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.
- Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program and FreeU education benefit – an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.
- 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 Alameda, CA location in the Abbott Diabetes Care Division, where we are focused on helping people with diabetes manage their health with life-changing products that provide accurate data to drive better-informed decisions. We’re revolutionizing the way people monitor their glucose levels with our new sensing technology.
What you’ll work on
- With oversight, executes experiments following pre-designed protocols, accomplishes established milestones, and summarizes data.
- Conducts experiments of moderately complex projects, seeks advice when needed from more experienced colleagues for more complicated technical and design challenges. Able to handle multiple projects simultaneously.
- Recommends options for other experiments. Providing insights on techniques and procedures and solicits feedback from more advanced team members.
- Works on problems of moderate and diverse scope in which analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors. Proposes potential solutions to problems.
- Possible CFT member providing input to project planning and execution. May plan and work on projects of smaller complexity under limited supervision.
- Develops plan and presents data within team in conjunction with oversight.
- Participates in routine maintenance and lab safety.
- Troubleshoots instrumentation or experiments; recognizes and assists with the resolution of basic technical problems. With minimal guidance, can write verification and validation protocols/reports and order materials needed to complete procedures. Documents development work, writing technical reports, and cost estimates.
- Responsible for implementing and maintaining the effectiveness of the quality system.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree/B.S in biological or physical sciences, or mathematics; with a minimum of 2-3 yrs industry experience.
- Masters/M.S. with 0 to 2 years of experience.
- Working knowledge of experimental approaches/protocols and scientific methods such as designing experiments and interpreting data.
- Awareness of regulations and standards affecting IVDs and Biologic.
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